glen burnie 47. you have a 28-mile-per-hour gust. with pasadena to lake shore we have had 3300 customers without power. and that's why we have school closings at the bottom of the screen. a wet morning means a slow commute. means patients 6:46 and lets talk about traffic with kim. >> reporter: slow is not the word this morning. we are looking at a mess on the beltway right now. we have an accident on the outer loop at liberty road that's blocking the left lane and shoulder. this is at old court road. traffic is pretty much at a standstill. backups stretching to reisterstown road. slow going on 7-- 795. so add an extra 15 to 20 minutes to your commute if this is the way you roll. looking at the maps, we have an accident reported in baltimore city also still dealing with a downed poll a-- pole afeeblinging mount i can road -- affecting lanes in on mountain road. now back to you. >> thanks a lot. >>> news time is 6:47. white house is revising and directing details about the raid in pakistan that took out osama bin laden. they are trying

. >>> we are falling another school bus accident, this one in glen burnie or a school bus struck a crossing guard at about 7:40 a.m. this morning. the female guard was rushed to the shock trauma center in baltimore. the accident is under investigation. >>> a woman in maryland is fighting for her life after a home explodes into a pile of debris. the explosion rocked a neighborhood along ashley drive in kensington. neighbors rushed to rescue the woman, and courtney robinson has the latest. >> at montgomery county's fire and explosives unit is going to a degree, and neighbors are still upset. >> it was terrifying. >> around 3:00 a.m., residents tell us they were shaken awake when many ran out seeing a pile of splintered wood, and debris everywhere even hanging in trees with significant fire damage to neighboring homes. >> it was a massive explosion we thought it was a tree at first. we have had problems with them falling down, which is not normal but kind of expected. we looked outside, we saw houses we heard people yelling. >> inside, a husband and wife were asleep in their dead crews found t

morning at 7:30 a.m., a school bus head and seriously injured vicki whitehead at furnace avenue in glen burnie. >> that is when she was struck. it turned -- it appears she was thrown and she was transported to shock trauma. >> it looked like the bus driver failed to yield. for students on the bus and weree others workinwalking not hurt but witness the accident. >> we will make sure the parents knew we were offering support to the students. >> she was a wonderful crossing guard and she did her job great. >> vicki whitehead has been a fixture at the crossing and she has been these for years. questions about why she was not seen. >> i do not know how anyone can mr. >> i do not know what happened and i do not understand. i guess it was a bus that hit her. i do not understand how i could have happened. >> as with a bus driver, she has been taken off duty pending an accident review. >> the medical examiner has death aylicia barnes' homicide. they are continuing their search for suspects. funeral services are set. a private service in georgia. you can watch the service's on- line through a link on ou

glen burnie picking up and we have expect to have more rain coming up from the south so we have another wave of moderate rain. weil we have called this a morning rain -- we have called this a morning rain event because it should be be sliding through the region. we have to deal with this chunk and the afternoon mostly cloudy. leftover showers as most of the rain pushes off toward the eastern shore. most of us in the west side of the bay by 2 to 4 should be done. maybe a few peeks of sun and a struggle to get back to 56. cool, wet day today. how about a warmup by mother's day? we will talk about the forecast and more. please, stick around. >>> you're watching the station that works for you "good morning maryland" at nine. >>> time about 9:15. come up this weekend, a great annual fund-raiser benefiting als research at johns hopkin. this morning dr. jeff ro sstein joins us this morning to talk about the 5th annual fiesta 5k and fun run. good morning. >> good morning. >> you are not only the director but the founder. this is something you took on ten years ago. >> i did. there was a great n

a glen burnie woman was robbed at gunpoint by a man posing for a utility worker. he showed her an i.d. card indicating he was a utility worker. she let him in and that's when he pulled out the gun. police are warning residents that utility companies will not show up to homes unannounced. >>> the retrial for two brothers accused of setting a dog on fire has been rescheduled for july. travers and tremayne johnson were expected to go to trial today. they were accused of setting that pit bull named phoenix on fire in 2009. the two brothers are charged with animal cruelty and mutilation of the animal phoenix later had to be put down because the injuries were so severe. >>> well, today one of the fastest growing companies in the country opened its doors to our cameras. it's based in owings mills. medi fast develops, produces 70 different weight loss meals, including maryland crab soup has its headquarters in baltimore county. forbes magazine has ranked medi fast it's number one small company in america growing its business by $90 million last year. the company's board c

. >>> anne arundel county crossing guard is in the hospital after being hit by a school bus in glen burnie. vicki whitehead was hit this morning sunny book drive near point pleasant elementary school. she is in serious but stable condition. the bus driver and students were not hurt. the cause of the accident is still being investigated. >>> well the retrial for twin brothers accused of brutally attacking a dog and setting it on fire has been postponed. tremayne and travers johnson who were 17 at the time are charged with animal cruelty and mutilation of an animal. the twins set the pit bull named phoenix on fire in 2009. the dog was later euthanized. the trial is set to begin sometime in july. >>> looking at a live picture from our harbor cam. a rainy start to the day and quite a bit cooler, but there was a few peeks of sunshine. so what's on tap for tonight? let's check in with meteorologist wyatt everhart. >> it's possible we could see a renegade stray shower but i think we're dry the rest of the night and we should see some more sun back into the picture starting tomorrow. let's look at

a glen burnie woman did not know that and fortunately she became the victim of a robbery. the woman tells police that a man came to her home tuesday morning, posing as a pepco worker, checking on a gas leak. that's when he showed her a gun and he robbed her. pepco does not serve that area, nor does it check on gas leaks. >>> still to come on 9news now at noon, a beautiful day at the racetrack turns ugly after a horse throws its jockey and barrels through a crowd of spectators, and it was all caught on tape. >>> and drivers, consider this a warning. speed cameras are going up in another maryland community. we'll tell you when and where when we come back. >>> speed cameras are going to be in another part of the metro area. the howard county council approved the cameras this week. a maryland state law passed in 2009 allows counties to set up the cameras and in howard county police plan to operate a maximum of eight mobile cameras in school zones. >> some very narrow parameters. monday through friday, 6:00 in the morning to 8:00 at night. the violations are a $40 citation, no

. >>> an anne arundel crossing guard is in the hospital after being hit by a school bus in glen burnie. vicki whitehead was hit early this morning at furnace avenue and sunny brook drive near point pleasant elementary school. she's in serious but stable condition tonight. bus driver and students were not hurt. the cause of the accident is still being investigated tonight. >>> selling your home in this tough economy could be as easy as getting your home a facelift. how to spruce up your home without breaking the bank. plus if you like to spends a lot of time on google or facebook you may be able to blame that for eating up the nation's power. it's the little things in life that make me smile. spending the day with my niece. i don't use super poligrip for hold because my dentures fit well. before those little pieces would get in between my dentures and my gum and it was uncomfortable. even well-fitting dentures let in food particles. super poligrip is zinc free. with just a few dabs, it's clinically proven to seal out more food particles so you're more comfortable and confident while you

police say that vikki whitehead was hit near point pleasant elementary yesterday in glen burnie and is listed in stable but serious condition. no one else was hurt. the accident is under investigation. >>> crews continue to work on a broken water main in towson. this was the scene yesterday evening along the 900 block of york road. officials say a 10-inch main broke and affected the carver center for arts and technology as well as 15 businesses between bosley and fairmont avenues. southbound lanes are closed so clues crews -- crews are reversing one northbound lane. no word when everything will be back to normal. >>> starting today, baltimore county police will step up patrols at towson university. it's the annual tiger fest weekend that kicks off and police say they are using grant money to step up patrols and encourage stewed don't attend social events that unite a stadium. the special patrols will start at 7 tomorrow and run until 3 in the morning on sunday. police say they are going to be look for loud parties under age- - underage drink and illegal drugs and more. >>> also today a

this is glen burnie dropping into the 40s. northwest wind 7 and the front has come through. heightest -- highest wind is 28 miles per hour. there's been some reports of trees knocked down and power out. wanted to switch this over and give you an idea of what we are looking at. i checked with bge and they have 2200 people without power in this general area. no reason for that. but some people have been complaining that the power has been out. and we know that we are not on comcast in some parts of the area as well. but that could just be an unrelated event. we have a look at wider view radar. frontal bondry coming through. we have got -- boundary coming through. and this's -- there's on the back side of west virginia. we will have a cool wet day. we will talk about that coming up. right now, let's look at traffic with kim brown. >> reporter: better them than us. we are not too bad on the mta light rail marc train and commuter and mobility services which are on skeed yiew. no accidents but a -- schedule. no accidents. 895 at o'donnell street running well. as we look at the map

check it out as we are looking at glen burnie. a mild 61. haze and glaze out there. some patchy fog doesn't look to be too widespread. there's towson 58 cogreece. we are getting a little morning brightness. and we will have ourselves a mostly cloudy sky. you are lucky to get a break or two of sun and we will have mostly cloudy -- a mostly cloudy day. >> reporter: we are noticing a light uptick in volume around the beltway. and 95 as well. it's not really a whole lot to slow drivers down this morning. everything is moving at speed as we look live at the beltway 695 at providence road. both the inner and outer loop flowing nicely. no reported incidents or accidents this morning which is always a good thing. as we check the drive times everything is on the green. the top side of the outer loop from bel air to providence, a 6- minute trip. from 795 to 70, seven minutes and white marsh to the belt heway a 6-minute ride. looking at the maps, we are dealing with the same couple of incidents with debris in the roadways affecting the far left lane on the southbound lanes of 9

yellow and that's a moderate to heavy rainfall stretching in the south side of baltimore through glen burnie. checking out our friend in ann arunde county and take ate -- anne arundel county and take it towards annapolis. a pocket of ran along 50 and 97 split back through columbia. and let's bring that back. you can

glen burnie looks fine and the metro subway's on time. the 30 bus will be happy delayed at edmonton and swan. >> take a light jacket with you. i thought we could get some frost in the northern suburbs, but it's not cold enough. 43 in tontitown, 44 at the airport, 45 in columbia. it feels even colder with degrees. a little cloud cover will be coming through. -- it feels even colder with breeze.i mostly sunny skies expected. we have storms to the northeast and high pressure over kentucky and tennessee. the wind will start to pick up after sunrise and will drag the cool air out from the southern part of canada. the average high temperature is 71 today. we will make it to the mid to upper 60's this afternoon. mostly sunny and breezy. sunrise this morning at 6:04. temperatures will drop into the 40's tonight. sunset this evening after 8:00. there's a clipper to our north. most of the rain will stay north of us in pennsylvania. 20% chance of rain showers on friday. there will be a series of clipper storms on the weekend. there's one on friday a

a glen burnie woman didn't know that and a man came to her home posing as a pepco worker he showed her a gun and robbed her. pepco does not serve that area, nor does it check on gas leaks. >>> after six weeks now gas prices have basically crept up every single day. aaa says the average in d.c., the metro area regular gas $4.01 per gallon. that's a jump of 33 cents in the last month. this morning, we found four places you can fill up for under $4 a gallon. let's start in the district sunoco sherman avenue harvard street, 3.99, upper marlboro maryland wawa on central avenue 3.93. and arlington gas, 3.99 at bar croft center on route 50. in wood bridge virginia we found gas 3.97 at the seven, 11 on route one,. cheaper places to fill up where you live, visit wusa9.com. >>> 6:07. jessica doyle is here with a special your money report. >> talking about getting your money's worth as it comes to mother's day. >> buyer beware if you're planning on sending flowers on mother's day that you order online. the reason why, with so many people ordering online and never seeing the flowers in person, the

the message comes after a robbery in the 400 block of boesch place in glen burnie. the victim led a man posing inside the home. once inside, he robbed a woman at gunpoint. police say call your utility company if anybody shows up unannounced. >>> maryland is drying out tonight after a cool and rainy wednesday. clouds are ringering out there -- lingering out there. and it's still chilly. when will the clouds clear out? >> well, the sun is helping temperatures this last hour. went up about four degrees. take a look at radar. you can see, it's possible, a few neighborhoods might see a sprinkle in the next hour or two. otherwise, we'll see clearing and chilly temps tonight. we're at 60 degrees now. out in the west, only in the 50s and 40s. and compared to yesterday, temperatures have dropped anywhere from 15 to 20, as you can see, 25 degrees colder this afternoon than it was yesterday this time up in elkton. we were in the low 80s most places. they were in the upper 70s. and pretty good rain overnight. luckily, no severe weather. not even a rumble of thunder around here.

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