in odenton. candidates will have less than 24 hours to submit their applications which are due tomorrow. >> hearings today on legislation to repeal the death penalty. one person expected to testify is the archbishop. he wants to let people live out their lives and better themselves. >> at the end of the day, it is a myth to think we can make our society safer by taking life. >> edwin o'brien testified in support of a similar bill back in 2009. >> 32 degrees in the airport -- at the airport. police in south africa say oscar pistorius is in custody following a shooting at his house. >> this is traffic at liberty road. temperature around 32 degrees and the roads are wet. >> police in south africa say olympian oscar pistorius was involved in a deadly shooting at his home. police say a woman died inside the home from several gunshot wounds. police arrested oscar pistorius, who is expected in court later today. there are reports that his girlfriend was killed in the instance. california officials annou

. >> reporter: for daria of odenton maryland, it only took one late bill to damage her credit. >> i bought $61 worth of clothes. >> reporter: that's it? >> that's it. >> reporter: she bought a dress to wear to her mother's funeral. the retailer offered a discount if she opened a new discount. the problem? >> i never received a bill. >> reporter: she never received the bill because of a mix-up on her address, and she never thought about it until she got a notice in the mail. >> i got a her from a credit card company saying that my credit limit had been dropped. >> reporter: the reason? she was 60 days late on the bill she never received. her line of credit went from $11,800 to $3,5 hundred dollars. her credit score took a bit hit, from 714, to 651. >> you have to this happen in the -- really in a matter of a few weeks is amazing. >> if you miss a payment by as also as 30 days, you can't well find that information will be reported almost immediately to the credit reporting agencies. >> reporter: chuck harwood acting director of the bureau of consumer protection with the ferred trade commissi

it will be held in odenton at 6:00 p.m. and applications for this it must be submitted by noon on friday. john label design -- resigned as county executive for a judge found him guilty of misconduct in office. the county council has 30 days to fill the seat with another republican. clean-up continues in new england this afternoon after this weekend's major snowstorm crews are rushing snow removal equipment to hamden, connecticut and other cities. there is they got -- they got 40 inches of snow and many people are stuck in their homes. the new haven register reports have the town's streets were still not passable sunday night. some local utility crews are in connecticut right now helping with the cleanup. bge sent about 40 workers to new england to help with outages. like when marilyn needed help last year after supers from sandy, bge officials say it is giving back help when needed. >> we will request crews from other states that have not been hit as hard as maryland. when other states are hit hard by harsh weather, we can

the forum for the replacement will take place thursday at the west county area library in odenton. >>> a baltimore are program allows you to get your taxes done for free and build up a savings in the process. tim williams has more on the baltimore cash campaign. >> for keith henderson, getting his taxes done for free was an offer he couldn't refuse. >> i set an appointment up online and found all the papers i had to bring and it was just very easy. >> the be more cash campaign offers free tax for residents around the area. >> they need to bring their social security card for themselves and anyone who they're claiming and bring their photo id and need to bring any tax forms that they received for 2012. >> it's a nonprofit group endorsed by local, state and federal agencies and hopes to make filing easy for low and moderate income families. >> folks who can take advantage of our services are families of two or more who made $50,000 or less last year, or single filers who made $25,000 or less. >> reporter: and because cash stands for creating assets, savings and hope, services that are f

that forum is scheduled for thursday at the west county library in odenton. applications are due by friday. you might recall that leopold resigned last week, after he was found guilty of two counts of misconduct while in office. >>> a new baltimore program is allowing residents to get their taxes done for free and build up a little savings in the process. it is called the baltimore cash campaign. it is for residents around the baltimore metropolitan area. all you have to do is bring in your social security card. plus a photo id for tax ferm toes. forms. >> i set up an appointment online. it was very easy. >> we try to make that really easy, by encouraging people to split some of their refund into a savings account, into a prepaid card, or by purchasing a u.s. savings bond. >> reporter: the program is run by a nonprofit group that tries to make filing easier for low and moderate income families. today's event was at the mondawmin mall. but there are 15 locations. for more information, head to cbsbaltimore.com. and look for this story right there, under the loc

. >>> i'm derek valcourt in odenton, where folks are bracing for the impact the sequester cuts will have to areas like this that depend on the military. what those cuts will mean for maryland, coming up on eyewitness news. >>> check in for more on these stories and all the day's breaking news. >> eyewitness news at 5:00 starts now. >>> mystery illness. over a dozen people rushed to the hospital. >> the search for clues in a north baltimore office building. >> hi. i'm kai jackson. and i'm mary bubala. here's what people are talking about. a caotic scene in north baltimore today. hazmat crews rush to the hopkins keswick complex. several people are hospital biezed. -- hospitalized. but the reason why is still not known. jessica kartalija has more on what happened.

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