(hits backboard.....elling) jeff abell, ffx 45, news at ten.erts aaso believe the abuse off prescription drugs is on the rise among athletes.....i often happenn after they're tteated with painnkillers forr 3njuries. theedefeese eets ts case. the decision on whether the mother accuseedoo murddr..... would testify in her own defense. pavin says: neeee seen anything liie this.... this.... the way one man used this van....to steal hhndrees of gallons of gas... after the break 3 3 3 ñ÷ 3 3&p fox45 skywatch weather is now at your fingerti. fingertips. i-rrdar is available at foxbaltimore dot com. p you can use fox45's powerful doppler radar to track coming storms. the interactive tools llt you see exactly when poose. p go to foxxaltimore dot com slash i-radar. after mmch anticipation......we find out today thht casey anthony will not ake the ssand in her own &preeted its case today.... - without calling the motherr accused of murderr... to pestify. - first oo all is it your decision not to testify based on onsultation with your counsel?" yes sir. si

jeff abell, fox 45 news aa 5:30.-3&p3 & pooice ii utah areeon the huntttonight ffr a braaen look attthisurveillance pidee from aagas station. pyou ccnnsee the suspect & ennering the conveeiencc tore weering a spiierman mask.. the ccerk dmaadsshiisccll &pppone,,thenntells him to open the ash reggiter. aal --&pthis while the uuppct packs -3 his backpacc wiih everal afttr takkng the mmneyyand - mokks... the robbbr ripsstte phooeeout of the wwll so te cleek can't aal poliie..o onn - was hurt.. & neaa syracuss.... -& pfter the double pdeailment.... ..... wo sx worrers jummed ouu jjst before their train... rear--nded the periously hurt... the pair tten used cellphonessto ttll - dispptccers tooshuttdown the ttacks. 3 then aal oo a sudden a ccr started flipping, and it ptarted grinding down, you - coull tell it efinitely &pderaiied and it waa sliddng sudden he engiie just hit -3 something, it cameeto like a dead sstp immediateel, (stop) &pand then a ton of ddst."" -3 3cceannup effoots 3 are under wyyafteerddesel ffel spilled from ne of the &&plooommtiies. the cause offthe - investigationn 3a man

jeff abell shows us where you're dollars have been going. going.herever there's roadwor there's a company wiihha lucrative cootract.... the work is highly ccmpetitive....and now....hhghly scrrtiiized. violltion of state ethhcs llws...." today, statt audittr bruce myers reeeased a 27-page aadit of the state highway administration.... and uncoverrd, what he believes, arr "potential a "lack of assurance" that the - contracts went to the most qualified firms. (9:32:27) (myers) "we don't ssa the state didn't receive services foo the monny but there are examplee where the purpose were used for different roved - purposes...." (9:48:20) auditing this aaency more than a year agoowhen a tip on the states fraud and abuse hotline alleged ther misuse of funds with two shaacontracts...." in one of those 16-million dollar contracts....1-and- a-half million dollars had been sed to cover other pxpenses....not spelled out in the cootract. (9:33:41) "if you're gonna change the scope of a project there'' a syssem in place to changeethe scooe of the project..." the aud

jeff abell ssows us why state fficialsspre so oonerned. concerned.iveria beech....the fish may not be biting.....but the mosquutos.... (1:30:50) "hey're flying around noww..." those mosquitos are findinggtheir &pplace. (1:30014)) "ttey've been around but they pasttffw weeks..." (lab -3 natt opens trap) at the departmenn of -3 griculture.....they 'reekeeping count....of & its peak seeson....and it cculd bb ne for tte 3 (1:20:45) (miid cannwwll) "should our wwathhr atterns continue thh way they are ann -33 ttddl activity ccntinues the way it has thhn we caa expect populations again thhs yeer...." as the mosquuto &ppopulltion grows...so does the -3 concern overrwest nile virus....esseccilly in bbltimore...which has tte greatest number of cases. (1:21:46) (ccntwell) "it is earll to predict but lass yearr we had a resurgence of west niie virus in marylann and the (1:31:30)) "its allwyy innthh back of your mind..... spend hhir time ootdoors, to weer epellent and protective clltting. (1:31:33) "you &ttke the pprcautioos you can pnd be aa safeeas you can e 3

it's im jeff abell.... investiiators widen their probe at the state highway administraaion...'ll show you why...in a moment.... 3 iifi'd have known... &pthere's nooway i ould've taken it.""it." a sttp smokiig prug with deadly side effectss. way too dangerous to kicc the 3& a stateehighway audit discovers no ne is waachingg vvr your tax dollars. -3 whh their findings my & lead to criminal charges - coming up next in aafox 45 3 3 new arnings 3 tonighh about a pill commonlyy prrssribbd to help ssooers & quit the habit.but a pesearcher at johns opkins... &psignnficant risk foo heart &pattacc.now.. melinda roedee -3 reeooters... thh f-d-a is peconsidering the drug. druu. 3 11:01::1 "it ggtssme neevvus marvin baine began smokkig as & 13. hh's tried quittinggeeer since.10:59:05516 "i riid -3 well butrii... and i evvn did phe ypnottit." so when aa friend suggested chaatix... e assed his doctor or a prescription.aad was arned - about the psychooogical side effectss10:59:55 "well my & weird drrams, tt eepect ttee." but a couple weekk afttr taking the ddug... e had thh most riihtening ee

. ------------------------------------- --- good evening,,i'm jeff abell. 3 in other news, counny police are huntinggfor a killer ttnight. a man shot bryant outside a rosedale club last nightt 5 people were aarrsted in the melee that followed. bbltimore county police are askinggfor your help in tracking down the killer. livee utssde the lub tonight, megann... megan....good evennng jeef,not even 24 hours ago... the stands right herea& heard gun shott oming ffom the parking - 33 when police arrived arruud wo a-m, they found 36-year old georre william bryant junior... laying ii the parking... he was shoo several times, in the head ann also & the neck. bryant was taken to johns hopkins bayview, where police say he died. at & thii point, police are -3 investigatinga but so far no aarests have been made in this ddadly shooting..- 3&p"oo: forran award uppto $2,000" 3 3 after he hooting, fivee the club foo disorderry conduct. one officer did have to use his taser gun, after he was punchhd. 3 ttnight, club baltimore is closed.live innrosedale, megan giililand, fox45 nees at tenn ten. now megan ar