campaign. -- he had no decision making authority. >> an aide to former governor bob ehrlich today said he did not know whether henson had been paid. jayne miller, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the prosecution rested today in the trial of the brothers accused of beating a black teen while patrolling for the of the park's jurisconsults neighborhood watch group. the president of that group today said he believes that eli werdesheim acted in self- defense, based on what he heard on the group's radio transmission and his conversations with werdesheim. today the other defendant, avi werdesheim, actually jumps to the aid of a person watching the trial. >> protesters are gathering around the world on this may day to speak out about the economy. the first significant demonstration since the occupy protest last fall. >> the protest rally here started about 20 minutes ago put labor, civil rights, and immigration activists gathering for at the city for the past couple of hours. 1911 flew over the demonstrations at the post office and the washington monument. -- skyteam 11 flew over the demonstrations. they

speaking to wjz, henson also blamed the ehrlich campaign. >> i told them to put the tag on it. they refused. i sent the tag to someone else to get a second look. they still refused. so why am i responsible for a decision that was moot a -- not mine to make. >> reporter: russell was forced to repeat that she felt the ehrlich's campaign was malicious. >> reporter: henson could possibly testify in his own defense. but prosecutors are still calling their witnesses as they try to prove that henson and ehrlich's campaign manager conspired to commit election fraud. we're live at the courthouse, derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> ehrlich's campaign manager, paul schurick, has already been sentenced to home detention and community service for his role in the scandal. >>> a new york city plan -- man's remains are recovered. police say gaines is from upstate new york and vanished last month, while visiting ocean city with his family. police are waiting for the results of an autopsy to determine how he died. >>> a maryland man is charged with intentionally setting an apartment complex

speaking to wjz, henson also blamed the ehrlich campaign. >> i told them to put a tag on it. they refused. i sent the tag to someone else to get the second look. they still refused. so why am i responsible for a decision that was not mine to make. >> reporter: russell was forced to repeat what she told the grand jury about the robocall, that she felt the ehrlich campaign's motivation was malicious. >> reporter: henson could take the stand in his own defense. but right now, prosecutors are still calling witnesses as they try to prove that henson and ehrlich campaign manager conspired to commit election fraud. we're live at the courthouse, derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> derek, thank you. >>> ehrlich's campaign manager, paul schurick, was sentenced to community service for his role in the robocall scandal. >>> a missing tourist is found dead in ocean city. the coast guard recovered the body of 22-year-old lance gaines on the bay near 32nd street. police say gaines is from upstate new york. he disappeared last month, while visiting ocean city with his family. police are

those calls never mentioned they were really coming from the camp of republican bob ehrlich as required by law. henson contends the calls weren't meant to suppress voter turnout but inspire more people to vote for ehrlich. henson believes he is being targeted for prosecution by the democrats because he went to go work for a republican. meanwhile they are already calling witnesses in this case. the jury is getting an ear. and we will have an update at 5:00 and 6:00. derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >>> and wjz will stay in the courtroom and bring you the latest at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. >>> police in baltimore county are looking into a fatal mark train accident that happened just after 7:00 this morning in rosedale. there are few details at this point but police say a pedestrian was struck by a marked train traveling southbound near northeast creek road and schaefer lane. we will try to get that video as soon as possible. the person later died. >>> a update around a legal storm. days after maryland's highest court passed a ruling calling the practice unconstitutional, maryland's attorn

it was during paul schurick, bob ehrlich's campaign manager. on similar charges. last year, schurick blamed the entire legal problems of those robocalls on jewelius on trial, >> henson admits he wrote the infamous robocall. suggesting that they need not vote because governor o'malley had already won. >> we're okay. relax. >> the calls did not say, do not vote. the calls did not say the election is over. >> it also did not have the legally-required tag line, identifying that it was really from the ehrlich campaign. henson said he blames ehrlich's campaign for that omission. >> i told them to put the tag on it. they refused. i sent it to a second person. they still refuse. why am i responsible for a decision that was not mine to make? >> reporter: in opening statements, his defense attorneys told jurors that his client had been thrown under the bus for the robocall that henson insists was not intended to suppress voter turnout. and i said that was the purpose of the call in the first place, to motivate, to sway people to go vote. the state's own witness put on a wit

now on trial, henson blames the ehrlich campaign. >> reporter: political consultant julius henson admits he wrote the now-infamous robocall, suggesting that they need not vote because governor o'malley had already won. >> we're okay. relax. >> the calls did not say don't vote. the calls did not say the election is over. >> reporter: the robocall also did not require the legally required tag line, identifying that it was really from the ehrlich campaign. henson told wjz today, he blames ehrlich's campaign for that omission. >> i told them to put the tag on it. they refused. i sent it to someone else for a second look. they still refused. so why was a responsible for a decision that was not mine to make? >> reporter: his defense says henson had been thrown under the buzz and left holding the bag by the ehrlich campaign for the robocall that henson insists was not intended to suppress voter turnout. >> and i said all along that was the purpose of the call in the first place was to motivate, persuade people to go vote. the state's own witness put on a witness that said they did exactly that.

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an illegal scheme by henson and ehrlich's campaign manager, to help ehrlich win by suppressing the african american vote. a separate jury already found schurick guilty. henson is hoping for better. >> the call was just to get people to go vote. >> reporter: henson says the call was reverse psychology. and is protected by the first amendment. and he said he was just doing what his client wanted when he left out the legally required line saying the robocall was paid for by the bob ehrlich campaign. >> reporter: the jury is still deliberating at this hour. they have four charges to consider against henson. we'll keep you posted. at the courthouse, derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> wjz is closely monitoring jury deliberations and will bring you the latest from the courtroom as soon as we receive it. >>> the harford county sheriff's office is looking for a suspect in a triple shooting around 8:00 last night. deputies responded last night for reports of shots fired. they found 43-year-old man and a 26-year-old man with bullet wounds. police later learned the 37- year-old gunshot victim was

. >> henson says the ehrlich campaign chose not to take his advice. and they say they are ultimately responsible for those robocalls. >> reporter: emerging from the courthouse after his first four weeks of trial, julius henson had few words for reporters. >> it's doing well. it's okay. >> reporter: henson took the stand in his own defense friday afternoon, detailing for jurors his political consulting work for the failed 2010 campaign to elect republican bob ehrlich for governor. >> i'm on the stand, testify. and i think that should remain in the courthouse that i'll be happy to talk to you, when my testimony is over. >> reporter: when henson returns to court monday, he hoo -- he will be asked about his role in the 2010 election night robocall that prosecutors say amounted to legal fraud. the calls went out to registered democrats, suggesting that there was no need to go vote because democrat martin o'malley was already winning. >> we're okay. relax. >> reporter: henson blames the ehrlich campaign for legal problems. greg masony, a confidant to ehrlic

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. >> reporter: as democrat martin o'malley and republican bob ehrlich squared off in a 2010 rematch. ehrlich's campaign consultant, julius henson, wrote and sent a robocall to thousands of democrats before polls closed on election night, suggesting there was no need to go vote because o'malley was already winning. >> relax, everything is fine. the only thing left is to watch it on tv tonight. >> reporter: prosecutors argue that robocall was an illegal attempt to supress african american turnout through deceit. and they say the call was misleading because it did not require the legally-- did not have the legally required tag line saying it was the ehrlich campaign. >> we think it was fraud lent. it wasn't just political speech. it was fraudulent speech. >> reporter: but henson says it was reverse psychology, meant to get people to vote for ehrlich. and he blamed his convicted coconspirator schurick for leaving off the required tag line. >> it comes down to mr. schurick, in the early campaign, had to -- it was their responsibility to put a authority line on that call. i recommended the

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was just doing what they wanted when he left off the legally-required tag saying paid for by the ehrlich campaign. >> reporter: two charges because the robocall did not contain the line that says "paid for by the ehrlich campaign." and two charges of attempting to influence a voter's decision to go to the polls through fraud. at the courthouse, derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> henson faces thousands in fines and up to 12 years in prison. wjz is monitoring deliberations. we'll bring you the verdict as soon as it is reached. >>> mdt owner michael andretti is now going to monitor the baltimore grand prix. this is the third company in six months charged with taking over the race. the deal still needs approval by the city's board of estimates, which is set to vote on a contract may 16th. the baltimore grand prix is set to run labor day weekend. >>> southern maryland is getting more help to recover from hurricane irene. the federal emergency management agency is awarding more than $4 million to the southern maryland electrical coop, in three maryland countery -- counties. they will help

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ehrlich's campaign manager, paul schurick, was sentenced to home detention and community service on the same charges. >>> as the doomsday clock continues to tick tonight, a decision about a special session. governor martin o'malley says the session will be held may 14th. it will last three days. lawmakers need to make changes to a budget that left the state with $500 million in cuts. the budget process fell apart last month, when lawmakers failed to pass an income tax increase, which would have prevented the cuts. >>> more on the funeral services planned for junior seau. >> seau's family says they will donate his brain to research for repetitive head injuries. the medical examiner's office ruled his death a suicide. it appears to be a self- inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. the family and other nfl players are worried the suicide may have been prompted by the brain disease, cte. it occurs when a person suffers multiple concussions. seau's doctors are hoping that doctors will be able to confirm that, once they finish researching his brain. >>> sad news from the world of music tonight

meant to get people to vote for ehrlich. and he blamed convicted coconspirator paul schurick for leaving off the required authority tag line. >> it comes down to mr. schurick, in the early campaign, had to -- it was their responsibility, to put an authority line on that call. i recommended that they do so. i went around them to get them to do so. they refused. that is not my responsibility. >> reporter: that jury has already deliberated for about eight hours. that is just about twice as long as the jury deliberated in the case of convicted coconspirator, paul schurick. we're live at the courthouse, derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> okay, thank you. wjz will bring you the verdict as soon as it happens. >>> president obama's declaration that he supports same-sex marriage, is drawing strong praise and criticism. and it could have an impact on the november election. right now, polls show americans are basically split right down the middle on the issue. the obama campaign already released a new ad, accusing mitt romney of b

at the time, he was a consultant to the bob ehrlich campaign. paul schurick was convicted in december on similar charges. in deliberations today, we did hear from the jury one time. they sent out a question just before lunchtime saying they wanted to get a copy on the instructions on all the charges. the price -- the judge provided them with that after lunch. they did not hear another word until they said they were ready to go home and will be back at it tomorrow. >> in the high-stakes election year with polls putting the economy as the top concern among voters, the issue of same-sex marriage has dominated the political combat -- conversation. this comes in the wake of president obama's public endorsement of gay marriage yesterday. >> political strategists say the president's endorsement of same- sex marriage is a risky move, one that may or may not pay off or may not pay ormo off for him politically. >> same-sex couples should be able to get married. a new ad.ng a new i'-- romney is steering clear of the issue and as directly at odds about it.

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he was instructed by ehrlich's campaign manager, not to include the legally-required authority line. identifying it was paid for by the ehrlich campaign. >> when i read this, he said he liked the call. and i said, well, you need a tag for this call. he said "i don't want a tag." >> reporter: but prosecutors say all of the facts together point to an illegal conspiracy, between schurick and henson on election night to suppress voter turnout and help ehrlich win the election. >> at the courthouse, derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> and we'll have more on today's testimony, coming up all new at 5:00 and 6:00. >>> a wet, gray afternoon, across central maryland outside. we have been getting much- needed rain outside. wjz has weather and traffic together. meteorologist bernadette woods is here with the updated numbers from first warning weather. >> hello, kai. and hello, everybody out there. as we have seen that rain move in from the west. since noon, it has definitely spread eastward. but it's also broken up somewhat. so we're getting lighter rain out there. perhaps a band or two of m

for some more we go to brett ehrlich.ad day, sarkozy will no longer be president of france. hold me. he lost an election with 81% voter turnout. that is impressive involvement from a country who's national pass time is going uuuh. this is the worst face of france going along with germany since the last time france went along with germany. even their language is wasteful every word has like six letters you don't even pronounce. i'm not happy to see sarkozy, gosy. this guy is what i need in a french president. a 4 foot tall man who looks at butts or grope people in photo ops or better yet get completely wasted at lunch with vladimir pewten and then hold a press conference. yes, the only thing he is not doing here is going ah-ha hah, this is really the only collection of stereo types that is okay for me to make fun of and he is gone now. and there is nothing left to do. i'm done talking now. ♪ >> we want to hear from you. someone is always in your war room check out online at current.com/thewarroom. it's also where you can l

former aide to ehrlich... paul schurick was convicted on siiilar charges. you can hear everything henson has to sayy.. go to fox baltimore dot com... slash raw nees. attorreys for two brothers baltimore teen during a - community-watch patrol in december 20-10 ...will present their defense todayyattorneyy for avi and eli werdeeheim requested an early end to the trial tuesday... but a judge denied it... saying there was enough evidence to support the charges. the wife of a former top aide to john edwards was back on the stand tuesday... in the cheri young defended takkng a video of the house and items belonging to edwards' pregnant mistress in 2008.she said it wws tooshow proof that she was taking care of rielle hunter with money giien to her. prosecutors say the monee given to the youngs to take care of hunter were illegal campaign donations.edwards faces uppto 30 years in prison if convicted on all ounts. presidenttobbma made a surprise visittto afghanistan tuesday... on the one-year anniversary of the mission that killed 9-11 mastermind osama bin laden.as

. >> reporter: henson wants to convince the jury that the ehrlich campaign chose not to take his advice. and he says, they are ultimately responsible for those robocalls. >> emerging from the courthouse, julius henson had few words for reporters. >> it's doing well. it's okay. >> reporter: henson took the stand in his own defense, friday afternoon, detailing for jurors, his own consulting work for the failed election campaign for bob ehrlich for governor. >> i'm testifying. and i think that should remain in the courthouse. but i'll be happy to talk to you when my testimony is over. >> reporter: when henson returns to court monday, he will be asked about his role in the controversial election night robocall, that prosecutors say amounted to illegal fraud. the calls went out to registered democrats before poles he'll -- polls close, -- closed. >> reporter: henson admits he wrote the call but blames the ehrlich campaign for the legal calls. a senior adviser and confidant testified he had no knowledge of the robocall until after the election. henson predicts he will be vindicated. >> i'm fo

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he went to work for bob ehrlich on the eve infamous robocalls. prosecutors said the call used fraud to suppress votes by suggesting the election is over. julius henson says not true. >> the call the not they don't vote. the call did not say the election is over. -- the call did not say don't go. >> prosecutors say cuyahoga center offered a strategy that ehrlich rejected to keep black voters at home -- prosecutors say julius henson offered a strategy that early projected to keep black voters at home. >> for example, we need additional i.d. that is suppression. what are campaign did was simply trying to get your votes to the poll. >> paul schurick was convicted in december in the robocalls case. henson is trying to convince jurors he is not criminally culpable because he was only an adviser to the campaign and had no decision making authority. he also argues he got left holding back -- holding bacthe . >> an aide to bob ehrlich said he did not know if hanson had been paid or not. he said they use reverse psychology to motivate voters to get to the

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brett ehrlich has a few ideas. shhhh, brett's talking now. >> happy monday! you look taller. slogan. >> i believe america is on the way up. >> so mitt romney what is your campaign slogan going to be? don't worry, i have tons of ideas. that were organized but we'll go with it. [ censor bleep ] >> okay. first you could take forward and go in another direction. so how about mitt romney backwards but in a good way. or how about this mitt romney upward like my car elevator. >> the real war on women is being waged by the president's failed economic policies. >> i have the perfect slogan with that. mitt romney, am i right ladies. and he also has a problem with hispanics hispanics. of course you may have seen thissed a by karl rove's superpack. so if obama is cool. then mitt romney totally not cool. finally there would be some truth in advertising. i'm done talking now. not again.

schurick in the ehrlich campaign. had to -- it was their responsibility to put an authority line on that call. i recommended that they do so. i went around them to get them to do so. they refused. that is not my responsibility. so i have no clue whatsoever why i'm here. >> reporter: the jury will begin deciding henson's guilt or innocence during their deliberations just after closing arguments, tomorrow. we're live at the courthouse. derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> derek, thank you. a separate jury convicted paul schurick. he served one month of home detention and must complete 500 hours of community sense. >>> sky eye chopper 13 is over the scene and captain mike perry has more. >> we are at franklin and monroe, denise this. is in southwest baltimore. where a baltimore city medic unit, as it was transitioning through a center, was struck on the side by a sport utility vehicle. we do know of several injuries. apparently none of the persons on board the medic unit. they did, however, have to call a second ambul

. >>> up next brett ehrlich takes out his scalpel to dissect a campaigned a from mitt romney.n-class driving range of more than 550 miles per tank. so you can catch morning tee time in monterey and the afternoon meeting in los angeles, all without running out of gas. just make sure you don't run out of gas. ♪ ♪ hershey's chocolate syrup. stir up a smile. right by those who gave their lives to for this country nearly 70 years ago. >>> what do cute babies have to do with fuzzy math? everything in a presidential campaign. mitt romney mashed them up recently to make a point about the deficit. but brett ehrlich thought his message needed a little honing. >> it's time for an attitude adjustment. so this ad is about president obama and the deficit. >> but mr. president was just being modest. he's in fact america's best president, at piling on debt. so good that he has managed to pile on nearly as much debt as all of the previous presidents combined. >> all right. let me stop you there. you can't compare president obama's debt to people who were presidented in like the 1800s. in the l

republican former governor bob ehrlich. closing arguments begin tomorrow morning. >> reporter: julius henson's testimony in his criminal trial for election fraud is over. >> i think it went extremely well. >> reporter: henson faces charges that he conspired with ehrlich campaign manager, paul schurick, to suppress voter turnout. henson maintains that they used reverse psychology not to suprez votes but -- to suppress votes but to inspire them. several testified they went out and voted. >> reporter: prosecutors say the robocall was desect -- deceptive, saying it sounded like it was coming from the democrats, not to worry that democrat martin o'malley was winning. the call also did not require the legally-required authority line. >> it comes down to mr. schurick in the ehrlich campaign, had to, had the responsibility to put an authority line on that call. i recommended that he do so. i went around them to get them to do so. they refused. that is not my responsibility. so i have no clue whatsoever why i'm here. >> reporter: it

. >> reporter: julius henson awaits his turn about the robocall for bob ehrlich. the robocall sparked controversy by telling 112,000 registered democrats before polls closed on election night that there was no need to go vote because democrat martin o'malley was already winning. >> relax. everything is fine. the only thing left is to watch it on tv tonight. >> that robocall already earned a criminal conviction for ehrlich's campaign manager, paul schurick because the message did not contain the legally required authority line, indicating it was paid for by the ehrlich camp. the state prosecutor says that amounts to election fraud. but henson says he'll tell the jury, it's not his fault. >> what does it say you hope to convince them? >> well, we are going -- hoping to convince them that the call was not my responsibility. the auto call tag is not my responsibility. it's outside of the scope of an adviser. as a matter of fact, i advised the cap pain to use-- campaign to use an authority line. they chose not to. >> reporter: henson calls the prosecution's case thin.

another one of ehrlich's aides has already been convicted in the same case and sentenced to home detentionmunity service. >>> in the day ahead, the wife of a former aide to john edwards is expected to retake the stand. sherry young broke down as she testified yesterday during edwards' campaign construction trial. she cried while describing when edwards asked her husband, andrew young, to claim responsibility for fathering his mistress' baby. she said she was scared when she deposited money from a donor in her family's bank account. she said the money was used to take care of edwards' pregnant mistress and hide the affair. prosecutors are trying to prove that edwards illegally and deliberately used campaign money it hide the affair as he campaigned for the white house in 2008. edwards denies the charges. >>> and this morning a teenager who survived a hammer attack is grateful officers answered her cries for help. the 19-year-old woman left the hospital yesterday. she is recovering from a head wound. she asked us to conceal her identity. she tells news4 she was walking home in the petworth n

julius henson worked for robert ehrlich. he testified about a proposal for identifying and getting african american voters to vote for ehrlich. said the robocalls were not meant to suppress the black vote. >> cross stokes introduced an alternative on monday. the proposed bill would propose an annual fee for colleges and hospitals that do not pay property-tax. the revenue it would help fund school construction. >> being able to equip these buildings with the savings that would allow them to learn at a higher level. >> the mayor's office says it would cancel a 2010 agreement with nonprofits to pay $20.4 lieuon to the city in latexliu of taxes. the house speaker will start calling legislators to his office. his goal is to keep them focused on the budget. this includes an income tax increase for those that make more than $100,000 a year. the special session next week is about that and nothing else. >> the general public does not want to c.s. and i think the quicker we can come down here and do the people's business and leave wil

jewel i can't say henson worked for former maryland governor bob ehrli ehrlich's campaign.tors say henson used automatic calls to tell voters that democratic governor martin o'malley already won the 2010 election so they did not need to vote. henson said his calls weren't meant to keep block voters away. >>> what a difference a year makes. virginia governor mcdonald's popularity has taken a tumble in the past few months. 56% of virginians approve of the job he's doing, according to a new poll, down by 6% from a year ago. 35% of people surveyed disapprove of his performance. that is a 9% increase from last year. this year's heated legislative session which included debates over gun control and abortion rights bills might have contributed to his sagging approval numbers. >>> the race for the white house will really heat up this week. the white house says it will start running ads extensively this week touting the president's accomplishments during his first term. this comes just a couple of days after he officially launched his re-election campaign. he held rallies saturday a

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. >>> bob ehrlich's former campaign consultant is found guilty on one of four charges against him.esterday, hensenler was found guilty the distribute campaign rob so cops. hensen remain tains that it was reserve psychology and jurors agreed it is not illegal. >> when you come down to dealing with voters. everyone is trying to get folks on their side. it is a tactic. you can see it every day. >> now, he faces the possibility of up to a year behind bars and up to a $1,000 fine when he is sentenced. >>> frantic calls for help. a maryland toddler nearly browns. left in a bathtub alone. as meghan mccorkell reports. that child is alive tonight thanks to the actions of a 9-1- 1 operator. >> reporter: good morning. that little girl is in critical condition, but the quick thinking of a 9-1-1 operator may have saved her life. >> my granddaughter has drowned. she's not responding. please help me. >> a terrifying call from help from this home. a 2-year-old girl found under the water inside of a bathtub. >> is she breathing, ma'am. >> no! >> the child's grandmother was distracted when two frien

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saying he everyone tried to get a second opinion from ehrlich's campaign. >> he said he liked the call and i asked him, do you need a tag for this call. he said i don't need a tag. >> he's saying you never had that conversation and that he assumed you would put that tag on there. >> the reason why that doesn't measure up to the truth, he got the test call, heard the test call. masoni listened to the test call and there was no tag on it. he had an opportunity to say, wait a minute. let me put an authority line on this call. nobody in that campaign did that. >> reporter: julius henson returns to the stand tomorrow for his cross-examination. henson's-- shorack's attorney says his client will exercise his fifth amendment right now to testify. the case could be headed to closing argumenting as soon as tomorrow afternoon. derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> derek thank you, paul shorick was sentenced to five months of home detention and 500 hours of community service. >> well oriole fans are buzzing. sports director mark viviano has more on all the excitement. >> reporter: the fans may b

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julius &pgovernor bob ehrlich in his failed 2010 bid against &pincumbent goveenor martin suggested thatady woo and prosecutors say it was an attempt to supress black voter turnnut but henson disagrees. p3&pincue: theepurpose of the call outcue: they did exactly that that 3 ttstimony in the robocall trial resumes tomorrow. 3 hear verything....henson ...has to say.../go to... fox baltimore dot com... slash raww news. one week after a maryland pourttstrikes down a connroversial dna law... the attorney general fires back 3- 3the 2008 law allows officers to ollect d-n-a samples at phe timeeof arrest for sssspcts of vvolent crimes.the court of appeall found parts of the law unconstitutional... - saying it violates fouuth amendment rights, wwich -3 protecttindividuals rom unreasonable warrantless searches.maryland attorrey generrl doug gansler is now asking the coort to aalow police to contiine collecting dna whill a potential appeal is underway. some.../ neighbors... in southwest baltimore../ are../ fighting city hhll. hall. more than ... two months... after... a water a main break.../ ááress

ut enson blames ehrlich's campaagnn chieffpaul schuuiik for not disclooing who ppid for the automated calls. (henson) "when i read the calll toaul schurick ovee the ppone, heesaid he likee the caal but i said you need a tag to ttis call and he said i don'' ant a ttg." similar charges laat yeer. a maryland wommn is having sex with a friend's teenage son in texas. 41-year-old karen carstens of riva was arreettd monday.court documenns llege she had sex with tte teen... when he was between the ages of 13 to 15. parstens s currently being held n nne arundel ccunty.. 3 trouble for ohn travolta foorsexuallbatterr.a mysterr 3 claims travolta tried to initiate at leest one sexual act during a private massage aa the beeerly hills hooell n january. court papers filed lasttweek ay the massage was arranged by an anonymouu callee for twoo travolta's representatives deny the two millionnddllar suit calling ii-- qqote a "baseless lie" onnmonday. they say travoltaawas not in question. travolta promisess o sue the masseur and his llwyer once this is all over.. legions of "twiiter tweens" are congratula