they are hard to keep shiny and they are hard to hardwood floors? 1) what about hardwood floors?y and pricey to there? coming up... does this sound like you? you?(mos #1) "i'm trying to get myself on a budgee." budget."if so... you're in luck.consumerrreports is out with its list... oo the best places to find deals... on everyday items.we'll share that with you next.you're watching fox 45 morning news.. 3 it's the perfect match for the perfect moment -- oreo the dunkin' way. introducing the new oreo coffee coolatta and new oreo vanilla bean coolatta. taste the fun today. america runs on dunkin'. hurry in to dunkin' and try the new oreo coolatta and donuts today. if you're not a dollar-store shopper... you could be missing out. consumer reports shopsmart found that's because shopping at dollar stores is a whole different experiencee these days. days. (v/o)customers at this family dollar store say the savings eep them coming back again and again.(mos #1)"i'm trying to get myself on a budget."(mos #2)i love the savings."(mos #3)"i like to buy the same items from the supermarkets and

the heros of the hardwood are not too busy to reach out to those serving their families.oops for troops is about 3,000 servicemen and women. they were inviteds to an open practice here. it's all part of a world basketball festival. some of these legends are here. folks like that will be there, lots of stuff going on outside and inside. joining me now is cathy, the executive vice president of community and player programs for the nba. tell me what this is all about today. >> this is a real celebration of our usa basketball hoops for troops program. it's about the culture and working with the military as we have for a number of years to just make sure that all of those that represent us on the hardwood know the sacrifice that's have been made by the military. this is our way of giving back and thanking them. >> i understand some of the families will be ball boys and girls. so it's really interactive, they're not just coming to watch a guam. >> nehr not, they're here to enjoy themselves. spnd time with the best players. this is about the mens and womens team. it will be very

on the hardwood, the wizards have resigned cartier mark to affect your contract. swelling in his knee. he's back in l.a. having an m.r.i. done. griffin replaced on the roster against the dominican republic by the hornet's number 1 overall pick. that game taking place in las vegas. lebron james fresh off a championship. deron williams up to lebron for the ally-oop. the dream team 12? 13? yeah, part deux. second quarter, durrant was unstoppable. had five three-pointers, 24 in the game. usa rolling again. how about carmello anthony, get out of his way. the team flying here to d.c. tomorrow for a weekend of training and an exhibition at verizon center on monday. that will be neat. >>> u.s. senior open in michigan at the indian wood golf and country club. the story of the day was this guy. tom kite, the birdie putt on the 9th hole to drop him to 7 under on the front. that's a 28. he's the leader at 5 under. how about the funkster, fred funk had a pretty good round, as well. back-to-back birdies, he's tied for fourth headed into the second round. any time you can say, "

dyeed mulch holds better than a regular hardwood mulch that holds the color more. >> reporter: the trick of using it is how much to buy. a landscaper says all you need to do is measure. >> in order to find out how much you need, just a simple math equation. the length times the width had find the area and what you want to do is divide by 100. we have it at 3 inches a proper depth and one yard of mulch will cover 100 square feet three inches deep. >> reporter: once you figure out the color, consistency and the amount of mulch it's easy to add to the flower bed or walkway and gives your home the extra curb appeal. eric kneelson abc2 -- nealson abc2 news. >>> let's look at radar and showers and storms across the area. hook at the eastern shore out over dover pretty good downpours and thund erin lightning. we will go into city limits from 695 heading towards 195 towards south of town around brooklyn park. seeing good downpours and out towards the west mount airy along 70 seeing thunder and lightning at this point. some pretty good downpours going on. we will switch it over to this radar prod

sunday was a busy day of olympic competition in the pool and on the hardwood.lie, up bright and early for us with a look at some of team usa's victories. good morning, dan. >> good morning, jim. great day on the basketball court. and in the pool. so what did i do? i spent my day at a rainy wimbledon. saw maria sharipova who won. got a chance to see andy murray one of england's own, most popular player at wimbledon today. ran into capital star, alex ovechkin with his girlfriend, whose match was rained out. over half the matches were rand out. on the metal stand, kim rhode, first american to win medal in five straight olympics. does it in skeet. wins a gold. in the pool, 4 x 1 t00's men, l by ryan lochte, silver not gold. >> dana volmer, what a day. sets a new world record. didn't even qualify for the olympics last time around. dominated the 100 meter butterfly. winning the gold with the time of 55.98. second swimmer to set a new world record here in london to. make her feat more amazing. vollmer lost a swim cap in the middle of the race. gold was sweet redemptio

subsection e eliminates extension option for hardwood trees as well as the additional one-year extension for contracts. subsection f makes the conservation priority area watersheds and leaving ability to designate a priority area to the secretary. section 2002, reauthorizes the wet lands program while decreasing the cap from 1 million to 750,000 acres. section 2003 eliminates the option for conservation plan to provide for permanent retirement of existing base. section 2004 requires the secretary to allow for certain harvesting, grazing and commercial use of forage in exchange for reduction in rental rate at not less than 25% except for cases of drought and other natural disasters which have no reduction. this section in subsection for grazing practices on grass land specifically. it adds provision for individuals with aspiring contracts with land improvement practices in the final year of the contract with the reduction in rental value. >> council, the chair would ask to suspend and i would once again put the question to the group since it is now in order to consider title 2, i ask unan

hardwood high the usa basketball dreams squalled prove a nightmare for team great britain in an lympics one ball game. helping the russian volunteer corps leave moscow for the london games which get on the way one week exactly today. let's get going with some live sport where the third major of the golfing season has reached its second day in early on the open on friday we have a man in form brunt snedeker is his name and he started his ronda last year earlier than the rest of the day one leading lights meaning he was clearly eased the trail in front not by four strokes from zach johnson he's just begun his day while the overnight leader adam scott is joined by scott tied for third are further shocked by but both men are just three holes in currently. football fever is set to once again hit russia with the start of the premier league season just hours away newly promoted side more dual vs old homs lokomotiv moscow the sides kicking off the country's first ever european style campaign in surround sound before the season began in march and ended in november but now just like in spain for

but listen, there's excitement today also from the pool to the hardwood.asketball team, i took a peek at what they were doing. they were pretty much putting on a clinic. how is the team doing now? >> reporter: yeah, they did well. 98-71 against the french. the 2012 version of the dream team, their first game against the french early on today, kevin duran with the top score. kobe bryant on for ten minutes scoring 12. no sign that the big guns are being rested. lebron james on for 24 minutes. both james and bryant have said that this year's team could beat that original 1992 dream team. everybody's got their olympic hopes and dreams i guess at london 2012. it was only the beginning of course of the men's basketball but lots of excitement there. michelle obama there at the side of the arena to cheer those boys on today. just about two or three hours ago. >> becky, a lot of this is tape delay so i apologize our american viewers who are holding out for prime time, we may have given away stuff. you know what i saw last night, becky? there are so many empty seats

staying on the hardwood where all season deals are busy being prepared in the n.b.a. point guards of the premium this summer with mikhail prokhorov. thankful to be able to hold on to williams the twenty eight year old set in a five year deal worth ninety eight million dollars price a phoenix sun steve nash agreed to join bitter division rivals the los angeles lakers while veteran facilitator jason kidd will go to the new york knicks leaving the dallas mavericks on a three year deal. the count on before the twenty twelve olympic games has reached its three week mark and plenty of people have begun lending themselves to the calls with the first one thousand volunteers arriving at london's heathrow airport some of the men and women here responsible for meeting greeting on transporting athletes all this of course will be helping out behind the scenes to make the olympic viewing experience hopefully pleasurable one for the spectators seventy thousand people from the u.k. and abroad aged eighty will make up the volunteer corps. multiple kickboxing world title holder but to

. >> it's a nice town home, it's multi level, there's a lot of room, there's hardwood floors, there's a movie theater, there's a lot of room to build a family. >> a great time as a buyer to be on the hunt for a house. >> reporter: jason lapene is the one selling the house, after renovating it for $10,000 he figures he'll make a $30,000 profit. >> this is something you couldn't have done two years ago, and this is showing me that you can still flip houses now and the fact that you can do that i think should instill some confidence in sellers and buyers nationwide. >> reporter: nationwide the number of homes for sale remains low, that's helped stop falling home prices. and buyers are also taking advantage of record low interest rates, now 3.49 on a 30-year fixed mortgage. do you think a year ago you would have been in the same market? >> no. absolutely not. i think we're also we weren't ready a year ago to purchase. so now we are. >> reporter: so it's all coming together? >> it is, yes. >> reporter: we did speak to other analysts who say they think the sales price increases may be tempo

. >> on the hardwood, team usa beat france.w. >> what else is on schedule for today. >> we got a big day said appear. women's breast stroke going on. check at your level game coverage. >> thank you. have a good day. >> the time is now 5:26. the post office financial problems it maryland. the office is closing for good. plus -- >> baltimore's police commissioner is stepping down this week. details and a live report. >> showing solidarity. presidential candidates show their roots support for israel their roots support for israel i hear you're having a tough day, so i brought you a freshly made sandwich. you made me a sandwich? no, dunkin' did. but i wrote the note. dunkin' bakery sandwiches are freshly made just for you. grab a turkey cheddar bacon sandwich today. america runs on dunkin'. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back. >> today is national cheesecake day. for those of you in the mood to indulge, you can get half-price cheesecakes slices of the cheesecake fac

if it's hardwood, it's .75 inch, remember all your appliances have certain clearances from the floor to the underside of the counter or the floor to the topside of the counter. if you raise the floor 3/4 of an inch, you've altered that dimension. if you put a 3/4 inch floorened under your dishwasher, it may not fit. if you put it right up to the front of the dishwasher, you may never get it out. >> let's look at another kitchen. tell us about this one. >> this is var contemporary kitchen. it illustrates a lot of good strends and things we do here in san francisco. in san francisco, we have very high ceilings sometimes. this is what we do. we have regular lower-upper cabinet and upper-upper cabinet, making it like a display cabinet is a nice thing to do. >> i worry about rt quakes. i see that up there. >> these are popular, called chimney hoods as opposed to cabinet hoods that are built in. these are very popular. these are dishwasher drawers here. this is one dishwasher split into two drawers. you can do a half load and it's great. so especially if you're, you know, a single person o

and hitting hardwood bristolçó palin and joey pat yon.% >> it comes down to respect ú and ng things to seriously. the competition heats up with all starsym premiersxd september 24th on abc.ym >> wonder if carsonç presley can get a lot of votes. try to vote him on to the show. september 24thoç on4ñ abc÷út( . >> thanks for joining us for abc 7 newsxd at 4:00xd and therç is[ our new cool alarm clock app. and there is bay bay area headlines. and now, abc 7 news at 5:00. >> newsf'ú doctors delivered today that could crush the spirit of a local boyzv badlye1 injured when a." tree fell on his campsite.t( >> there isb. some consomeation for fwheemz lost lost loved ones in the san bruno pipeline zaft yefr.zv >> good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> two families who lost loved ones in the pipeline explosion have settled with pg&e. >> and these are among a few hundred. abcn"Ñ(ymÑ 7Ñi÷úç news reportse small consoleation. .zt andñ her 14-year-old daughter wereç'ykilled. down the block members of the family also never made it out of their house. yest

a hardwood floor with some give is the best way to zumba the day way because zumba involves a lot of dance moves consumer reports says you might want to take a prep class to learn basic steps and modify moves you feel are too hard. michael finney, 7 on your side. >> good advice there. anybody here know anything about zumba, anybody here taking zumba classes? >> eye done one. -- i've done one. >> you know i wasn't talking but, right? it is him! [ talking over each other ] >> it was fun, i had a great time, i can't walk well today because my calves are killing me. >> folks are going to demand to see your moves i am >> i know you got rhythm, i want to see yours. >> one way to keep the wife happy, dance. >> tap dance a forecast. >>> 6:17. good advice by michael finney, no doubt. i was fun, i had a great time. always like being the only man in the class. :17 -- i'm kidding. here's some of the clouds spilling into the coastal valleys from the south from mount tamalpais. let's talk about live doppler 7 hd, you can see includes nothing showing up as far as wet weather, no mist or drizzle or

many say they will have to replace hardwood floors. >> a d.c.ncil member is calling on major vincent gray to resign after another in his campaign pleaded guilty to running a shadow campaign. >> the fbi is investigating the death of a reporter for the winchester star. sarah's body was found after a suspicious fire. a post on her face but from sunday night led investigators to give -- get a search warrant against a man in an apartment complex. >> a train derailment has many people asking if neighborhoods near train tracks are safe. diane, great to see you as always. i know you will be talking about the freight train derailment in the safety issue for people who have these tracks in their backyard. >> that is right. there are millions and millions of people who have these chemical cars travelling right to their neighborhoods. we want to know what happened and what they will do about it. >> the u.s. olympic team -- you found out something interesting about their official uniforms. >> how about this. the uniforms made in china? we went pressing for a

this is brought to you by bill's hardwood back to you. >> thank you, kristy. arrested a gunman that opened fire outside of a bar that injured 17 people. bigad shaban reports for wjz from los angeles. >> reporter: police in alabama say they captured the man in this surveillance video that's suspected of injuring 17 people, four critically in a bar in tuscaloosa. >> he indicated he was involved in the incident. >> reporter: the bar caters to students at the university of alabama. three students were injured. witnesses say it was a chaotic scene as shrapnel hit victims. >> glass was busting. >> reporter: police say the suspect may have wounded another person in the night. bigad shaban, wjz eyewitness news. >> and police are not releasing the suspect's name until charges are filed. >>> nice gains on wall street today. the dow was up 78, the nasdaq up 13. let's go to new york with the cbs money watch update. >> painting a picture of the economy in the mid-year report. he said the fed is ready to take further action but no clue about what steps to take or when. stro

a hardwood floor with some give is the best way to zumba the day away. because it involves dance moves consumer reports suggests that larry, or you might want to take a prep class before you begin and modify moves you feel are too challenging. >> yeah. >> and i -- got to watch the compression in the back. yeah. you know you don't zumba. if any of you have video of him zumbaing i will pay almost any amount for it. >> and let me zumba through this forecast. national conditions tomorrow there is a going to be a hot day for the entire states. with the exception of the north states warm up there with highs in st. louis with a high of 106 tomorrow, 98 in chicago and 104 in phoenix. just continues. here in state of california tomorrow warm, and especially interior areas and warm spo hot. highs 90s in sacramento. 98 fresno. 107 down south. here in the bay area mainly sunny skies from coast toinland. breezy at the coast. highs into low 60s and there are 60s to 70s around the bay and there are similar readings near monterey bay. 60s to 70s near the bay. and there

the power is still out, because the winds took down all these trees, like this big hardwood took outjeep. pepco is saying some of the power may not be back on until at least friday night, as the heat wave rolls on across the mid-atlantic. the sound of cleaning up. after fierce rain storms. in its wake, a swath of damage and power outages from indiana to virginia. states of emergency were declared in maryland, ohio, virginia, best virginia, as well as the district of columbia. >> it's a disaster all over. as power crews worked around the clock to restore service to more than 2 million customers. >> there's no air, and it's really hot today. the power i think is the main thing. >> reporter: communities opened up cooling centers for those in need. >> it's here for the people who don't have electricity. they can come here, cool off, especially people with very young children, elderly, people with respiratory problems. >> reporter: in west virginia toppled trees stranded 232 passengers on this am track train for more than 20 hours. just like following a hurricanes in a tornado, local powe

. >>> to the hardwood. the u.s.en's basketball team will kick off their olympics today as they take on france. this year's team has been repeatedly compared to the famed dream team 20 years ago. today they hope to let their game do all the talking. the french will be looking to spoil the u.s. led by their star point guard tony parker. you might know him as the star player of the san antonio spurs. >>> now, here locally the washington nationals crossed the century mark. 100 games in they're 20 games above .500. a big reason is their ability to win on the road and last night in milwaukee was not the exception. the nats and brewers going old school, honoring the homestead grays in the negro league last night. the nats pitcher went six innings and striking out six. ryan zimmerman helped out at the plate crushing a solo home run in the fifth inning here. the nats win 4-1. the team wrap up the series this afternoon. >>> and a rough outing for the orioles pitcher tommy hunter. baltimore fell to oakland a's 6-1. they'll wra

>> it's all michigan glacial hardwood.naged forests so they replenish the forests. this is all made by hand. their price point is also excellent. they have cutting boards, tools for your nonstick pans, for your woks. they have a nice little wine rack for you gals. >> what do you mean by that? >> we take our rack everywhere we go. >> this is art goodies, a small company, a grand rapids, michigan, studio. everything is made with 100% organic cotton and vintage fabrics. she's got these little pillows, aprons, block prints, all done by hand. >> good for her. >> wonderful. >> this is a company called preserve. and they do housewares made from 100% recycled plastic. >> oh, i love it! >> it's u.s. source recycled plastic. >> feel that, hoda. >> from our garbage. >> oh, my gosh, i love that! >> it's got a great feel. >> does it come in all colors? >> it does, and it's a great price point. everything from kitchen to cutting boards. >> you twist it instead of having to snap it. >> very smart. >> these things mean a lot to us. >> for

. >> charles hardwood is the deputy director for the bureau of consumer protection. >> you won't be ablell a counterfeit check from the real check when you see it. >> reporter: it can take up to four weeks for a check to fully clear. but law requires banks to credit you the money quicker, and that's the catch. if you deposit a phony check and wire the extra money back to the sender -- >> when the bank discovers that check is fake, they're going to come back to you and they're going to insist you make good on the money -- >> reporter: the second time he got hit with a fake check, he was selling a tandem bike on craigslist. his ad was asking $455, the check, $2,650 and a request to wire the extra money back to the buyer. >> they asked me to return the balance to western union, and there is just no way that i'm doing that for anyone. >> somebody is smart out there. the ftc says it's continuously working with law enforcement to stop such scams but says this kind of scam is hard to eliminate. if you think you've received a bogus check or have fallen victim to an online buyer file a complaint

this is one of many examples of big hardwood trees that provide shade and save energy money on your home. it shades your house. that is down over a power line and this has been here since friday. no sipe of chain saws and pep coe is here from out of the state and out of the country. they are getting help to get in here and get the power on as quick le as they can. there were a lot of frustrated people and there is no break for them. overnight they told me the locals are saying it didn't feel comfortable until 4:00 a.m. the low temperatures are going down to the upper 70s. without air moving, you don't get a fresh breeze to blowout the hot air. forget about going up stairs. forget about that. >> mire sister is in montgomery county and without power for the last 72 hours. it's about 90 on the top two floors of her house and 75 in the basement where they have to sleep at night. hopefully she won't hear about waiting until friday. mike slidell in washington, d.c. for us. more on the top story, the mixed messagining monday and the penay to avoid health care is not a tax. we will have the comm

some bp between the old hardwood here. we are going to take turns. we'll score for contact. welcome from both the new work mets and the new york yankees, former third baseman, todd zeile, everybody! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: it's a good night. todd, i'm really going need your help. >> nice to meet you. pleased to be here. >> jimmy: thank you for being here, my friend. i actually -- at one point i thought i was good at baseball. and i used to play all the time when i was in grade school. and then i hit puberty and i just started missing everything. and my dad actually stopped coming to the games. >> i'm so sorry. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: he was just so embarrassed. so todd -- [ audience aws ] well it was just because everyone kept giving me -- thank you. [ laughter ] >> it worked out all right for you so -- >> jimmy: thank you. thanks todd. i appreciate it. well look at my swing and let me know if i have a future in the big leagues. >> yeah, you got it. right on. >> jimmy: you're going to have you it crawl under this net. almost like you're getting in the ring.

. >> long island used to refer to me as houdini of the hardwood. >> good title. >> and a lot of fans used to say, goll, you have eyes in the back of your head. >> he is now 83, and looking back, he says the ball took him places he never would have gone. >> let's, it led to all sorts of things, i have been to every place imaginable, i have been invited to the white house by six sitting presidents, because of my relationship with the ball. >> >> speaking of which, even the current sitting president still plays with a ball. he believes the way to the, on the way to the office he says. sometimes things really are just as simple as they seem. >> and just as timeless. >> ahead, whatever floats your kayak.,,,,,,,,,,,, if you are looking for a little offshore summertime recreation to enjoy, consider the kayak, michelle miller charts her course. >> the kayak was an invention of the eskimo, a tiny boat made of animal skin and bones, used for hunting in frigid northern waters. the word kayak means hunter's boat an essential tool in the icy struggle between life and death. >> my, how times have

. >> it's all michigan glacial hardwood. they replenish the hardwood.gan, studio. everything is made with 100% organic cotton and vintage fabrics. she's got these little pillows, aprons, block prints, all done by hand. >> this is a company called preserve. this he do housewares made from 100 perfect recycled plastic. >> i love it. >> u.s. source recycled plastic. it's our garbage. >> i love that. >> it's got a great feel. >> does it come in all colors. >> great price point. everything from kitchen to cutting boards. >> you twist it instead of having to snap it. >> very smart. >> these things mean a lot to us. >> for cooking and stuff. >> you cook so much. what else? >> method was started by two guys in san francisco who wanted to put a hurt on dirt but not the earth. it's pet-friendly. made from recycled plastic. >> i use this stuff myself. >> you can get it at target, lowes and kroger. and for pets. they have an entire section of their website called main street revolution dedicated to u.s. small businesses and minority-owned businesses so they can hav

it will go into the hardwood community just downslope and it will go out on its own. >> but some controlled burns can get out of control. >> the percentage of prescribed fires that go bad is minuscule, 1% to 2% nationwide. we really don't have a choice. these woods are going to burn. we can burn them now or they'll burn when mother nature wants to and we have no expectation of being able to control it. >> there are some challenges controlling burns in florida. the state fire manager says it's much more difficult in western states. >> the relative humidities are much lower out there. they have steeper terrain out west which does make it more difficult to plan trolled burns. >> right now this area is charred but in a few weeks that will change dramatically. so this is an area that was burned just a month ago. >> one month ago. >> that's incredible how green it is. >> yes, it is. it's a little bit counter intuitive that you think fire is harmful but as you can see everything is greened up. it's really a big rejuvenator of the landscape. >> and a protector we too often see today. the fire that

. >>> coming up john hardwood joins with us a look at the flury of campaign ads running in the battleground states. doesn't he have this new poll. >> times/cnbc poll. >> british open is under way. it's a historic course that features all of these hot bunkers, 206 of them. tiger can regain his world number one ranking with a victory. current number one, mcdonald finishes fifth. tiger just birdied a hole to tie for the lead. don't turn that on. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] what's the point of an epa estimated 42 miles per gallon if the miles aren't interesting? the lexus ct hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. yeah, you -- you know, everything can cost upwards of...[ whistles ] i did not want to think about that. relax, relax, relax. look at me, look at me. three words, dad -- e-trade financial consultants. so i can just go talk to 'em? just walk right in and talk to 'em. dude, those guys are pros. they'll hook you up with a solid plan. they'll -- wa-- wa-- wait a minute. bobby? bobby! what are you doing, man? i'm speed dating! [ male announcer ] get investing advice for your family at e-tr

and other areas but he puts it in a fairly compress' way as a customer comes into my store to buy hardwood and he wants to install with himself we show him the symbols and quote him $3 per square foot he goes homeland gets on the internet and as close to $3.15, a higher price but he buys a longline any way because the sales tax takes the price he has to charge of the brick and mortar store to 321 and i don't know the frites works out that's not in this narrative but this little margin that turns out to be seven per cent advantage that he has because of the sales tax and i allies generally 7% and here is where he makes the point and says my competition hasn't used his money to compete with me the state of iowa sales tax money to compete with me. that is the point that i would like to emphasize here at this hearing as we are all about competition. competition has made america a free enterprise as one of the central pillars of american exceptional wasn't that when the government competes or if you are in the position you can use a sales tax money as a competitive or comparative advantage, the

and other areas but he puts it in a fairly compress' way as a customer comes into my store to buy hardwood and he wants to install with himself we show him the symbols and quote him $3 per square foot he goes homeland gets on the internet and as close to $3.15, a higher price but he buys a longline any way because the sales tax takes the price he has to charge of the brick and mortar store to 321 and i don't know the frites works out that's not in this narrative but this little margin that turns out to be seven per cent advantage that he has because of the sales tax and i allies generally 7% and here is where he makes the point and says my competition hasn't used his money to compete with me the state of iowa sales tax money to compete with me. that is the point that i would like to emphasize here at this hearing as we are all about competition. competition has made america a free enterprise as one of the central pillars of american exceptional wasn't that when the government competes or if you are in the position you can use a sales tax money as a competitive or comparative advantage, the