melinda roeder -- fox 45 nees at ten.ards...see if the orioles could reclaim first place hosting the yankees in front of a sellout crowd. ((break 3)) i'm one of six children that my mother raised by herself, and so college was a dream when i was a kid. i didn't know how i was gonna to do it, but i knew i was gonna get that opportunity one day, and that's what happened with university of phoenix. nothing can stop me now. i feel like the sky's the limit with what i can do and what i can accomplish. my name is napthali bryant and i am a phoenix. visit phoenix.edu to find the program that's right for you. enroll now. but it makes millions off west marylanders every year. now they're running dishonest ads. why? because voting for question seven is a vote to build a... world-class resort casino in maryland. creating thousands of jobs and... ...according to the official department of legislative... services, hundreds of millions for our schools. while saving taxpayer money by cutting casino subsidies. question seven. good jobs a

melinda roeder - fox 45 news at ten. ironically - o'malleyyis chair association.l next in sports... tiin. the orioles broke out the pennann racc is on! ht.the - ((break 3)) 3 3& bruce cun [ male announcer ] y at kfc get our freshly delivered whole chicken freshly prepared by real cooks [ man ] t-5...4... with our own secret recipes. 3... taste for yourself why fresh is better. 2...1... mission accomplished. try our new freshly hand-breaded original recipe bites today. a west virginia casino spending frea fortune...eaded to stop question seven. they don't want competition. the washington post wrote the casino behind the ads is... "most concerned with its own bottom line." and the baltimore sun says it "doesn't have maryland... taxpayers' interests at heart." so when you see these ads remember... they're about what's good for west virginia's casino... not maryland. vote for maryland jobs and schools. vote for question seven. &p bruce cunningham pas foo 45 morning sports. &psports. coming up in ourr6 o'clock hour... if you're hoping to pick up a retail job during the

/melinda roeder... was there... for the memorial ceremony - / 3 art modell was remembered today - for his love of baatimore... and the raaens... &pand he game of fooobaal.but he was also a friend and father figure to hundreds. and that was evident today - from the heartfelt eulogies. ---- video ----<01:07:35 "he really loved baltimore and baltimore loved art modell"> among the speakers today - were modell'sstwo sons and six grandchildrrn.... ray lewis - ravvn....<42:16 "rest in - peace, pop art.">and n-f-l commissioner roger goodell. thhy spooe of his contributiins to the n-f-l... he was instrumental in created monday night football games for t-v.and - as you all know - he staated theerrvens franchise in 1996.but will remember him - not just as a peam owner - but as a friend... with a good heart and a sense of humor.---- sot plways sticks out with me with art is his sense of humor... he always came up with quip to break the tension in the room."> room."> n-f-l commissioner roger goodell.... todl reporters it's not u

melinda roeder - fox 45 news aa ten. recher... says... many people... who tried... getting...into the theater... afterr.. it... was full... / came... from... p---g... county...///. pfter... another event - / in... p-g... county was canceled. is now under new ownership... but not without controversy! controverry!myraada stephens is liveein norrh baltimore...with hy the theater's formmr owwer iss givinggthe deal tto thhmbs down! 3jjnnifer, the city approved a ppan today to sell the historic senator theater to its current owners for half a million dollars! but the the deall.. is a half a ays million dollar sham! 3 nnts of senator screen!!!it's no onger owned by the city of - baltimore. 30:02 this is a good deal becauseethis is a histooic landmark that needs viableeculture icon for the city 12 today - the city's board of estimates approved a plln to sell the histtric senator theaareeto its current opprators... for half aa million dollars. as part of the deal - the operators - who took over the financially &pstruggling theater ii 2010 - agree tt pay back the money to the city over

melinda... roeder... was there... for the dedication... of... a... new... lacrosse field./ .. erá honor. honor. melinda intro: this where yeardley love... learned... lived ... and played sports for most of her life.and today - the school gathered on aanew fieeddto remember the young woman they'll never forget. 01:23:188- nats of songtucked bbhind the classrooms of notre daae prep... now stands a permamenn reminder... of a life cut short.01:17:33 "today we ackkowledge that we are jjined innprayer by those we love who have gone before us." hundreds of former classmates... friends... teachers... and coaches... gathered on a brand new fieed... appropriately named... after yeardley love...01:18:56 "there is no doubt that this is the day that love made." (cover) 01:19:54 "this is the field that love built."more than a million dollars in new high-techhturf.a testament to how much the young woman meanttto the n---p community. 01:29:52 "i'm sure she's looking down on her field now with a big smile on her face and looking forward to seeing the many games played on it." for her sister and

melinda... roeder... was... there... for... the celebration.../ and... is... is... live... . .. "uuder armour"... headquarters ... in south baatimore.melinda? melinda? he is the world's most decorated olympian.... with 22 medals. just take a look at the billboard here... it says it all-- his armspan...larger than life... ut it may as well be a sign of how mucc love he has for the city he calls home. home. kevin kamenetz: 05:08 "michael may indeed be a citizen of the will always be michael from rodgers forge."01:10 - michael jumps up from boatas michael phelps arrived - by boat - a parge crowd at the inner harbor cheered... his return from the london olympics... and the final lap of his career.....(big screen) 14:44 wall!"fans applauded... and public officials... praised him... for his dedication and achievments.08:44 "so much joy you guys brought uu in competing and representing your country..representing your state."it was truly - a baltimore-style homecoming... really rrised the bar."but it's clear - phelps's popularity...15:37-48 "you guyy haveesupported me throughout my

melinda... roeder ...has been... asking questions.../ she's... live... dowwtown....//..melinda?h the city - and the organizers of the race are being very tight-liiped so far... especially when it comes to ticket sales..lthough they admit there were fewer people in these grandstands than last year... they're not detailssso why so manyysecrets? they're told us andretti racing never reveals ticket sales. we've also heard thee don't even have an accurate count yet.however many sold... we now at least a thousand of them went for drastically reduced prices online in the last two weeks before the race. without ticket sales... hoo to pnow the economiccimpact of the event? well... that's another area of uncertaintly right now.the mayor's office says they see no need to conduct an impact study... becauue they did one before last year's race - and it be significant. but at least - one investor in the race says he wants to knnw the áreelá numbers... and will figure it out before next year. < "i would like to do an economic impact study, just so the dataathat we can move on a going forward b

melinda... roeder ....as been...(nats of race)grand prix officials barely acknowledge atteedance was down this year...tim mayer - general manager 31:23 (sot from sunday) "i might be a little bit down from laat year... they haa 18 months to sell last year."but no one will disclose how many tickets were actually sold...(from sundaa) 26:22 "well we don't really discuss numbers."and backers pay they have no plans to release that information in &pthe future...(grant from today) 19:45:46 "no"in fact, tte mayor's office.... says an ecooooic impact study duct - either... because they did one ábeforeá last year's race and in a statement to fox 45... &pthey claim that quote - "thee inaugural study confirmmd that the racing event will have a significant positive economic impact..."though... race investor j-p grant wants to see the real nuubers - and will conduct his own study. 19:42:32 "tte public needs to knnw and we need to know. the nnmbers will be what they aae." sold out their rooms... others, like the city-owned hilton...

melinda roeder -- fox 45 news at ten. live.. at the democratic national convention...bama...we'l listen in live... after the break president barack obama... taking to the podium... in carlotte.../ at the democratic nat'l convention... lets listen in... we haveea lot more coverage of the race for the white house on our website......including a story about how unions aae ánotá getting v-i-p treatment at the &pconventioo in charlotte...rea that by going to ox-baltimore dot com... and click on vote 2011 in the hot ttpics section of our website cal ripken gets his statue at camden yards...see if the orioles could reclaim first place hooting the yankees in front of a sellout crowd... sports unlimited...utes in 3 henson, big day -- we're gonna fly to jersey, then mexico, china and france. you're going to travel through so many time zones, you're going to have jet lag for months. now sink your teeth into that big n' toasted if you're ready to soar. good. exits are here, here, and here. a big day calls for the big n' toasted breakfast sandwich, with fried eggs, cherrywood smoke

melinda roeder exppainn in our cover story... bidding wars.ars. 09: 29:03"it's erroneous, it;s wrong"contentious debate at 3 the city's weekly board of estimates meeting.09:39:29"i'm irate, i"m hurt"disagreements for goods and servicesntracts 09:23:19"mr. joilevet, what is relevant to your protest receives ltitle public scurnity (file from digicon story) "this is a computer. this is a telephone. is a telephone a computer?"until this spat between city comptroller joan prattand the mayor erupted... (file from digicon story) "the mayor is not being truthful... she's not being honest." (file from digicon story) "if she disagrees, she has avenues to take... closed issue."the battle was over the purchase of pricey video phones by the mayor's office of technologypratt argued the city should've bid the purchase, instead of adding it to an existing contract. 22:43:36"not only is it disagreed.but a long time adovcate for minority businesses arnold joilivet says pratt is rightand argues in this 180 page lawwuit there &pare at least a dozee big time deals

melinda roeder is here piih how thee plan to score some votes in the ffnal fiie both sides say hey are not taking anythinggfor granted here. they're going to continne spreading their message - through ads, yard signs, knocking onndoors... in communities --and churches - across the state. tte issue has been a hot topic evvr since govvrnor o'malley made gay marriage his top leggslative prrority this year. even before he sigged phe bill... makkng ssme sex marriage egal .... people groups were formed -- the &pmarylann mmrriage alliancee.. equality. one has argued ttis race is about fairness.... he other - ssys it's about faith. <"well thissis aboot fairness and uality... no mmtter what your situation is or who you are."><"our gay and lesbian family and colleagues, we're not oting against them... we're saying we don't waat o redefine arriage."> both sides toll me today that they consider this race a dead peat. ann no matter what the outcome, hey believe it cculd set a national preccdent. no state hhs ever approved gay maariageeat the vvting booths.... only through the legislature.melinda ro

melinda roeder... fox 45 news at ten. modell... team - the cleveland browns - to baltimore in 1996../ . to... start... a... new franchise... that... would... later be named.... the ravens. ravens.he made maryland his home ever since. modell was 87 years old. pe've... created a section... on our website... / called... "remembering art modell." modell."there... you caa watch raw interviews with art modell... post your comments... or look through our allery of photos from over the years. years.just... go to fox baltimore dot com... / and click on... "remembering art modell" under hoo topics. great weather this week.. week.. here's vytas vytas 3 3 3 3 3 look at this crash...the thing crash......that put this biker in even more danger 3 the 9--11 memorial... has a special sectiin... ready... to mark.... september 11th 2001...// not everone's pleased with the memorial however... we'll tell you why... next sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering so, m walking down the street, sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering just yo

.///.melinda roeder ... live... from... camden yards - / with...e ...of that oriole magic.melinda.... it's not everyday the o's are where they were headedd nto today game.so fans took the chance to playyhooky from work - and even school. this is the season no one predicted back in march. after 15 losing seasons... the o's are on top and quite possibly headed to the playoffs.sure that's orth celebrating... even if you have to steal some tiie out of your schedule to be here. 3< "are you sspppsed to be in school right now? yes. but your parents let you play out.">< "when we were kids we went to school everyday looking like we were going to an orioles game. this is huge for me."> i saw a lot of kids out here at the ballparr today who are too young to remember the last time the o's were in he playoffs.but they are keeping their big foamy fingers magic will come through this fall.live from camden yards - at 5 a... shooting... on the... morgan state... campus.../ has... students... speaking out... tonight...//.that's... new tonight ...on... fox 45 news at

some liquor license - and thier policy of renting to hird parties..ive ii towson - melinda roeder - fox 45 news 3 annther violent day in baltimore city, and another maa ssot deaa.thhs time, a viitim shot right behind his nortt baltimore home.. thh 3600 bbock of old york to road today by relaaives of 43- year old david iiving.it's believed he was shot the night before in this alley.neighbors basement where a family member found hii ddad today. 04:47:48"right now i'm numb, i'm just trying to stay strong and maintain for family sake. everybody is ddaling with it in their own way. way.pooice say they dd not have any suspects. baltiiore police say they've solved a murder that occurred more than three years ago. eric pendergrass ddsappeared in january 2009.the ollowing month, his body was pulled from the patapsso river. police haae ow arrested sherrell ffrguson for her involvmeet in the murder.two other suspects, darryl nichols and dontt vaughn, are already in fedeeal prison and will now be charged in this nearly... two... dozen men... have been arrested... in... a... three county... prootitu

michael helps is being honored right now at the inner harbor along with other olympians in marrland melinda roeder. streaming live... from... the inner harbor... with ore on the celebration. 33 3 3 3 3 " ravens fans ... &pwaiting... ffr.. 7--months... for... this day.../ the... first game ...of the... ravens season.../ bruce... cunningham... live... at... m&t ...bank stadium.../ with... a... look at... tonight's matccup... with the... bengals... bruce... sot roll cue: "primetime showcase" "i think the hype will take care of itself. you're plang a division opponent, somebody that knows us pretty well, we know them pretty well "i think the hype will take care of itself. you're playing a division opponent, somebody that knows us pretty well, we know them pretty well so the emotions re going to be going it's the opening game and it counts.""i'm excited. i'm ready for it to happen. to run out on that field, watching eveeybody come out, get your name called, the ray lewis dance and evvrything. i saw it going to be more fun to see it night." that brings us to our question of the day...are the ravens supe

he can't...even thoogh experts and the federal goverment both say he is fit for duty.tonight melinda roedery &pthe city says he'll never fight fires again. 18:23:18"he'' very frustrated, he wants to beea firefighter" he's a second generation ffre fighter...who gave up a promising career as an civil engineerto save lives.but now city ffrefighter bryan issacs faces an obstacle mmre challenging thannthe life threatening injuries he sustained fighting a fire in 2208his own deparrment. 18:20:45"it doess't makeeany sense, ttey have beennvery arbitrary and capricious about this"after emerging from a coma and working his way bbck to health... two expert doctors... and the federal government... cleared issacs the ciiy fire ddpartment won't allow him to return to place he wants to be...back on a truck18:17:20"we just ind this very, very strange"issacs can't talk about the case... so a member of his legal team is speakinggfor him.the firefighter's ordeal began while aaswering a call in march of 2008. he fell off a truck...a near fatal accident he recovered, and with the approval of his own doctoos., h

melinda roeder - fox 45 news at tee.roducers say "occupy unmasked" is rated "r" for its they claim was an essential part of the movement. a mayor break in the double murder of an elderly couple in pikesville. the couple's grandson 31 yr old matthew long is now a suspect.and in oklahoma. him all the way ou his grandpaaents vauuh and marjorie pepper were found dead monday in their living with his grandparents and went missing after they were found. this week...authorities in oklahoma contacted detectives here saying they had found long but he's in a hospital in that state and his condition is so serious deeectives have not peen able to interview him. 3 3 3 3 3&the funeral for vaugh aad the funeral for the funeral for vaugh and marjorieepepper vaugh and marjorie pepper took place today on the eastern shore. police are still inveetigating a shooting in north baltimore last nightwhen a police officer arrived on the sccne near the interrection of bellona avenue and northern parkway...... they found a vehicle pulled pver ith it

meliida roeder is liie downtown... 3 wwere some of the course is still being dismantled.... melinda? they say it'll take another two weeks to completely dismantle the track... including all the fencing and the grandstands.but they say all the access roads in and out of downtown will be cleer byytomorrowwmorning. in fact... crews got started last night on the cleanup... and they've been hauling away bits of the course everrsince. piece by piece... restoring baltimore to normal.overall, with how the race went off ed - this year. and they hope to bring it back to baltimore again in 2003. this... despite am obvious drop in ticket sales from last year,. <"it might be a little bit down from last year... they had 18 months to sell last year."> promoters are quick to add that all the vendors and the city's tax bill have been paid. so there's no lingering debts - like last year. they intend to gather feedback from sponsors, attendees, and neighbors... and keep that in mind moving forward.live downtown - melinda roeder - fox 45 news - late edition. 3 we're following breaking news out of north

and one was arrested with drugs.llve in towson - melinda roeder... fox 45 news at ten. police also need your help in finding the person who shot a man in north baltimore last night. áantoine sellersá was found lying in the middde of the street on wilsby avenue near dumbarton avenue. he'd been hospital. anyooe with the - information is aaked o call police. a pooice officer sayssa man morning in dundalk.paul gessler reports what happened next has the officer and his partner on administrative leave. leave. roy: 9:07 "it's a very quiet, dead-end street."late- night dundalk caused roy and his - wife to call 9-1-1. roy (con't): "iffyou don't live down here, you shouldn't be coming downnhere 2-3 in the morning."roy didn't want to show his face on camera.he said three yyung men were outside his window.roy: 9.25 "never dreamed it was gonna turn out like this, though. never dreamed."it turred out pollceeshowed up quickly, caught up with one of the men, then began to question him. roy: 8.11 "and, i heard twoo pops, and that's when all the other police officers showed up."paul gess

./ melinda... roeder.... previews... one.../ featuring... president obama... supporters.../ but...ou. (maybe a clip from the movie to start?)the film is called - "the hope ann the change"....a political documentary based on interviews with 40 voters who supported candidate barack obama back in 2008..tephen bannon/writer: 11:41:47 "we actually went out and retained strategistt.. and kendra stewaat and they really organized focus groups."but what the filmmakers found - is &phalf years - many of the democratic and indepeedent voterssbecame increasingly frustrated... with the president's policy and actions. bannon: 11:45:14 "he did not focus on the economy and he financial crisis like he said hh was. the focus was really on healthcare... the economy is crisis."the writtr and producer - claim they started this projecc with no agenda in mind.bannon: 11:43:52 "our film is not to go after president obama. we don't call him a muslim, ommunist, or socialist, or anybody who's trying to destroyythe ccuntty," they say they simply sought to give a voice to the moderate voter.david bossii/produce

melinda ... roeder ... live... from towsonn../ withh.. melinda? this area - just south of the towson traffic circle is where most of the trouble went down. and it seemed to starr outside the local theater... where a private event was being hosted by a fraternity -... just hours after the big homecoming game. the theater can hold several hundred. but when more than two thouuand people showed up... they were turned away. and that's when the fighting unfolded. unfolded. late saturdayynight -- at the recher theaterr.. a national fraternity was holding a clothing drive fundraiser. the venue was filled....ut police wereecalled - severall times.13:04:10 "thereewere fights that broke out..ouu officers were called to address a arge, disorderly were made at different points video - posted on youtube - shows the scene outside the towsoo library.... as officers try to clear the crowd - usiig canine units - and peeper spray.most left peacefully. some did not.(showwmug shots onngraffic) several were arrested on charges of assault or disorderly conduct. and that

live from mckeldin square - melinda roeder - fox anti-american protests continue in more than 20 &pcountriese world.... ...but there are quustions now abbut áwhyá they are protesting protestingin lebanon, thousands heedinn the call from a powerffl militant leader of hezbollah making a rare public appearance... ...firing up the crowd. in pakistan, hundreds targeted the u-s consulate in lahore. demonstrators trying to scale the metal gate.... some who made it to american fllg on fire.white house officials havv been claiming for days the rrge has been motivated by the anti-muslim film .......but some say it was a planned act of terror el-megarif says: "alllthis indicates clearly that the attackers are well ttained and well prepared and have planned this in advance." advance."that what happened inittally was that it was a spontaneous reaction to whatt had just transpired in cairo as a consequence of the video." áa spokesperson for the state department would not sayy that the attack in libya was an act of terror......and that the investigation continues. you reallyydidn't expect the ravens to go

.// melinda... roeder explains... in...cover story - / bidding waas wars 09: 29:03"it's errooeous, it;s wrong"contentious debate at the city's weekly board of estimates meeting.09:39:29"i'm irate, i"m hurt"diiagreements over lucrative city contracts for goods and services09:23:19 "mr. joilevet, what is relevant to your protest today?"a process that usually receives ltittl ppblic scurnity (file from digicon story) "this is a computer. this is a telephone. is a ttlephone a computer?"until this spat between city comptroller joan prattand the mayor eeupted... (file froo digiconnstory) truthful... she's not being story) "if she disagrees, she has avenues to take... closed issue."the battle was over the purchase of pricey video phones by the mayor's office of technologypratt argued the city should've bid the purchase, instead oo adding it to an existing contract. 22:43:36"not only is it broken, my ocntentiin is it's dysfunctionalthe mayor pisagreed.but a long time adoocate for minority busineeses arnold joilivet says ppatt is rig

./// and as melinda roeder reports this has truly been a seasonfor recapturingthe orioles magic.// magic13:59:55 "chek your bag right here, sir"at camden yards -- (kid) 14:12:17 "let's go o's!" theee's a special kind of magic in the air. (14:06:57 - &pbird in wind)13:07:48 "we cam down opening day and that day was magical."you can hear it in the ssands...13:52:13 "let's go o's. let's go o's" and feel it in the hearts of ffns.13:33:58 "i nt to morial bn to camden yards since . through tte highs and all the lows." the "lows" lating longer than anyone would'veliked.. 3 13:08:09 "my senior year in anything."was the last yea be exact...13:28:32 "i had this pin 15 years ago, that i "he's nevee seen a winning team."but this year - 13:40:53 - wooooo!!!"...the oriooes have stepped up to the plate....á13:11:06 - shot of license ppate13:14:35 "i thought it as onna happen last year. this year was just uubelievable."melinda - "i'm twelve years old." 13:16:42 "i am even years old."too young to remember the but old enough to know a day at he ballpark beats... goong you supposed to be in school e right

melinda... roeder... talked... with the producers.../ about... why... they made the film.from movie clip - put it into television clip from "occupy unmasked" "the voice of the people hass been silenced... but not today."it started as a movement.... at a park innnew york city.... a small group of protesters upset about wall street bailouts... they called themselves the 99-percent... 11:26:02 "and it sounded like a neat thing. people wanted to do it and they sucked in a lot of innocent people." producer david bossie.. believes some of the protestors wanted to make a difference... but as tte crowds grew... and spread to other cities - the message became mixed.11:27:45 "it was their only way to bring in new blood - by bringing in these cliques.. these special interests."the rhetoric heated up... but still, the message was unclear.(richard vatz) 15:53:28 "what exactly were they protesttng against? it's hard to say... whatever they wanted to read into the protest."eventually... violence erupted in many cities.... where occupiers had set up camp.11:54:07 "i saw this as a movement

cover story --/ melinda roeder ... back... at... the milestones ... and... memoriee. memooies.den yards 1 clip) 22:41:03 "welcome toocamden yards" (camden ards 1 clii) 22:32:56 "they did a beautiful job on it, didn't they?"(camden yardss 1 clip) 22:30:08 "at first, i didn't want to leave memorial stadium, but this is ust great."(camden yards 1 clip) 22:38:52 "ttis is a fans' bbllpark, ladies and gentlemee."(camden yards 1 clip) 22:41:51 "programs here, proggams."(good shhts of first pame beginning at 2:29:00) it was the spring of 1992 and a new ballpark was breathing new life into baltimore's been building long before that first pitch.evena& before the &p(camden yards 1 clip, starts with jeff barnd and ends with william onald schaeffer) 22:23:48-22:23:59 "on thee august 30th broadcasta not some name that you're gonna name it."(show old black and white photo) what had been an oll industrial site by the harbora had been transformeda.(video and nats of drilliig, ast minute touches at 22:38:30)anddby the time the stadium seats were iistalleda& and the paint had drieda&. most orrole