don't give it to duke.r you heard machelle joseph mention, number 5 that they had to defend, jasmine thomas got the ball. but jackets will get it back. >> a spot throw-in. it's a violation. >> mental error there by sharena taylor. rookie point guard for the jackets. christmas, traps the long pass down for duke. >> keturah jackson handling the point guard responsibilities. >> allison vernerey is going to get called for the offensive foul. that's her first in this game. third foul for duke. they've opened up a 10 point lead in the first half too. it took georgia tech yellow jackets a little while to figure things out. they eventually did, taking a one point lead at the break, but now, duke back up by six. and now -- >> they're going to try to clean it up a little bit and i think they need to. protect the shooter and offensive player. the hand check rule in effect right now. >> karima christmas, getting whistled for that one. her second foul. here's jasmine thomas, getting a liting breather. little breather. m

duke on top.uke has dominated, 16 in a row they have won against virginia. 9 straight on this floor. shine with her first point of the 2nd half. she has 9 in the ballgame. shine just a sophomore. it is a young team and certainly a lot of talent coming back, but -- an awful lot to replace in monica wright. that's like having to replace two or three players. >> robyn: that's going to be the challenge for debbie ryan and her coaching staff. this young team, obviously having a lot of playing experience this year, but how do you replace a monica wright. you have to do it with good recruiting. her recruiting this year has corners who are going to become the core, she has to build her success around. >> rich: virginia has been to the ncaa tournament the last two years. jasmine thomas, no whistle. edwards in the ballgame. paulisha kellum drives. edwards hits. whitny edwards and her twin sister, britny edwards, both sophomores on this team. >> robyn: battle on the inside. >> rich: i think officials are try

lady dukes pushing it quickly. taylor lost it, got back. forced it up and got the roll. >> christie: taylor taking her time. the position, defense sitting straight behind. >> john: they are reallied aboutying up for position in the paint. moss up again. williams has the rebound for jmu. >> christie: off the baseline. williams on the way and they are going to call the block. it's going to go against vcu's wallace. >>> i think the thing that's difficult with dawn, being a point guard she has the ball in her hands a big pastor time. it's very difficult to try to limit her touches because she does a great job of getting the ball and running the team. we have to understand where help needs to be. certainly jennifer lane is going to be starting doing a great job of contain her and make her work for everything she gets. get her to take less shots and poor shots and take shots that's not in the flow of the offense and hopefully her shooting percentage goes down. >> john: so far they have done a good job of doing that. but it's a long game. she's a

duke, mr. mann. as both of you know, we requested the inspector general to look at the practice of the department of homeland security as it relates to conferences, restreets and similar off site activities. when the request was made, i was concerned about spending patterns that had been revealed at other government agencies and wanted to see how the department compared. last month, the office of inspector general released the results of its audit in the form of a report entitled dhs conference spending practices, oversight. the report revealed an extremely troubling picture of not only the amount of money spent, but also, a lack of internal controls, minimal oversight, and insufficient reporting throughout the entire department. according to the report, fy- 005, through fy-2007 the department spent approximately $100 million on conference related activities. this money was spent on sending employees across the nation and around the world in 43,989 instances. for example, the department spent almost

the dukes >> john: welcome back to vcu. john castleberry along with kristine mial. james madison leading. dawn evans the big story if the ball game because of the injuries she suffered although before she got hurt she was playing well. >> christie: she was playing fantastically. there's the down inside for the finish. she's going to do this to you. >> john: here's how she got hurt. >> christie: she just hands right here all of her body weight right down on the side of her ankle and like i said, you hate to see that. one good sign she's being taped up. i don't know if she's coming back or if that tape it for swelling to keep it from swelling or tape her up for h her to come back and compete. >> john: before they started the taping process she was moving the ankle and didn't seem to be in a whole lot of pain. >> christie: a tough cookie. she wants to play. >> john: patterson connects twice. she's got four. hislop up. >> christie: that high screen trying to get lane off the hook. >> john: williams, missed a shot and a rebound going against newman. >> christie: a little

>>deb: we talked about hustle plays look at the first half with duke. in the first half tonight a significant difference in energy. >>mike: brookfield fouled on the way up. >>deb: that's a great job sue semrau has done getting her team to bounce back from the way they played, they were never in it at duke and you have to give duke a lot of credit for the way they got them up. >>mike: that was the 3rd foul on angel gray the leading scorer. we talking about this at the beginning of the broadcast florida state after a loss has a history of bouncing back very strong. gray with those three fouls as broomfield makes those free throws. here is harvin over chay shegog. monroe draws the foul from brookfield. and monroe just wants to int. look at monroe. too strong. too strong. almost to pass to b we like to kere p a eye t we we s suntouldto a lid ial no youour yout on ore l ofmone you so e to hundred and fiftars. find out more at suntrust.com/solid live solid. bank solid. suntrust. come back. >>mike: florida state shooting lights out. cierra bravard, 7 of 12 in

the last team to beat them was duke in the league.they had to play over in the smith center the last year-and-a-half because of the renovations in the building. and this is always been a tough place to come in and play. >>mike: they won 25 of 26 in the smith center. moved back here to carmichael on september 29th and they have made it a gorgeous place to play. look at it, ward has the rebound and bummed by chay shegog. she is in foul trouble and she picks up the second personal foul. 1144 first half. florida state looking pretty good against north carolina. altiea >>mike: this is a different florida state team from friday night. what energy and focus in chapel hill. deb: a more connected group and confident that is making all of the hustle plays. if you want to knock off a top ten team on their home court, every 50/50 ball has to go your way. you can see the passing and the energy that florida state has brought in the building tonight. they are converting on offensive rebounds and converting in the transition game and north carolina o

dukes defended. james on goldston. the has been really covered tonight. >> big rebound by hampton but he can't hold onto it and carter pulls it down for the old dominion team. >> brian: he's struggled all night because he's not gotten a clear look. defenders are doing a wonderful job of chasing him off the 3. >> bob: he's 0 for 5 tonight. how about carter's ability to stretch the defense. if i was barnes, i would try to continue to give him that opening to penetrate because he's been successful tonight. >> dukes is out to fields over to lott. georgia state trails by 5. plenty of time to shoot and 1 on the shot clock. hampton tries to feed it inside to lott. lott cow not finish. rebound comes into the arms of bazemore. bazemore is a red shirt sophomore. told ball out and got penetration. lee comes away with the loose ball. >> brian: it seemed like lee wasn't paying attention. i think you see him not being happy with his defense and how they are working the offense. we have a time out on the floor. old dominion is leadin

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the nationals have agreed to out fielder dukes. duke eligible for arbitration after this season.50 in home runs. as the olympic torch arrives there are plenty of story lines that await. latest with lindsey. >>> and enough caps but with the washington pride are lighting the lamp. a closer look at the women's hockey team here. my turn what? wanpay haney h on taxe g yondleuld th hck, getr us rs ortis lar al it right. . the images from haiti are heart-breaking-- homes, hospitals, and schools destroyed; families searching for loved ones; parents trying to feed their children. but we can all do something. we can help the american red cross as it delivers the food, water, and medicine that can save lives. donate $10 by texting "haiti" to 9-0-9-9-9. visit redcross.org or call 1-800-red-cross. thanks for your help. >>> they seem like a team in disarray. if we lose i'm going skating in central park. that's all i know. as soon as they did that they won 11 in a grow. >> here's a look at tonight's line up. it's the caps and senators. and the wrap up today in sports in another edition of geico

duke, mr.r general to look at the practices of the department of homeland security as conferences and similar offsight activities. when the request was made, i was concerned about spending patterns that had been revealed at other government agencies and wanted to see how the department compared. last month, the office of inspector general released the results of the audit in the form of a report entitled dhs conference spending practices and oversight. the report revealed an extremely troubling picture of not only their amount of money spent, but also a lack of internal controls, minimal oversight, and insufficient reporting throughout the entire department. according to the report, from fy 2005 to fy 2007, the department spend approximately $100 million on conference-related activities. this money was spent on sending employees across the world in 44 ,489 instances. they sent employees to a conference in st. samone georgia and they sent employees to a three-day event in dallas, texas. further,

i know you will be racing back to your hotel to watch duke. here are your acc standings. >> robin: boston college were hoping to be able to move up with a win here. perhaps tie with georgia tech if they lose right now. looks like nc state might be making the move. >> rich: legitimate shot at the ncaa tournament. there are nine teams in the top 58 rpi right now. which is good news/bad news. everybody is good in the top position. but the good news is if you can beat some of those teams they can only enhance your tournament resume. >> robin: absolutely. get some quality wins against the top of the conference and all of a sudden you're jumping from a 50 rpi into the 30s. >> rich: nc state with a good resume. kelly harper took her team twice to the ncaa tournament. strength >> robin: not terrific but not horrible rpis. they may be the first team out. >> robin: certainly a win over boston college. >> rich: offside rebound. >> rich: right now boston college can't hold on to the ball, they can't shoot the ball and they are really struggling on the roa

the proceeds from the benefit concert are going to the duke ellington school for the arts.dom martin has the story. ♪ it's that love in me >> reporter: stevie wonder has captured the love of music fans. the proceeds from this concert will go to the duke ellington school of the performing arts. >> you know, it's about -- i'm excited about the future. i'm excited about the talent that is brewing. that is brewing in this school as well as other art schools throughout the country. >> reporter: duke ellington was founded -- owe was founded in 1974. it has a 94% graduation rate. 95% of the seniors are accepted into college. >> we're keeping the legacy of the great duke ellington school alive. >> reporter: sarah reed is a student at duke ellington. >> it's a little bit of an out of body experience because it's such a full circle. i was listening to stevie wonder before i was born and now here i am tonight, you know, presenting him with one of my own. >> reporter: due to the district budget cuts in 2009, dupe ellington -- duke ellington lost revenue that supports staff and programs

duke can elaborate. >> ms. duke? vivica i can get back to you for the record but when we looked at these conferences, they were legitimate. i know that particular d-5 conference later years they did it by technology rather than holding an in person conference with that particular cbp. >> mr. chairman may ask one edition knoll qwest en? vivica appreciate your basking in because of that you'll be granted additional time. [laughter] >> thank you. we have this list i have a ford did you. is there any conference on this list that is not a legitimate conference? >> i don't see any that are not legitimate we have to be efficient with the people we send but in terms of the topics that on the list i believe there are mission is essential as we have described it too. >> and ms. duke the dhs unreimbursed employees for gala tickets for $8,000 plane tickets where was that two or from? what would make a ticket cost $8,000? vivica there are cases of business class or first class travel that would leave the international business cl

florida state and duke here in the last two outings.ice job of knocking down triples and finding some back door opportunity. then degraffenreid playing when she is running down hill you are not going to catch her. you can't get in front of her. committed to going all the way to the rim. >> nine points each taking better two-point opportunities. i think they have taken a lot of tough twos which takes them out of offensive rebounding position. >> and there you get a look at the leading scorers. we already told you about degraffenreid and montgomery. degraffenreid second for georgia tech. six points well below what we are used to seeing. averages 15.7 points per game, 19 in conference play. right off the bat a turnover. >> nice trap by north carolina. terrific way for them to start the second half and right away machelle joseph will get a player to come in off the bench. >> mo bennett with a shoot for the jackets. goodlett trying to get the rebound. she will draw the foul. >> machelle joseph is upset with her backcourt. poor decision makin

duke up 30-24 at maryland at the break. smith knocks down the jumper. duke up by 20. second half, still a 20-point margin. kyle singler, no. yeah. brian scott, bad. dukes up 48-26. they are running away at home. 54-38 now as they play on in the second half. clemson beat miami 74-66. clemson is 6-5 in the a.c.c. michigan state, penn state in the big ten. lucas back starting today. his backup out for academic reasons. penn state down 6-3. and taylor battle had 30 on the day. those two emphatic. penn state down one. michigan state up 55-46. as they pull away in the second half at 57-48. lucas hits the three. biggest lead of the game. he had 24. spartans win 65, 54. indiana-wisconsin in the conference. first half, up by eight. hughes. step-back jumper. 12-2 run for the badgers to open this contest. wisconsin up by 19 still. bohanan's three makes it a 20-5 run for wisconsin to start the game. 25-7 moments later. gordon taylor, fast break lay-up. running the hoosiers out of the build being. we look at the s.e.c. east standings. kentucky is 8-1. vanderbilt, tennessee and flo

just four days after beating duke, georgetown ran into a buzz saw in the bulls. they slowly stuck with it. jack the bulldog knew it. first half, tied at 12-12. working off the screen. hoyas looking good here. austin freeman hits the three and fouled at the four-point play. georgetown up by nine at halftime. the second half an entirely different story. austin freeman sloppy with the ball. this kid is legit. he is averaging 35 over the four-game winning streak for the bulls. more stampeding from the bulls. oh, wow. great pass on the alley-oop. finish by mike mercer. they come back from 11 points down to the bulls to stun the hoyas. >> we are going to go back and watch the tape and see what we can improve. that's the same answer as far as everything. >> i'm amazed at our team. this is the best win in our school history in basketball. to beat an outstanding team like georgetown, i have no idea if they were enjoying duke or looking at villanova, i have no idea. >> stan heath a happy man tonight. gw falls to charlotte. mason loses to georgia state snapping their seven-

and the starters for the dukes in double figures. in the corner, taken away. evans with a good reaction. and the pack. 12 steals of the game for the dukes, 21 turnovers now on u mass. they need to win a game with that many turnovers for them. especially on the road. you don't have the crowd, taking you back up. evans, running right out there for montero and they won't go. but they will get to the line. and right there, stepping it up. nice and come few, the ankle of ricky harris for the right hand. and they are playing deep into the zone. harris penetrating for them, a nice reid by evans for that steal. to call it in from the line tonight. the second one there. sean carter with the rebound for umass. and they are getting it out there. and don't even get that one. who came by four. and wishing them there for that one. and for the senior from baltimore. what a rebound for them stepping it up. and saunders for that rebound for them. they shoot it. that man comes up. and they won't jump up there. a great rebound to get it back up. and they will block it, the two f

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so it was for the hoyas tonight, offsetting their duke win with a loss nobody expected. plus, why peyton manning may be the only manning pulling for the colts this weekend. 9 sports polls the kin. which is fantastic. we'll have them over for a friday night pizza. it's just our way of entertaining without going out. this is where all the magic happens. this is where i knead the dough, make the pizza. by using my card, i get the specials, the real deals, and it saves me money. the win-win is that we get to visit with our friends, the kids get to visit with their friends, and it's great food. more savings, more rewards. every time you shop. only with your giant card. we save money, and that works for me. >>> they called it a trap game for georgetown, smack dab in between duke and villanova came south florida. the big east perennial door mat, a team georgetown is supposed to beat, but they fell into the trap. they had never lost to the bulls at home, but there is a first time for everything. greg trying to prevent it. the hoyas up 9 at the break, looking fine, but the 2nd ha

dukes up 48-26. they are running away at home. 54-38 now as they play on in the second half. clemson beat miami 74-66. clemson is 6-5 in the a.c.c. michigan state, penn state in the big ten. lucas back starting today. his backup out for academic reasons. penn state down 6-3. and taylor battle had 30 on the day. those two emphatic. penn state down one. michigan state up 55-46. as they pull away in the second half at 57-48. lucas hits the three. biggest lead of the game. he had 24. spartans win 65, 54. indiana-wisconsin in the conference. first half, up by eight. hughes. step-back jumper. 12-2 run for the badgers to open this contest. wisconsin up by 19 still. bohanan's three makes it a

tied with duke atop the acc standings. >>> 9:00, tarps have lost 4 of the last 5 games. we'll have highlights at 11:00 on geico sportsnite. how to get the team to college park for a 2:00 game against the terpos sunday. i understand the holiday inn is lovely this time of year. north carolina not on the board. anybody's race. >>> the national weather service saying there's a 100% chance of a major snow storm hitting the dc area tomorrow and four games scheduled at the verizon center. the wizards say the only way the game on saturday night is canceled is if either team can't get to the arenas and the caps say both games are a go. >>> the lost to the knick, you can kind of testimony flip saunders is getting tired of the same old act. >> tonight what happened, we have guy who is shoot every time they touch it and the whole team gets like that. when guys are taking quick shots is fuels other guys to take quick shots because they don't think they will get it back. tonight i thought we played very selfishly as a team. >> a tight game through three quarters. down by 7 heading in

in virginia, 395 past duke street. taking away two left lanes. these taillights stacked up starting around the mixing bowl. it will only clear the scene. back towards 95. seek speaking of the interstate. the main congestion lights, extra 5 minutes for that. 66. traffic filling out from route 50 and 12723. we still have the crash activity. maryland high, 270. the camera wet from the rain. the things overall moving well from germantown to the split. finally, no complaints on ma, the highway, and grange avenue. just the typical volume we see until the 6:00 hour. >>> two actresses showing up for their dc screening of their european film. >>> we are exploring some of the unusual dishes you can find in this area. >>> in the examiner in a shrinking poll of medical examiner's. >>> dcb's financial advise estimates that it will be just at $38 million. these stories and more are in today's examiner. get selsun blue for itchy dry scalp. strong itch-fighters target scalp itch while 5 moisturizers leave hair healthy. selsun blue. got a clue? get the blue. >>>

duke's first half has been dead even. tucker way strong.r game and shoot shot opportunities like that. maryland has been doing a nice job getting the ball into the lane area. they have gotten a lot of 8 to 12-foot jump shots. i don't think they need to settle for that three. dan: tucker as you saw. >> mike: vasquez back in. here is scott wood on a breakout. maryland simply not doing a good job handling the basketball. into traffic and nc state tripped it right away. >> taking it away from mosley. and scott wood. what a shot. scutaro. that man has got an impression going. >> dan: hayes takes it into a big crowd. wood gets it. makes himself a pass. this is one where mosley would have been better advised to simply let wood have the basket. >> mike: that is sean mosley's second personal foul. he has had to take a seat. wood in and out at five points. >> dan: this is a maryland team that really is a good basketball team but they have have everybody playing well to be at their peak. mike: mosley hasn't been able to make that shot today. the game

. >>> the duke ellington school of the arts has lost critical funding because of budge terry cuts. dick et cetera for tonight's concert started -- tickets for tonight's concert. stevie wonder has won 22 grammies in his career. >> even if you aren't going to duke ellington, how cool would that be. >> that would be cool. >>> it's going to be cool outside. >> the wind, wind chills, and i think the snow showers will pick up in the morning. >> super. >> give yourself some extra time. here is the forecast. the next three days, now showers primarily -- snow showers primarily in the morning. we're in the 40s for the high. then on sunday we're in the 40s but dry. partly cloudy skies finally. here is the nine micro cast model. this is midnight. there are snow showers just to the north of us around baltimore. look what happens, though, by 6:00 a.m. they get into montgomery county and then by 9:00 they spread over the metro area. it's not going to take much to make people freak out tomorrow. snow showers will do that. they'll go away pretty much in the afternoon. a few may linger to the north

duke beat georgia tech tonight so maryland stays a half game behind the blue devils. the super bowl between the colts and the saints, oh, first of all, i'm sorry, let me tell you about the georgetown hoyas who by the way had a tough, tough loss to south florida the other day. despite a great game by of course austin freeman but there was another guy who had a great game, dominick jones, 22 of his 29 came in the second half. terps fall. now they have to get ready for number two villanova who comes to town on saturday. that's a tough test. you've got to look forward but you've also got to remember. >> you can get beat by anybody, you know. it's evident, you know, they play with a little bit more of a chip on their shoulder than we did, emily in the second -- especially in the second half. they made the plays to win. i don't think we want to read too much into it. it's another loss. we've just got to deal with it. >> you can't get stuck on how disappointing the game was last night. you know, we have to, as i said, following the game last week, we had a good one. we'll wa

commissioner mcdowell, as you may know, i've seen him at duke as well. so it was actually a fairly easy process to set up. >> host: and so who do you report to, if anyone? >> guest: so for different projects. for some projects i report to the general counsel, for some projects i report to the specific person who's in charge of the project, the head of the wireless bureau or the head of osp where i'm housed. for some projects i report to the chair or the chair's chief of staff. for some projects i actually will talk to all the commissioners. just it depends on as things come up. >> host: well, joining us also on "the communicators" is lynn stand on the who is the managing editor of telecommunications reports. >> host: i just got a promotion, too, it's the senior editor. >> host: okay. >> host: you were speaking about when you came on board, part of the job was described as long-term strategy. did that include giving advice to the chairman as to what kinds of proceedings he should launch? >> guest: yes, although even at sort of a higher level than that in

it doesn't always come back. >> john: three team fouls against duke. over 8 minutes in the 2nd half. >> christy: there's still a lot of time left for vcu. the way they played defense thus far in the season, there's always a chance. >> john: patterson is going to be looking for the foul. >> christy: that contact, you can't say that was malicious. but a foul nonetheless. >> john: six team fouls against vcu and james madison, williams takes a time-out. she was in a bad spot. she had the midcourt line as well as the sideline defending her basically. >> christy: that's what you call dead man's land in basketball world. you have that raextra couple defenders locking up the offense forcing the time-out. >> john: we have 11 time 14 to go. it's not unsurmountable. the way they played defense so much of the year they can get back. but they have already given up 50 points. they really need to tighten it up. >> christy: like you said, it is doable and they are changing things up and forcing time-outs and turnovers on the last two defensive positions. it's doable i

what i am going to write a biography of duke ellington along the same lines as a armstrong but.a during the summer. this has opened the way for me to do this. though, i will keep my day job. i have the best job in the world as the drama critic for "the wall street journal." ellington is just as captivating as armstrong. i cannot wait to roll up my sleeves and get going. >> how much has been written about this? >> there is more source material been there is for armstrong. the major archives are in washington and i feel pretty confident that i can bring the same kind of new perspectives to ellington that i did to armstrong, the perspective of someone who has been a musician. one of the things i tried to do in the armstrong book was to set him in the larger history of culture in the 20th century. >> what do you think has caused this book to catch on like it has? i can say that i have read nothing but quote after quote that this is a good book. what is doing that? >> because it is about louis armstrong. if you cannot write a good book about louis armstrong, be a plumber. you are in

and williams at duke and now trevor booker.magnificent group to be a part of. >> tim: no question about it. glad they found a color photo of me. >> tim: let's see. which of those six players relied on the jump shot more? hmm. >> mike: i prefer to think i had an all post. >> tim: you did. reid falling away. johnson the rebound. >> mike: quite earlier very fortunate that florida state not lighting it up. >> tim: in no-man's land. >> mike: very fortunate with that turnover that it's a dead ball turnover and they get to set their defense. lots of times both passes get picked off. >> tim: oliver purnell has got to be thinking just get me to halftime, trailing by a single digit. this has been a root canal first half for his squad. turnover is always important. inside shannon, can't get that one to go. very few opportunities to get baskets at times. can't make the shot. a defensive play by singleton. >> mike: leads the conference, those long arms. not only in deflection, but getting the ball back. how many times has he saved that toni

was a benefit for the duke ellington school of the arts.ught up with him after the concert and asked him about the importance of the school. >> this is the original, the original might mile, the real deal. >> reporter: and here's a little more of last night's kennedy center concert for you to enjoy. stick around. we'll be right back. m÷ >>> here's what is in the news now. virginia is taking potholes head on. they want to focus on fixing potholes for the entire month of march. he vows they will be fixed in 24 hours on major roads. >>> the bear win mayor is suing prince georges county over a mistaken drug raid at his home two years ago. it left his dog dead. >>> the big apple is getting a big taste of snow this morning. this is video from times square. a few inchs on the ground already but could have a foot of snow by the time the storm moves out. >>> a few flurry and snow showers north and east. the winds are be a big problem, gust 4-g 0 to 50 miles an hour. winter weather advisory north and east until noon. anally will have the traffic and

duke. when department operations held its annual conference in d.c., instead of holding it at a government then you dhs hosted 650 employees at the mandarin oriental, a four-star luxury hotel. it was $100,000 per day for three days. was the cost comparison done that to justify such a cost? how was that chosen as the venue? what happens? >> in that particular case there was a cost comparison done and were quotes -- and there were quotes for several vendors. one concern is finding a venue for that many people. it is an annual training conference for that group of individuals. since that conference we have looked that not only the actual cost but the appearance of cost and making sure dhs is the representing itself in a way that we are having even said that those types of establishments. >> in your opening comments you mentioned that you need to use the least costly. you could not have come down a couple of stars on that in terms of tax >> yes. -- in terms of -- >> yes. >> was there any criter

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maryland wins, they keep pace with duke and virginia at the top of the acc. north carolina at maryland on sunday. speaking of the terps, well the football team announced it's 2010 schedule, september 6 at m & t against the navy shipman. maryland plays morgan state for the first time ever that following saturday on september 11th in college park. >>> minus three days until the super bowl xliv in miami. first time participate new orleans saints are the underdogs to the colts. >> yesterday was our first day of practice. we did some practice last week. we have some ways to go. so, it's still only thursday. >> they are a very good football team. they've proven that, i think we are a very good football team. i think we've proven that. i can't think of two better teams to be here. >>> icy hot ice. behind two second period goals from alex ovechkin against the rangers. it's alex riding the puck between the defender and the one handed push for the score. the capitals win 6-5 for the 12th, i say 12th straight win. of course when they broke the team record at 10, every w

they play duke on wednesday. >>> while maryland hands tech their first home loss in 15 games, georgetownrizon center disappointed. unranked notre dame was without the nation's second leading scorer, luke. austin freeman not starting because he was battling the flu. ineffective, five points. 23 minutes. tori jackson fires the three. misses. carlton scott with the follow-up duck. chris wright drives, dishes to greg monroe. he misses, jum yan vaughn is there. georgetown within five. the hoyas still down. they force a loose ball. greg monroe can't corral it. carlton scott knocks it away, into the hands of ben hansbrough. he came up huge for notre dame. the irish upset georgetown. hoyas at west virginia. hey, to foggy bottom. karl hobbs always energetic. first half, tied. sloppy pass. gary reen steels it the colonials hustle back, force a turnover. gets the loose ball to dwayne smith for the dunk. gw up by two. later in the half the colonials were up by four. off the charlotte miss, jabari edwards grabs the rebound, almost throws it away. taylor nails the tee-pointer. taylor with 16 points. t

bumper to bumper here from washington boulevard, all the way to duke. no accidents.till, factor in some extra time if you are headed in that direction tonight. a real time map, as we head out over there, reveal a couple problems in virginia. first, a crash, gw parkway here is closed due to this accident, heavy delays approaching. 66 westbound, disabled vehicles still blocking the right lane here on route 234. we are seeing delays, all these red cars, all the way back to route 29. we are going to wrap it up with a shot of the key bridge, where we are seeing traffic coming in to georgetown as we take that shot and there we go, we are seeing a lot of traffic on key bridge from rocklin, no accidents. if you are coming into district, no parking on emergency routes, you will get towed and $250 ticket. lesli, anita, back to you. >> all right, stay with 9news now for the latest on our next winter storm. we'll have continuing coverage of our website, wusa9.com and we will be on the air all day tomorrow morning beginning at 4:30 a.m. with wall to wall storm alert safety covera

half a game behind duke, in first place. super bowl at 6:00 sunday night. the colts and the saints.per bowl for a demanding. the first for his coach, jim caldwell. he was tony dungy's quarterback coach. i know that he hopes he does not have to use tony as a punt returner, tony hugo. caldwell says they are taking nothing for granted. >> there is still a lot of work to do. we have to be sharp. that is important. also, if it is an opportunity for us to show that we know the team in relationship to how it will respond to what they do from an offensive and defensive standpoint and their kicking game. >> we are bracing for the snow in our town. it's raining in miami. if it will be 72 and partly cloudy during the kickoff on sunday. >> sounds good. >> go saints. >> thank you. let's get to one of your answers. >> what is your plan for getting through the weekend snow? >> one viewer said they got bread, toilet paper, and chocolate. >> another viewer says sid back and enjoy it. this is a universal day to relax, take mother nature up on the offer and relax. sending your responses. email your re

and duke takes a lead by one. first half still bc down one. joe papany. there is boston college up 13-12 now, 19-18. they play on at the forum. and mcdermott rocking the pink. kansas state up by two. tennis clem meanty with a fast break lay up. then steps back knocking down a three. and k state up by five. iowa state claused to within one. craig braken stringing cyclone nootz lead, 4-13 after that. now, square at 21. and mississippi state is on the road in gainsville up by two over the florida gators. more on the half time report in just a moment. >>> with barry booker from sec network studios. our late game today, number four kentucky raveling to baton rouge to take on lsu. cats won two in a row against sec since that loss to south carolina on january 26th. here is what they have coming up in the month of february with ranked opposition in tennessee and vanderbilt. and interest is kentucky showing few few kinks in the armor. talk about what they have ahead in february. >> the question about kentucky is this young team. when they go on the road, and they

on "art beat," we have a narrated slideshow of "families of abraham"-- a photography exhibit at duke university that captures families of different faiths in their daily lives. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. >> lehrer: and again to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the iraq and afghanistan conflicts. we add them as their deaths are made official and photographs become available. here, in silence, are 12 more. >> woodruff: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. we'll see you on-line and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and david brooks, among others. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: when someone you count on is not responsive, bad things could every business day, bank of america lends nearly $3 billion to individuals, institutions, schools, organizations and businesses in every corner of the economy. america-- growing stronger everyday. >> this is the engine that connects zero emission technologies to breathing a little easier,

very light traffic past duke street to the 14th street bridge. that's a look at the roads around the region. back to you. >>> in other news this morning, a man sentenced to life behind bars is back on the street this morning. a judge sentenced raymond taylor to life in prison for a 2005 attempted murder charge. officers say he tried to kill his exgirlfriend and her two daughters in baltimore. thursday, the prison accidentally released taylor because he was being held in a cell with another inmate who was scheduled to be let out. >> taylor was placed in a cell with inmate johnson, which you the first mistake here as we move along in this process. >> reporter: if you know where taylor is or have seen him in the area, police want you to call 911. >>> a teenager in maryland is facing charges after an accident that sent two of his friends to the hospital. it happened thursday morning near appleton high school in columbia. the 17-year-old tried to drive across the intersection when he collided with a trash truck. the impact forced the teen's car in to

. >>> before maryland host duke on senior night the turks have to travel to virginia tech. hear from gary williams and vasquez on the importance of tomorrow's game next in sports. >>> @ when you sign up for fios tv, internet and phone. you'll get tv with three times more very satisfied customers than comcast, america's top-rated internet, and phone. get it all together for just $99.99 a month -- a great low price -- guaranteed for two years. it adds up to savings of $419 over two years. fios total ticket is an awesome value that makes every seat in your house the best seat. so why sit still for cable? call now. 1.866.685.fios. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. this is beyond cable. this is fios. >>>. >> welcome back. i'm kristen. something special is happening in college park. won 6 of the last 7 games and unbeaten in acc play at home. now they travel to face another team who knows firsthand about home court advantage. virginia tech undefeated at home this season and the turks have never won in blackburn but both teams have a lot

two lost on the same day in college basketball was four years ago, the 21st of january -- number one dukeetown, number two florida lost at tennessee and oklahoma state just outplayed kansas. >> greg a.: what was most impressive for me, offensively, oklahoma state, how efficient they were to shoot 60% against the team i thought was the best all around offensive team in the country. -- all around defensive team in the country. they were not that today. >> seth: oklahoma state came in a little on the bubble. they are safely in the tournament. who else will have wins at kansas and at kansas state -- they're in terrific shape and more importantly they've got momentum, pilgrim playing well going into the tournament and a great player in james anderson. >> greg: they may be up a little late in stillwater. we'll come back after this. (birds chirping) what? giant peanut with sea salt. (chimes) dude, you're freaking me out. yah! ♪ (both) whoa! (both) ahhh!!! hey! (rattling) i'm getting really sick of this, gary. (announcer) ♪ planters, with pure sea salt! [ wind howling ] [ male announcer ] when yo

duke on top. virginia tech and maryland tied in second place, and you can see the rest there, virginia at 5 5th, 6th and 7th. virginia tech. guess what, as luck would have it on comcast sportsnet, the sunday hoakies are battling it out. >>> you wonder how randy poy spent the all star break? go to our blog and read it. don't forget to leave randy a comment. >>> we are still getting to know many of the washington wizards. could one player be the stabilizing force for the rest of the season? josh howard. >>> and have the nationals harded to make plans for their top pick? the latest on wphen strawsburg m he gn. you!of te! exc... what grndwithan ♪ yout habe so nice ♪ grndwithan we americans are always at our best when we hear and heed the cries of others. when confronted with massive human suffering, americans have always stepped up and answered the call to help. but there's never been anything on the scale of human tragedy in our own hemisphere like what we're now witnessing in haiti. y president clin

duke is in first at 6 and 2. host maryland next saturday.the turks tied virginia for second in the conference at 5 and 2. maryland host the cavaliers on wednesday. we'll have highlights of some local games that were actually playing today including the lady turks hosting georgia texas we speak. coming up tonight on sports unlimited. back to you. >> thanks so much. >> vytas mentioned this storm coming, i believe, as far back as tuesday and he called it pretty well. >> then he said we could be close to a foot. >> let's go to him and see what is going on. what is happening now vytas. >> looks like it is going to be added to that. anywhere from 2 and a half to 3 feet of snow with the very large storm system affecting much of the central portion of the country. east coast storm working off plenty of moisture working up the coast line. area of low pressure drives the moisture into the cold air that will allow all in the form of snow. conditions will worsen as we get into the overnight and second low is reinforcing the fears one overnight tonight i

duke saturday then cavaliers on monday. maryland spweep of those 2 games could give them undisputed first place in the acc. university released this statement today athletic director and men basketball coach have expressed their appreciation for all the work done by campus myes in athletic staff to allow the unc game played upped challenging circumstances also. those circumstances now move from being challenging to em possible. for campus staff to manage second major snowstorm approaching in less than a week. end quote. this year charm city challenge has been cancelled as well. details on that plus a former prep player award winner becomes pre-season all american. coming up net on sports unlimited. >>> snow falling at pretty fast pace out there right now. we have plenty to go through [ male announcer ] still have cable? you may not be getting the most out of your flat-screen tv. for an entertainment experience that goes beyond cable, get fios tv, along with internet and phone. call now to lock in a super low price of $89.99

from the second battalion the duke of lancaster regiment, sean dorsey. from 36 engineer regiment royal engineers, first battalion guards, lt. douglas. from first battalion scots guards, and sergeant david walker. these men of exceptional bravery are great courage and skill whose loss is deeply felt. we send our profound condolences to their families and loved ones. meeting with others in addition to my duties in the house i thought of such duties today. >> i am sure everyone will want to associate themselves with the prime minister's comments. my prime ministers never shared -- they paid for the bailout. what will my friend give me when they give their money back that threatens our services and we will not ever squander this investment on a halfback public share offer. >> we have imposed a 50% national insurance tax on bank bonuses which has to be paid by everybody paying cash bonuses over the next year and we insisted on the application of the g 20 rules which means cash bonuses cannot be paid and can only be paid at a later date. we are also working fo

in a memo to employees, chief executive mike duke hinted today's job cuts may be the last ones for a while. >> susie: home equity loans are making a comeback. from the "money file" tonight, why having one is a good safety net. here's amanda gengler, writer at money magazine. >> during the real estate boom, thousands of americans paid for extreme kitchen makeovers and other renovations by taking out a home equity line of credit, also known as a heloc. but then came the housing bust and credit crisis, which shut down that heloc party pretty swiftly. most lenders stopped issuing new ones, and homeowners who already had them saw their lines cut or frozen. but don't give up on the home equity line of credit just yet. as housing prices and the economy begin to stabilize, many lenders are writing lines again. they're not the unbelievable deals they used to be, but they can still be a relatively cheap way to borrow. for example, it can be wise to pay for a new car with funds from a heloc, since some auto loans charge far higher interest rates than helocs do. small business owners often use t

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