jamie costello, abc2 news. >>> all right. a nice finish to the day, nice finish. lots of sunshine through the day. a little bit of a breeze. you can see this with our flag moving good. 48 out at bwi. that's the current air temperature. obviously well above freezing. it did get a little bit of snow last night melting, no question about that. winds are northwest at five miles an hour. visibility is at 10 miles. take a look at some of the weather through the day. baltimore it was sunshine on tap throughout the afternoon. mighty find day in charm city for february, a cool breeze blowing. how about a postcard shot on kent island looking at the docks. it won't be all that much longer before we get the boats fired up. bel air sunshine on tap. a nice looking day in harford county as well. maryland's most powerful radar all sweeps showing clear. 45 in ocean city. patuxent river, one area that did get yergt weather well -- wintry weather well above freezing. the hair is bone dry. our winds are from the northwest. it's a cool dry breeze, certainly making it feel cooler than

i'm jamie costello. those stories and more coming up at six.ere's a preview of what's coming up at 6:30. >>> from our newsroom in new york, the big vote in michigan on world fumes-- news tonight, the showdown. and statins and memory loss and what fainting could say about your heart. >>> lots of green on the board. the dow jones ended above 13,000 for the first time since may of 2008. the dow rose 23 points to close at 13,005. and the s&p 500 rose five points to close at 1372. >>> the anger with some of the country's biggest banks translated into a loss. 10 pect of people looking for a new bank last year left the largest banks and moved to smaller banks or credit unions. about a third said it was becaus of excessive fees. some say it was poor customer service. >>> they may be leaving the country's biggest banks but cussers are heading to the big three automakers. auto sales could reach 14 million people this year. car makers added 38,000 jobs last year and plans to add 13,000 more in 2012. >>> fans of movies and tv series from the starz channel

i'm jamie costello. those stories and more when i see you at 6:00. here's a look at what's ahead at 6 theft -- 6:30. >>> is whole wheat bread all that it says it is. what you are really eating in the whole grain. i remember the days before copd. my son and i never missed opening day. but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function, starting within 5 minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing better, and that means... game on! symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more than twice a day. symbicort may increase your risk of lung infections, osteoporosis, and some eye problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. [ whistle ] with copd, i thought i might miss out on my favorite tradition. now symbicort significantly improves my lung function, starting within 5 minutes. and that

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whatever you do on twitter and jamie costello, too. we'll show baby pictures.e'll talk to moms to be, favored aunts. it's 25 hours of leap labor starting on abc2 news tonight starting at 11:00. >>> if or a pancake fan, and like a good breakfast, today is your day. it's national pancake day. i-hops celebrating the day with free short stacks of buttermilk pancakes. customers are asked to make a donation to the make a wish foundation. you have until 10:00 tonight to celebrate that free short stack. great for i-hop. >>> all right. another great day but get your umbrella ready. at least we don't have to have snow on the way. look at the sunset. a 67-degree day a after we get through with what we have for tomorrow. i have copd. if you have it, you know how hard it can be to breathe and what that feels like. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms... by keeping my airways open a full 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. and it's steroi

jamie costello as it more, an a man who adopted his girlfriend. >> john goodman, not the actor, two years ago while drunk he ran a stop sign and killed scott wilson. goodman checked himself into the four seasons waiting to be arrested. to protect his assets, goodman adopted his girlfriend, heather hutch shins -- hutchens has his daughter. by transferring it to his daughter before the trial it is safe and cannot be touched. >> here she become as beneficiary and now that he is is -- she is 42 is entitled to it. it's either bream yant or a crazy stunt. >> reporter: good man's lawyer said it was designed for estate planning and to guarantee his children's future not to shield his trial from a lawsuit. his trial starts in march. goodman hit wilson so hard that the car landed in a canal and began sinking. >>> around the nation tonight a daycare bus crash sent one person to the hospital. luckily there were no children on the bus. police are investigating but police said the bus driver was not at fault. >>> the dpefer mom who left her two toddlers in a van recently is out of the hospital. sara ha

. >>> now you can get your ashes to g i'm jamie costello, all those stories coming up for you. >>> coming up on world news, we all know that so many jobs have moved overseas. now some companies are bringing the jobs back to america. which ones and why are they doing it? see the whole peck churp tonight on world news. >>> it's an up and down day. the dow jones down 27. the nasdaq 15 and the s&p 500 down about 4 1/2. >>> now let's talk about your money. more americans plan to save whatever taxes they get this year. the national retail federation said 44% of those expecting money back expect to save. nearly 40% said they would use it to pay off debt. >>> could facebook profile actually dictate your job success? in a new study researchers could look at a person's facebook page and within minutes determine that person's taste in books, music as well as how social they are. it says facebook information may be stronger than themes personality and iq measures used by human resources departments. >>> you may start experiencing more dropped calls and slower data speeds because apparently we are run

jamie costello tells us police are making sure it doesn't happen. >> reporter: we are learning that powell will not be buried in the same cemetery as his days. only days after charlie and braiden powell were killed, in an effort to stop powell from being buried next to his sons, thousands of dollars of donations have poured into the crime stoppers to buy the plots on both sides of the boys. powell's mother released a written statement saying the family had given up a plot tentatively reserved. now we're getting new details about the gru some's moments. powell's body was found with a gas can between his knees. they believe the boys were unconscious. >> paper back books with susan's name, a map we tied to them but no markings. >> reporter: investigators also found a blood stained comfortable and a storage unit along with gas cans looked like the ones found in the house. detectives say powell's house was a sham set up for social worker visits. >> disturbing story all the way around. >>> we start you off in new jersey where one was killed and three other children are in critical condition afte

so, we sent our very own jamie costello making a return to good morning maryland. amesy you are a g -- jamie, you are talking to moms and dads how is it going? >> reporter: well hurry up because i have to get olga back this was not scheduled you are in because? >> i am ready. >> reporter: she is ready. this is your first? >> yes. >> reporter: how are excited are you. >> very he can sighted. >> reporter: so you are at -- excited. >> reporter: you are at home feeling something. >> yeah the whole night. >> reporter: what is it like to have a leap year baby. >> i don't know. i will tell you once i have it. >> reporter: you nervous? >> no. >> reporter: you are not doing anything. are you nervous? >> no i don't know what's coming it's the first. >> reporter: your parents. >> yep. >> reporter: let me talk to them congratulations grandparents to be. >> thank you. >> reporter: how excited are you. >> excite. >> reporter: okay, man -- excited. >> reporter: okay. were you with her when she said i have to go. >> yes and i am scared because i want to be there in -- i want be in

. >> our man jamie costello on the scene at gbmc scrubbed up and ready to go. >> it's leap day and he is trying to get confirmation of the first leap day baby and the interview with mom. >> welcome to the world baby daniel. and we will check in with the mom and jamie in a bit. i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crowson. forecast perfect yesterday but things could be changing today night leap day but it's going to be a soggy leap day. periods of rain on tap for today and it will be chilly highs in the mid-40s. and temperatures roller coaster will continue and more rain for the weekend. speaking of the rain, maryland's most powerful radar is dry right now. most of the action is up to the north and back off towards the west getting in here about sunrise we have the rain chances boosting up a bit. 35 degrees in clarksville centerville coming in around 36 and pasadena will be at 41 degrees this morning. you step out the door and you don't necessarily need the heavy coat but i suggest you keep it around because as we go into the afternoon we won't be warming up that much. don't forget rain

. >> jamie costello has been up around the clock for the last 25 hours. o we have a leap day baby yet? that's jamie making a odd look. we lost him. >> what happened. >> can't have this. >> must be a leap day thing and we will try to get the kinks worked out and see if we can figure it out. we will check in with jamie in a bit. >>> let's talk politics. take two for mitt romney and the presidential bid. he won arizona winner take all and survived a tough challenge in michigan his home state. both are victories crucial to the nomination process. super tuesday is the next major event and that's march 6th. 10 states going to the polls. key among them for the november battleground state of ohio is where romney is today. >>> and in other news around the nation a monster truck driver is trying to make good for a mistake. he gave a 10 age -- teenage girl to a check to replace the car he he crushed. here's a video of the car getting squashed outside the redneck yacht club. norman flattened the teen's car and it's been parked in the stadium near the club. now he is c

jammy costello, live at g -- jamie costello live at gbmc with daniel. god bless you okay. >> i want to find out daniel's stats how big is he. >> you have to get the tale of the tape. jamie you are on it. >>> we will fine out but two big wins for mitt romney taking michigan and arizona. >>> coming next, he has a long way to go to secure the nomination. so just ahead for him and the presidential hopefuls sherie. >> reporter: i am sherie johnson live sherrie johnson live in north baltimore at new school. we will talk to students live coming up. >>> also ahead, after yesterday, do you really want winter weather? just ahead, parts of the country that may have you grateful for our mild temperatures right lynette? >> you are right. and you know what? you don't want to leave the house without the rain gear. with you how long -- but how long will you need it? that's the question. i have the answer. stick around. >> reporter: and we have heavy traffic through the city on 895 trying to recover from an earlier collision there. also delays around 695. we will let yo

jamie costello, abc2 news. >>> right now an update to an evaluation and the use of social social numbers of the deceased. back in november, joce sterman exposed problems with the death master time and how social security numbers are getting into the hands of thieves. >> reporter: today in our nation's capital, the house ways and means committee put the master time under the microscope. they summoned people to find out why the social security numbers of the dead are getting into the hands of identity thieves. we first shed light on this problem in december when two area fame police went through an agonizing loss of a climbed only to have the child's social security number stolen. one man's daughter died of cancer and then became a victim of identity theft. >> it disgusts me to know that people are preying on deseased children. specifically that they did that to my daughter, as a father, it makes me want to kill them. >> what we would like for congress to do is do assert if ication program to make sure they're using to to proconsumers from fraud -- it to proconnect consumer -- protect cons

jamie costello on what was actually wrong. >> reporter: here's how the story goes. thought something was wrong but something else was causing his child's pain. the boy was dizzy. as the doctor was asking dad a lot of questions, the dad said i'm suffering from a headache and i'm dizzy. they decided to call home. nobody answered. then they called a neighbor who found five people knocked out. what the doctor did next probably saved their lives. she got firefighters and ems over there in a hurry. they were put in a hyper bar rick to remove the carbon monoxide from their bloodstream. at last check, the family was doing well. >> we're still checking them. >> reporter: now the ages of the children in the home ranged from a baby to preteen. had the doctor not recognized the signs so quickly, well, we won't think there. they discovered a furnace in the home was broken and that was the cause for the leak. >>> a trip through a fast food drive through came life-threatening. how the man managed to make it out of this burning car before it was de?ried terrifying moments for a dri

jamie costello, abc2 news. >>> new at 5:00 tonight anne arundel police are investigating the report that a 9-year-old girl was sexually assaulted last week. now the girl told police she was on the way home from lakeshore elementary around 3:00 in the afternoon when this man grabbed her and pulled her into a wooded area. this sketch has been put together based on what the girl told police. police are asking anyone who may have seen anything to give them a call at 410-222-3468. >>> tomorrow jurors mr. start dlib -- will start deliberating the fate of george huguely, accused of killing yeardley love. the defense said his client had a role in the death but tblaimed on youthful indiscretion and the couple's volatile relationship. >>> today the bill to legalize same-sex marriage is on its way to the full senate. the gush shale committee -- judicial committee voted to approve it. advocates say they are confident they still have their 25 votes. he said hoe expects a final -- he expects a final vote later this week. >>> a rally north rights of the disabled. advocates, family members and people wh

jamie costello, abc2 news. >> to see the full list, go to our website abc2news.com and scroll down to the featured stories section. >>> new research indicates that arsenic levels are too high in some organic food products. coming up, which products you need to avoid. >> baltimore county has a brand-new emergency number. why the county spent millions to upgrade the system. >>> why the toys of our generation are hot for some of our younger generation. >>> another arsenic concern. a common sweetener may have too high levels of arsenic. t.j. winick tells us which foods you may want to avoid. >> reporter: first, it was apple and grape juice. now high levels of arsenic are found in foods that use organic brown rice syrup as a sweetener. the main culprits formula bars -- >> formula is the main source of food f you have a high level of arsenic, you have to worry. >> reporter: researchers at disart muth college studied 17 different types of formula, organ nirks and it listed organic brown rice syrup as the initial ingredient. rice syrup is being used more and more for high fructose corn syrup.

that's on abc2 news at 6:00 with jamie costello, which starts right now. >>> brothers and thir sister killed in a crash. hear how it happened. >>> and the state police helicopter that responded to that crash had to make an emergency landing after one of its own engines caught fire. we want to start with an update, a head-on crash is taking the lives of two. abc2 news cheryl conner is at the scene with the latest. >> reporter: tow trucks are here. debris is in the road. looks like mcdonogh road will reopen soon. it's been nearly four hours since the crash caused people to come running out of their home. we have video that will make you passments the engine in this silver car, that's the one that crossed the center turn lane and caused the head-on crash. the driver, also partially hee jected. he was pronounced dead on the scene. police say hoe was speeding when he ran head-on into a blue car. the driver of that car died at the scene. there's a third car involved, the suv, the driver was not injured. we're between painters mill and winands. this has been shut down for

let's check in with abc2 news jamie costello who's taking a look at our cameras and from abc2news.com. >>> we had a deadly accident over the last couple of minutes. a deadly accident in perry hall. one person has died. another person has been taken to shock trauma. northbound lanes of bel air road are shut down as this investigation goes on. we're going to work west and come back in east. i want to show you what this looks like on 70. this is east of hagerstown. you can she snow but not on -- see snow but not on the roads. if you're trying to get out of town you'll find the same thing. as soon as you hit the carroll county line, you'll find this. we'll take you to the west side of town and we'll show you what it looks like. here's 70. this has been slow going all day long. then we'll work it in here to the bwi parkway. this is 295 at the beltway. again, very slow going. if you're trying to go north, you shouldn't have any problem. getting out of the city you won't have problems, a little slow going just north of the tunnel. the tubes are all running well. 83 looks like it's going well

jamie costello has more. it's getting out of control. >> reporter: why is it so high? back on january 22nd, we were paying $3.38. now on february 20th, we're shelling out $3.59. global oil prices have hit a new high, about $105 a barrel. partly because iran has stopped exporting. at this rate we could see an average of $4.25 by late april. when gas prices rise, so do prices on everything else, especially deliveries. >> no more dinners, no more movies. if we get a movie, it's once a month. >> reporter: environmental advocates are hoping higher prices at the pumps mean more people carpooling. republican presidential candidate newt gingrich promised that if you elect him, the cost of the gas will be twee -- $2.50 a gallon. just head to abc2news.com/traffic and click on the gas prices tab. you'll find the stations with the lowest prices and even a map where you can find the stations. >>> maryland voters approved slot machines at five casinos, but so far only two location are open. some legislators are not happy with the progress and they're pushing for i believe that games

jamie costello, abc2 news. >> abc2 news will close it from the opening statements to the closing arguments. >>> a cecil county pastor is charged with tax fraud and theft and many members of the church say it does not stop there. the state's attorney charged pastor woodrow fannin of tabernacle church on pulaski highway. they said he filed bogus tax returns and stole as much as $100,000 from the federal government. the details of the arraignment will not come out until later this month. coming up tonight at 6:00, website woab news by -- abc2 news brian kuebler will have more. >> you see the cameras blowing around. saw a little bit of sunshine. let's check in with meteorologist wyatt everhart who joins us from the storm center. >> more of that mighty fine weather. temperatures climbing to above 50 degrees. take a look across the state. hardly a cloud in the sky. right now. temperatures running just above 50. d.c. at 50. eastern shore mid-40s. light southwesterly breeze with that cooler temperature coming off the bay water. this evening 40s, a few clouds. we cool off. is there any change in th

jamie costello, abc2 news. >>> now the latest on the child sex abuse case against jerry sandusky. his attorneys want prosecutors to release testimony from secret grand jury proceedings. sandusky's attorney said waiting could cause delays. sandusky is facing more than 50 child sexual abuse charges. >>> now to our coverage of the susan g. komen foundation fallout. karen and -- handel is out. komen decided not to renew a partnership with planned parenthood. in a statement, susan g. komen's founder said they take responsibility for the mistakes. >>> a federal appeals court has ruled california's same-sex marriage ban to be-- unconstitutional a judge hup held the -- upheld the ruling who said that proposition 8 violated the rights of gays and lesbians. >>> well, the italian captain of that ship wrecked cruise ship must remain under house arrest. the captain is aslowsed of manslaughter, ship wreck and abandoning ship. the ship hit rocks off the italian island of giglio. the captain said the cruise line instructed him to sail close to the island. he denies allegations that he was sailing

we will check in with jamie costello live at gbmc talking to leap day baby parents but first lynette and see how the weather is shaping up. >> good morning. temperature wise, not so bad this morning. we have lots of clouds out there. good morning manchester. you are right around 38. cockeysville at 36 and chestertown 30 degrees right now. good morning northeast 34 degrees and centerville good morning around 35 degrees. so, temperatures coming in a little above average. once again, this morning, as you head out the door, yes you will need the coat. but make sure to take the rain code because -- coat because we will get the rain in the forecast. as we look at maryland's most powerful radar, not seeing the rain right now. we are nice and dry. if you have things to do try to get them done earlier this morning because the rain is poisedded to move in around -- is poised to move in around 8 or 9 and we will get a break and then it moves back into the picture. let's get a check of the traffic with angela. >> reporter: doing okay with the exception of a trouble spot. an accident in harford c