slash newslinks. 3 map fiber map 3 3 3 baltimore county police need your help fighting back. they're working around the clock to catch an arsonist in essex before he strikes again. megan gilliland is live from one of the homes targeted. targeted.good morning patrice, we're live along 700 bllck of mansfield road here in essex. where police believe a fire that sparked in the back allely this week was no acciden. accident.it happened just before one o'clock wednesday morning.officials saa someone set fire to a large pile of trash bags the family set out the day before. after that - 7 more arsons were reported - involving sheds, cars and dumpsters. police believe the fires are related. 35:00 this is a very dangerous situation these were not a lot of damages that were done however sheds may contain chemicals. vehicles also have gasoline in them it's a danger to anyone in the community particularly where trash was set on fire close to an home15police say the cars and sheds targeted were all unlocked.allowing the arsonist so far, investigators have no suspects or leads. anyone with

for a ink to all the job opportunities just go to fox baltimore dot com and click on newslinks.eillanne video shows the two officers &pspraying mace and roughly handling unruly customers a hanncuffed suspect is also thrown to the ground. last year both officers were fired for excesssve force, but now city officials are ordering those oofciers to return to the job with back pay. some of the victims are now trying to fight that ruliig. ortega says: "i was the person who was grabbed and then maced directly in the faae." face."ortega says: "iijust hope a jury of my peers will be able to serve us justice, myself anddthe other women invo" involved." but not everyone is siding with the customers. the city of denver can still appeal tte decision to reinstate the officers. rescue crews .../ are... still searching... ááafteráá an... italian... cruise ship.../ runs aground..../// áánowáá.../ we're... hearing.../ firss-hand ...accounts .../ of... what happened .../ inside ... ...passengers.../ were told.../ it... was.. .a...// "small... technical glitch../.// "costa concordia"... friday.../

slash newslinks. 3 we have a couple of school closings to pass along to you this morning.garrett county schools are closed. closed.havre de grace elementary school in harford county is closed because of pipe repairs. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 fighting back against an arsonist in essex.baltimore county police say someone out there is settinggother people's property on fire... leaving a trail of destruction. megan gilliland is live from one of the homes targeted. targeted.good morning patrice, we're live along 700 block of mansfield road here in essex. where police believe a fire that sparked in the back allely this week was no acciden. accident.it happened just before one o'clock wednesday morning.officials say someone set fire to a large pile of trash bags the family set out the day before. ashley 42:22 it's crazy. cause if you notice, there's a wood shed right next to us if that would've lit on fire it could've easily led up to the houses 29 29after that - 7 more arsons were reported - involving sheds, cars and dumpsters. investigators the cars and sheds targeted were all unlocked.allowing the a

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./ newslinks tab.../ on... our website.../ foxbaltimore.com show us your purple pride....while you are there take our ravens quiz or pnswer our ravens question of the day. 3 we all really want to know what the weather is going to be like for the game? game? slighltly cooler,.../ c.lear,.../ and... loud. loud. here's... chief meteorologist... vytas reid for your skywatch forecast. 3 the roid rampage to end all roid rampages. how the juice caused this guy to tear up his gym and develop some pretty epic quads. theeperfect sized snack. coming up next the viral video of a young girl's introduction to an african lion that let the big cat wanting more. 3 3 3 3 common sense says p-c-p and steroids, areea bad mix. mix.here's video to show you why.a guy goes on a rampage inside a new york gym. surveillance video captures a man running in and out of this albany gym knocking over equipment...all this as members are working out. then, he passes a clothing rack and knocking it down.... the guy later died from his deadly drug cocktail. an unusual theif is lurking near a mall in ohio. oh

./ newslinks tab.../ on... our website.../ foxbaltimore.com show us your purple pride...5.while you are there take our ravens quiz or pnswer our ravens question of the day. 3 we all really want to know what the weather is going to be like for the game? game? slighltly cooler,.../ c.lear,.../ and... loud. loud. here's... chief meteorologist... vytas reid for your skywatch forecast. 3 the roid rampage to end all roid rampages. how the juice caused this guy to tear up his gym and develop some pretty epic quads. theeperfect sized snack. coming up next the viral video of a young girl's introduction to an african lion that let the big cat wanting more. 3 3 3 3 [ male announcer ] get ready for some deli-style delic-ious-ity: the subway big hot pastrami melt. take a moment to ponder tender cuts of pastrami, piled sky high atop your favorite freshly baked bread with spicy mustard, pickles and melt-a-licious cheese. okay, enough imagining how this fresh toasted number would tantalize your taste buds -- it's time to actually experience the subway big hot pastrami melt, built by the

slash newslinks.1 with a ádropá in áviolent crime.but overall... crime in the city is still higher than last year. with 196 murders for the year... homicides fell 12- percent... gun-related homicides dropped 13- percent... and non-fatal shootings declined 9-percent over the last year. but one-percent. 3 this year... police will target illegal guns coming of police commissioner fred bealfeld's new plan... to keep & crime numbers down. statistics show... the majority of guns used in violent crimes are from out of state. so bealfell has broadened a plan to target the pipeline... that's funneling illegallguns into the ciiy. many of which... are coming from north carolina. 3 16:25:41 they're driving them up here and so there are ways for us to leveage our federal partnerships our sttte partnerships and inerdict these guns before they get in the hands of crimmnals and become fuel to the violence in baltimore :57 :57 the commissioner says year... is to make the city safer. 3 just when you're getting adjusted

slash newslinks. baltimore city ends 2011 with the lowest number of murders in over 30 years. years.there were 196 murders... making it the first time the city had fewer than 200 homicides... since 19788 city leaders credit increased enforcement with the drop in crime. last year... there were 223 murders. police commissioner fred factors haveeplayed a rooe in brinning the city to this support from mayor stephanie rawlings-blakee bealefeld also poonts to the introduction of targeted enforcement... that's where officers go after criminals with guns.... in hopes of getting violent repeat offendees off city treets. 20-12 begins withhtragedy for more than a dozen people in southeast baltiiore... after fire ripped through a string of rowhomes on new years day. day.it happened around 6-30 sunday morning... on the 9-hundred blocc of bouldii tteetop floors of several oo the homes within minutes. firefighters faced a few challenges trying to contain the blaze.they actually had to cut a trench in the rooffof many of he homes... to keep it from spreading. fortunately... nobody was hurt. m

think its a deal" deal" for more information on miche bags, log on to fox baltimore dot com slash newslinks. ((oncam))megan gilliland fox45 news at ten. it's a new year's eve tradition. trying to predict what will happen in the year ahead. and tonight we turn to psychic sonia benser for a sneak peak into 0-12. 20-12. sonia's superbowl prediction for the ravens last year did not pan out... but she has predicted marttn o'malley's two election victories for governor as well as last year's milder winter. 3 maryland going for its 6th straight win....see if they made it 7 in a row...next in sports unlimited... have you seen this monkey? how banana sam went missing and why it's critical zookeepers find him sooo. police are hot on the trail of a monkey napper. 3 someone stole banana sam, a squirrel monkey who lived in the san francisco zoo. ponight, the zoo is offering a one thousand dollar rewarddfor the safe return of their monkey. somebody ut into banana sam's cage last night, went into his house and grabbed him. zoo workers are just concerned abouu getting the 17 year old primate home safe and

slash newslinks. winning nats &pnats new this morning...more ravens are waking up champions... of the a-f-c north.on sunday... they cllimed victory over the cincinatti bengals... 24 to 16. it's the first time in &pfranchise history... that the ravens has ever swept the division.the ravens are now getting some well-deserved time off though... with a bye next week.they'll play again sunday, january 15th. iran's semi-official news agencies say scientists have successfully built and tested their first nuclear fuel rod. it's said to contain natural uranium.iran insists its nuccear program is peaceful.. but westernnand some regional powers are concerned tehran is trying to develop nuclear weapons. thinking about taking a puropean vacation this year? you could be shelling out more money. any flight to and from emmission tests....a cost that could come out of our pocket. theegoal is tt push the airline industry towards greener technology.and european airlines aren't happy about it.you'll likley see the cost on the tickets... possibly as much as 16

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slash newslinks a daring rescue by navv seals. saving two kidnapped aid workers....es during the raaddboth hostages were safeethe president of valley forge christianncollege, where buchanan attended, described the moment he learned the good news. i checked in my inbox at about 2 o'clock this morning and here's a message from her brother ii law that she's been freed. i was absolutely shocked to see that she hhd been rescued. 3 the navy eals who carried out the raid are from the same unit that killed osama bin laden in a raid in pakistan llst ear. 3 <> an ice rink collapses...the thing that was happening oo roof fell down... (nats police raid) may be going when you order it on line....nd the things police have found... at the port of baatimore 3 3 ♪ [ male announcer ] we have more than 3,000 daily flights on southwest airlines. and that gives you thousands of options to fly where you want, when you want. announcing new nonstop service from bwi airport to atlanta starting february 12th. book all of our destinations only at southwest.com. starting febru

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