but after he wrote a taunting letter to prosecutor ebert describing how he tried to rape her, ebert tried him again with new evidence. >> new indication that he's -- no indication that he has any remorse whatsoever. >> reporter: there's a chance virginia's attorney general may have to argue this death penalty case before the u.s. supreme court. if the court throws it out, even though paul powell's murder conviction stands, prosecutor paul ebert says he would try him a third time to try to get a capital murder conviction to stick. peggy fox, 9news now and wusa9.com. >> if the court denies the appeal a new execution date would be set. >>> should speeding cops have to pay their speeding tickets like the rest of us? a montgomery county judge says no. he has just throb out speed camera ticket for four on-duty officers who refused to pay. the story from bruce leshan. >> reporter: the camera flashes, your heart sinks, you realize you're out $40. but maybe not if you're a cop. >> that doesn't sound very legit. i don't understand how they can be exempt from the law. >> once they break the law, the

county attorney paul ebert was scheduled to witness the execution tomorrow. now it is on hold. dave statter 9 news now and wusa9.com. >>> prosecutor ebert was to be joined at the execution by members of stacy reed's family. >>> a las vegas man is set to be sentenced for sending threatening e-mails to two virginia tech alumni. it happened on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the deadly campus shooting. john marlo belasco said he sent the e-mails -- because he wanted to draw attention to violent internet postings. the women who received it say the virginia tech shooter -- >> metro is continually monitoring its computer train system following last month's crash. metro said the system was tested each month before the june 22 crash that killed find people. reviews are now being performed daily. metro has already been named in six lawsuits, stemming from that accident. >>> with her confirmation virtually assured supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor sought to ease concerns among senate republicans today. a veteran of 17 years on the federal bench, sotomayor pledged to be an impa

the letter gave ebert the firepower he needed for a second trial. again powell was convicted and sentenced to death for capital murder. today a pig before the supreme court has garnered powell a last-minute stay. >> i do feel sorry for the victims in this case. those folks came a long way hoping they'd get some solace and closure. and now they're going to have to wait. >> reporter: andrew stack, 9news now and wusa9.com. >>> ncis is investigating the death of a sailor. her body was discovered inside her barracks inside formeyer in virginia. the navy will not -- fort myer in virginia. the navy will not release information except to the next of kin. 805,000 family members lives as well as retirees. >>> southwest airlines has spent the night inspecting 200 of its aircraft. this after a 737 en route to bwi airport from nashville, tennessee, made an emergency landing in charleston, west virginia. the cabin lost pressure and passengers reported being able to see out through a hole about one-foot square. no one was injured. about 1/3 of southwest's fleet is

club president joe ebert is pleased to show off their brand new $400,000 runway paid for by your tax dollars. so this is all new? >> this is all new. >> reporter: it's part of a billion dollars in stimulus money handed out to 300 airports around the nation. >> we were looking for projects that airports in areas around the country desperately needed to be done for safety and security concerns. >> reporter: yet some of the projects hardly seem urgent and the nonprofit journalism group pro publica says taxpayers might be surprised to find... >> airports they'd never heard of in communities they will never visit are getting some of the maximum stimulus grants. >> reporter: in fact, more than $350 million is being spent on little-used airports or ones catering to recreational fliers, corporate jets and remote communities. that's because congress's stimulus rules don't give prior toy the most congested airports biggest safety problems. consider that los angeles airport doesn't have the money to install critical taxiway warning lights and a third of the nation's largest airports have substa

ebert -- back in 1994, the place opened on his birthday. >> going here and not seeing elvis is going to mcdonalds and not seeing the big mac. >> a representative from the department of general services delivered a crushing blow. >> he told us that our elvis was blocking the way here on the street. >> it was followed by a letter threatening fines if elvis did not return to the building. we could see the spray paint from his shoes on the sidewalk depending on what sports season is to get a fresh coat. >> it does not seem like it is impeding people from walking by. >> know he is back here hanging out. >> the department said they received anonymous complaints and had to respond. they reacted in a timely manner. >back at the bar, customers are disappointed the saying they have more than 2000 signatures protesting the decision hoping to get all this out. >> it has been out here for many years. i do not think a change now is necessary. i think the locals here in the community want to see elvis back out on the street. >> they are taking this thing very seriously. besides the signatures, they

ukraine and facebook and ebert. >> you to read his column every week. you have probably seen the video on youtube. millions of people have watched this wedding dance party danced down the aisle. the song they are dancing to this "forever." it has shot up the charts. it is number 3 on amazon. there is no reason to blame the dog for eating your homework. now you can blame technology. one student is blaming a website for erasing his report from kendall. the lawsuit was to make sure it doesn't happen again. for more information, log onto the tech page at abcnews.com. those are your tech bytes. i'm jeremy hubbard. >>> 5:21, 74 degrees. 're talking redskins' training camp under way. later today on "oprah," ride along with lisa ling as they accompany police on a mission to bust a child pornography ring. imams dirty home after eight years in jail. >>> welcome back. 5:24. this is a live look at on pennsylvania avenue. we do have some breezes that is breaking up moisture and humidity. we will see more about that with traffic and weather. 9 -- now it is time for s

the review, as siskel and ebert once said, two thumbs down.n isn't even trying and it wasn't even a great dunk. it was a summer camp. who tries in summer camp? the only embarrassing thing was the way nike and lebron acted like this was the spruder film. it seems hard that he wanted to own up to smoking marijuana but word about this. next time nike is worried the king might be exposed as human they might want to remember there is. >> put your popcorn away. there's nothing interesting to see here at least if you plan on watching the reality show of t.o. or shaquille o'nealings summer programming at its worst. the t.o. show which fitingly airs on networks known for airing the world of faded stars it confirms he is -- in his first episode he platen'tly showed off his welterweight by buying a bently and a new home and earrings if you didn't despise t.o. before this might help you. if you're excited about is seeing a big man in a speedo shaq will challenge other athletes in their sports including michael phelps in what very well could be one of the

believe it or not for a while for so years as the cisco and ebert, books. i would do a review for the american library association and a graphic novel or a series of books, books that would make a lot of money. so a lot of people in the, but industry want to buy the dinner without coming to the shop. so i use my influence for some years and detritus of a lady to nielsen of the big names and even some of the small names in the comic books publishing to finally pay attention to presenting african characters and some other characters of color in honorable and respectable ways. they assured me every year that they were going to get right on that baron but, of course, they did not. after some amount of years went by sen i am wasting my time, here i am and pumping up this thing. and they are not coming through for everybody else. this is what i'm going to do. and as billing and comic book review empire and people send any notes from all over the world and want me to speak about, these and how they can be used in schools. i had a nonprofit or position based on thi

library association and believe it or not for a while, for several years i was like the sysco and ebert of comic books. i would do a review for the american library association and a graphic novel or a series of comic books would make a lot of money so a lot of people in the comic book industry wanted to buy me dinner when i used to come to the comic book shops into the comic book community. so, i use my influence for several years and i tried to so they needle some of the big names and even some of the small names in comic-book publishing to finally pay attention to presenting some african characters and other characters of color and an honorable and respectable ways. they assured me every year that the comic book festival that they were going to get right on it, but of course they did not. after a certain amount of years went by i said i am wasting my time. here i am pumping up this thing, selling a lot of books for these comic book companies and they are not coming through for everybody else. so i said what am i going to do? i am going to give all this up. i was building a comic book