means houses in neighborhoods remain empty even if there are buyers ready, willing and able. >> lisa howardher family had ignored one payment and moved too fast to foreclose. >> i was so angry, because it was unjuified. >> lisa saved her home, and hopes hers will be as lucky. >> the states will announce their joint investigation tomorrow, hoping to force the banks to go back and be sure that every foreclosure was and will be legally justified. i'm steve handlesman, nbc news, washington. >>> that news 4 at 4:00, news 4 at 5:00 starts right now. >>> tonight university of maryland officials a pushing to shut down a popular bar after a stabbing involving several underaged students. good afternoon, i'm wendy rieger. >> and i'm january handily. it began as an argument inside the thirsty turtle, a popul bar next to the university of maryland campus. four people were stabbed and now police want to know why underaged students were allowed in the bar in the first place. pat colins is live for us a college park with the latest on the investigation. pat? >> university of maryland police chief david mit

scandal, banks filing in proper paperwork, sometimes leading to unwarranted foreclosures, like lisa howard's. >> it was horrible. >> the horror could ripple out. as the scandals investigate, bank of america and others are freezing foreclosures, which might send the wrong message to homeowners not in default but pressed for cash. >> banks will not be getting payments on a lot of these mortgages at a time when they are already bleeding cash. cracks that could mean fewer new loans, a worse housing crisis, or of a prolonged recession. almost every one of the evictions turns out to have been justified, and all of the thousands of homes involved get back on the market fast. >> she is one of the world's tallest models. you'll meet a woman known as amazon eve. t.i.o knew that wrapperapper could save a man from suicide? >> to many wireless users are >> to many wireless users are being hit with shockingly i like a party as much as the next gal but, come on. $60,000 for one dinner held by the department of justice. $66 per person just for bagels at one of the nasa's shindigs. i cracked down because big

sometimes leadi to unwarranted foreclosures, like lisa howard. >> horrible. it was horrible. >> reporter: the horror could ripple out. as the sndal is investigated, bank of america and others are freezing foreclosures. which might send the wrong message to homeowners, not in default but pressed for cash. >> banks aren't making us pay our mortgages. we can take a few months off. banks won't be getting payments on a lot of these mortgages. ey're already bleeding cash. >> reporter: that could mean fewer new loans. a worse housing crisis and a longer recession. >> best case scenario, the reclosure paperwork mess is cleared up quickly. almost everyone of these evictions turned out to have been justified and all those houses get back on the market fast. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. >>> are you ready for this one? a little tiny pill with some big hopes this week in the fight against obesity as researchers reveal, they have a capsule for curbing appetites. if you think you've heard it all before, this time the pill is basically a fake food that expands