caps fall to the panthers 5--- scoring.o the panthers 5-4. >>> washington redskins are awaiting word on suspensions for tight end fred davis and tackle trent williams. both are expected to get four games, the remainder of the season, for violating the league's drug policy. both players were at the park today watching film. both left without comment. davis is a fourth year tight i understand enjoying his finest -- end enjoying his finest season. yesterday he led the team with six catches for 99 yards. meanwhile big left tackle trent williams is becoming the anchor of the offensive line. the fourth overall pick in the draft last year played his best game of the year against the jets. today reaction on the impending loss of the two key players on this team. >> i wouldn't call it anger, but it's just disappointing because anybody that's aware of the rules and how the nfl carries the drug policy and more than just yourself, you've got to think if you happen to get caught, especially those two guys that are -- play intricate role

. >>> last night, dale hunter with the first road game as the caps head coach and facing the panthers. first period, the panthers have scored to take a 1-0 lead. 13 secs later, the wrister and beats noibert. the shot knuckled like a pitch. the pan hers built a 5-1 lead. the caps down 5-3 and carlson shot deflected by jamara, and leading 11th goal of the season, the deficit, 5-4. the caps pulled the goalie, wideman with the stop and time runs out. the caps fall to the panthers, 5-four and trail first-place florida byef is points in the southeast division. >>> and college hoops tonight, 7-1 virginia, hosts 6-2 george mason. i'm dave feldman. back to you. >> thank you for that. 92. and you have the news edge. the news is always on www.myfoxdc.com. weather coming around here the next day or so, check it out with the live radar on the website. in the meantime, keep it here. tmz on tv is coming up next. back here at 10 on the news edge at 11. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting crowded. but if congress frees up

san jose had a chance to get revenge against the panthers tonight. go out to the tank for all the action. the teams' lone meeting of the regular season. first period, jimmy mcglynn for the one-timer. 2-1 sharks. second period, tied 2-2. shark turn it over. tomas fleischmann with his 12th angle of the season. florida leads 3-2. still in the the second. sharks on the power-play. dan boyle gives it away to jack gilly who goes hard to the net. scores. 4-2 florida. body team s mixing it up after the buzzer. panthers get the last laugh 5-3 your final. >> we gave them that game. a couple of soft plays from us. just -- stupid -- soft, stupid plays. giving them a couple of goals. that was the game we gave away. >> capital it'sed on our mismakes. you look at their goals, they're off of our sticks. uldn't show up tonight for we should this game. >>> to the gridiron, raiders' fans are eager to find out if mcclain will play against the dolphins tomorrow. the middle linebacker expects to be on the field but coach jackson isn't making promises. "we'll see, i will m

panthers would not score. poets take the momentum shift. they are celebrating. they go ahead and run with it. fourth quarter, in. 24-11. later in the frourth to crush any hopes of a rally, brown, all quick speed, little dance step and in. perryville fought gamely but worn down by dunbar. 32-11 is your final. 2-a final still underway. this one going all the way. in the fourth quarter middletown leading it 43-6. highlights coming up tonight at 11:00. we talked the last two months about the most amazing turnarounds taking place from worst to first. by worst i mean one-win kind of worst. the tigers celebrated last week with president obama. today hosting their first ever home playoff gafmente plenty of drama. 38-31 in the fourth quarter. highlights of that one tonight at 11:00. like our graphics, we have more of them. wisconsin whitewater won. great season for salsberry. ravens landed in cleveland looking for a seventh straight win over the browns. joe flacco has six career games against cleveland and all wins and a touchdown to interception ratio of 8-3. curious to

the panthers scored two goals in a span of 13 seconds in the first period. weiss with a pair. panthers won 5-4. >>> blackhawks rally from three down but couldn't complete it against the coyotes. winning 4-3. >>> to new york for the hit of the night. maple leafs phaneuf crushed rangers michael sauer. nothing illegal about it. that's a textbook hit. the helmet came flying off. he actually hit his head on the boards on the way down. he was fine just a little rattled. >>> that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> well, rosie gets ready to say "i do" and larry king gets ready for, well, passing away. your entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus the whole dog and cat thing is mostly just a myth. they're really -- they could be best friends. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this tuesday morning. we have rainy weather for many areas of the appalachians today, all the way up through new england. eventually we'll see some wet weather moving into the big cities of i-95 from new york, baltimore, philly and d.c. florida you look

can't feed the panthers too many >> mike: let's move our of over to the other contact sport, hockey.st period, tight at one. the feed to mcgin who buries it. fourth of the year, 2-1 sharks. form shark flies it past wright. second of the season. game tied at two. same period. the shot is blocked. knocked home on the rebound. 12th of the year. panthers with three goals in the second and win big, 5-3 your final. >> let's tee it up at thousand oaks where a familiar name is atop the leaderboard. that's right. tiger woods. third round of the chevron world challenge. tiger up three. that evaporated quickly. on 2, headed for the drink. led to one of five bogeys for tiger. here's another one on 16. tiger's approach to the ball lands in the creek. he had some good shots. >>> 1 back of zach johnson thanks to this beauty on 18. 163 yards, nothing but neat for the eagle. two on the day. johnson, 4-under 68. on top by one stroke over tiger. they'll be in the final group together on sunday's final around. >> that was your toyota sports report. coming up later, look back at the local college footbal

the florida panthers know their way to san jose. they have beaten the sharks in the last three plamatchups. they put the puck in the net nine times in the last three games and tonight they are eagle to man handle the panthers. >> reporter: in the last game the sharks came back to tie the contest three separate times before winning it. san show say players saying tonight, they are the ones that need to jump out and take the early lead. >> we have to start really quick. we got to take more control in the first period. i think we're a great second and third period team. we need to focus on the first period. if we set the tone early and keep things simple, it will help us out a lot. >> it's been a battle this year. we haven't scored first goal very often. obviously our starts need to get better. we're working on it. we're trying. it's not going our way so far, but getting our first goal is should be a focus. >> reporter: the sharks have played 22 games this season and have only scored the first goal seven times. >> reporter: thank you,

. >>> more nfl action told, carolina panthers and cam -- today, carolina panthers today and cam newton in tampa, upset alert cam newton three rushing tds today, they win 38-12. >>> those that didn't make it to the redskins game or maybe those that didn't care to watch were in for a treat at the verizon center. the bb&t classic featured some good basketball all the while raising money for a good cause. let's start first with the terps taking on notre dame, 1st half, shawn noesly with a dish to james padgett, game tied at 16. a monster game for him, one on everybody for the layup and the game closed late. stoglund buries the jumper. terps win 78-71. >>> gorge washington taking on bcu. edwards here with the dunk assisted by david pelham. that ties it up at 16. bcu came roaring back with help from bradford burgess with a three pointer. he assisted there. he had 24 points today. bcu holds onto win 75-65. >>> sixth ranked lady terps visiting american u. in the 2nd half au's lone bright sort jord with two of her 10 points for the eagles, but this was all terps. melissa thomas scored 15 of her

the panthers scold two goals in 13 seconds in the first period. panthers won 5-4.go 4-3. to new york for the hit of the night, the maple leafs thee on fal loof crushed the rangers michael sawyer. nothing illegal, that's a textbook hit. he hit his head on the boards on the way down. he was fine, just a little rattled. toronto bruised the rangers 4-2. that's your first look at sports, i'm fred roggin. >> for another look at the weather here is bill karins with the weather channel forecast. >>> i keep saying it, this is really it for the warm weather. the eastern seaboard week after week this late fall season. now we'll see the temperatures beginning to drop. we're 55 to start your morning in boston. we should be about probably 25 or 35. this is just very unusual. temperatures were already crashing in buffalo where it's down to 39 degrees. the cold air is not that far away, it's going to take a couple days to move in. right now we're watching plenty of clouds, plenty of light rain out there along with drizzle over areas from d.c., philly and new york. steady rain arou

plus red -- panthers did. plus redskins talk about eli manning coming up in sports. >>> now 9 sports with kristen berset, the betts sports in town. >> -- best sports in town. >> i said earlier today that maryland's game against ford international should have been an easy victory. emphasis on the word should because these days you never really know what the terps are capable of and tonight let's just say they like to keep things interesting. mark turjin and the terps looking for their third straight win against nba great isiah thomas. an 11 point hole. panthers fill taylor with the layup. 35-23 at the half. but terps did rally. the terps get the lead. the terps up four. they squeak by fiu 52-65. >> it's like not that he wasn't good before but the fourth quarter come back. >> he's playing as good as any quarterback right now and he's putting his team on his shoulders. >> all right. you heard the redskins. they're talking about giants qb eli manning. he has been red hot lately. but when they first met in the firs

panthers beat the sharks for the fourth straight time.ve lost three four and are 2 points behind dallas. >>> still to come, the 49ers with a chance to do something tomorrow that hasn't been done in the bay area in almost a decade. players talk about their shot at a chance to clinch. at a chance to clinch. and we will show you [people chatting] everyone, it's $37 a piece. paying with your smart phone instead of cash. that's a step forward. with chase person-to-person quickpay, you can send money directly to your friend's checking account. all you need is their email address or mobile number. don't worry honey, i'll show you. thanks everyone. so take a step forward... and chase what matters. >>> it has been two years, more than that since tiger woods won a golf tournament. today he took a 3 stroke lead into the third round of the event he hosts. the chevron world challenge. santa anas made it less than ideal. tiger chipped in here for ra birdie and put him in front. but the bogeys started piling up. tiger's second shot end up well right her

capitals and panthers.leischmann skates through four defenders and was an amazing no-lock pass and finds its way into the net. let's get a check of today's weather. rob marciano standing by. >> he was just centering the puck. he didn't know it was there. center the puck. >> no, that wasn't an accident. that was on purpose >> that's why he's a paid professional. across the spine of the appalachian, slow-moving front will create rain. there it is from new orleans up through new york and in through new england. that's where your rain is going to be and will eventually push out to sea but another impulse that will roll up here in the next really three days. but the next two days brings the heavy rain through d.c. and new york. all rain and mild rain. the colder air comes in behind it and may bring a little bit of snow. a couple inches potentially for mali inland areas. balmy, 61 degrees in new york. enjoy that. next 15 minutes we'll highlight flight delays. >> did you say 61 in new york. >> high temp. go out. i

organizer has won prizes for his activism at the time the black panthers were greatly feared by the police in philadelphia and his message that the american system of justice is rotten to its core racist sexist classist was inconvenient the murder conviction his supporters maintain was a way of silencing him but one that failed miserably i think himself as a very charismatic individual i think he's an individual has a lot of support but i also i think. what maybe hasn't. come out or doesn't come out a lot with other death row cases i think for me himself being a journalist has. continued to speak about his case his cases continue to be in the media he himself has a. prison radio shows and he's written many books whilst in prison he's attracted a global following he's an honorary citizen of more than twenty cities and this even a street named after him in paris demonstrations for movie and european cities are a common sight after a trial that many called a sham it's emerged that fifteen of the thirty's. three police officers who testified to a charged with corruption and tampering wi

look at this catch. 7 or panthers. campo, trailed 14-3 in the first. steve vans. cuts to the inside. can't bring him down. 37-yard catch and run. campos down some-10 but get no closer. washington union wins that division title, 21, 16 the final. >> saturday night football in the nfl. cowboys and bucs. life is rough in tampa. tony romo making it worse. runs into his own offensive linemen. miles us a sten, 7-0 cowboys. romo and company in the red zone, dez bryant, easy money. romo, three t.d. basses, another on the ground. cowboys beat the bucs 31-15. >> and that was your toyota sports report, coming up later, ward and a 16-year-old dominates on the lpga tour. stick around. i know you don't have a choice. >> it's supersaturday. the deals and the big hearts of shoppers across the nation. >> the best deals on credit cards that will help you out in the new year. >> good evening. >> in tonight's head lps, san jose police say the hells -- actually, let's go to this story instead. an apartment complex has been gutted. 63 iewppedz are offlimits. all of the people have foun

panthers with three goals in the second, win it 5-3. >> we have one of the best sports photographs are's a look at the the season through this reps. >> mike: great stuff. that was your toyota sports report. now the raiders are in miami. >> it could be stanford and october state but that may not be so. >> oklahoma state could jump ahead of alabama. they computers love them and they could play lsu. if that happens, stanford could end up in the sugar bowl soasm will re find out tomorrow for sure. >> that does it for this edition of abc-7 news. >> our next newscast tomorrow morning at 5:00. thanks for watching. >> we'll leave you with a live look at 101 northbound. all lanes closed. a pedestrian killed, broadway hey, your high speed internet here, at home... ...and on the go... ...with some really big news. it's b-i-g -- big. high speed internet from at&t at home... ...includes wi-fi access on the go. woo-hoo! [ together ] it's an unbelievable deal. well, gotta go. but wait -- there's more... [ female announcer ] go to the website below today and get high speed internet for the unbelievabl

. >> also next, the sharks turned the puck over several times against the florida panthers at the tank. can they overcome those mistakes? >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> there is niners game out at the stick and all kinds of other activities. how will the weather hold up? >> very sunny and temperatures where they should be upper 50s and low 60s. here is a look at santa cruz where numbers in the salinas valley east of here were below freezing. doing pretty good at the beach, 60s for the highs. back home, beautiful shot, you can see that maybe headed over to candlestick. we are looking at 1:00 game today with pretty nice temperatures. slow to warm up in parts of the bay. 50 in san francisco, not quite sure if this is for real, 36 in redwood city, everybody else around warming up into the 40s. 47 in fremont and 43 in livermore. low 40s from santa rosa to novato where we saw numbers around 30 this morning. we've got relatively light winds. look at the wind by the delta. still out of north, those are going to crank up later on tonight. also adding to the dry a

>> i started as a lawyer working on the case but geronimo pratt, a black panther case. that ended up after 27 years to be proven. and we have learned that law enforcement' officers had good evidence or statutory evidence, let people commit perjury, said in the room and -- sat in the room to destroy evidence to convict someone who was innocent. and that is how i started my career as a lawyer. when i started that case, i began thinking this was a big conspiracy to frame this man. what i learned is -- and i discussed this with geronimo -- we are experiencing men and women who thought the end justified the means. they thought they had a bad man and it was ok to do anything necessary to convict him. as i look back on my career, present and future, i think we see that that is the concept that runs through police misconduct. i am sure there are officers who were just bad, let's say. i think officers see what they consider bad people, and they feel like they have to do what ever it takes to convict them. and i have seen it when i was a young lawyer, when we had narcotics teams,

and here ken newton was a number one over-all pick, and you see why, and in the end zone, 9-0 panthers with the lead. and here one is thrown like a third stringer pick. and texans go down by a final of 28-13. perfection on the line, and kansas city with the green bay packers in town, and here getting it going. and kansas with romeo at the helm, gets it done and putting it away and the chiefs give green bay their first loss of the season. we will countdown for the game of ravens against the chargers, we invite you to stay up late for the key players in tonight's game. and as we head for break, a look outside of the station, yes we are proud to be the raven's broadcast team. be right back. ♪ [ female announcer ] this time of year you have a lot of festive meals. and safeway helps make every holiday meal a special occasion. so you can make all of your gatherings, just as merry as can be. get a boneless beef loin ny strip roast for just $5.99 a pound. plus save on gift card multipacks. right now get 15% off of $40 itunes multipack. safeway. ingredients for life. >> if you need a unique per

look like a no. 1 overall pick. 14-0 panthers. still a little bit of hope for the texans. yates, not among the all-time greats. houston falls to 10-4. the winless colts posting the tennessee titans and showing signs of life. hard to believe dr. what we saw here. play action, making the play. 18 yards and indianapolis takes the lead 10-6. fourth quarter, donald brown. you would not expect this to work out quite as such -- yeah. trapped in the backfield -- to gone. colts win for the first time, beating tennessee 27-13. even less so, the actor -- the packers were not expected to struggle in kansas city. interim head coach at kansas city, third quarter, aaron rodgers. in the fourth quarter, clenching it. the issue sold on 19-14. champagne popping in miami. the dolphins still the last to go undefeated. giants will keep pace with the cowboys playing host to washington and you just never know. a gorda throw to santana models. fourth quarter, eli manning had a miserable afternoon. joshed wilson. the judge wilson? a former reagan. taking a 23-10. loyola taking an 8-1 record on the

. >>> prosecutors have called off their 30 year battle to execute former black panther mumia abu jamal he was sentenced to death in 1982 for the killing of a white police officer in philadelphia. over the years the case ginned worldwide attention. accusation -- accusations of racism in the justice is tell this morning the philadelphia d.a. drop the death penalty a federal appeals court ordered a new sentencing hearing or reduce his sentence to life in prison. >>> new poll finds governor brown's plan has bipartisan supporters among voters. 51% support the plan to reduce retirement benefits for new and public workers to increase the retirement age and have workers pay more. a propose is putting new workers on the hybrid 401(k) style plan the poll finds 41% think public pensions are too generous. 64% think pension reform should apply to new and current public employees. >>> mcafee is laying off 250 workers, 3% of its workforce. the company has not said how many of the lay-offs will be in the bay area. intel bought mcafee this year for 7.7 billion dollars. mcafee officials say they are pos

but you can watch the panthers take on the bears. >> i will be in chicago six, seven hours from now. i'm assuming it will be colder there. let's talk about san jose weather, san francisco. >> safe assumption, scott mcgrew. >> you probably know better than i do. >> it's great to be in california this time of year we know what is out there. we've had temperatures in the upper 20s every day in the past couple of weeks in the north bay. they are going to fall into the low 20s before all is said and done. your forecast is 22 degrees where you hit 70 yesterday. what a difference a day makes. temperatures this morning is almost 30 degrees colder than this time yesterday in the north bay. everywhere else it's not quite ads significant when it comes to the swing. but stst still cold in san jose. through the next 48 hours, we'll see an area of low pressure pass to the north. high pressure is why it's so clear out there. it's that clear sky that makes way to coal conditions. and we will lost the warming wind that we had. the wind that kept things so mild. you lose the wind, you lose 30 degrees

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panthers won it, 38-19. >>> a quick baseball note, miami marlins have signed jose reyes to a monster six year $111 deal. reyes won the national batting title last year. >>> finally, nearly two years after his life took a turn for the worst, tiger woods finally won a tournament to beat zach johnson by a stroke. tiger's first win in 26 tournaments. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> who is doing super bowl's halftime show and who may be doing time for what they got caught doing this weekend? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, if you believe hard enough, santa can make all dreams come true, right? we have proof, coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this monday morning. hope you had a wonderful weekend. a lot of active weather out there today. east coast, you're just fine, you're warm, you're mild. in the middle of the country, cold air plunging down from montana through new mexico and colorado. very warm in colorado. chilly in areas like kansas up through minneapolis today. rainey through

judy lear of gray panthers -- >> i think we are smarter than that.n people are smarter and i think young people and older are smarter. >> reporter: though in some cases already -- the writing is on the wall. joe johns, cnn, washington. >>> the black eyed peas and kermit the frog will be there for the tree lighting ceremony at the white house. we went after kermit. kermit's going to join us live to talk about the night's events. he also has a new movie out. you do not want to miss what is going to be one of the biggest challenges of my journalistic career. >>> also, san francisco forces mcdonald's to take the happy out of the happy meal. but the ban on happy meal toys kind of backfired. we'll explain that after the break. >>> but first, a real life christmas grinch has made an annual tradition of stealing. that suv, is stopped at a boy scout troop christmas tree lot in missouri. you see this? the woman apparently stole not one but two trees. get this. the truth scout master says this is the third straight year she's done this. he claims same suv. same

the third quarter, the panthers have an answer in mind.and finds trenton. 23 yards to the 12th. they would get to the goal line. fourth down and going for it. they are stuffed. dunbar rolls from there. frederick douglass and middletown. all middletown tonight. they with the first state title. the list keeps looking for its first big championship. college football playoffs for towson today. the tigers reward is trying to stop the best quarterback in the fcs football. titres taking the field and ready to go. second quarter is tied at 10. he sold the run and threw it. tied at 17 at the half. third quarter is tied at 24. grant -- designed quarterback draw. 31-24. same score, back comes lehigh. he gets wide and into the end zone. tied at 31. back and forth all game long. the next drive is a one pop a fake and let it slide. look at it, write to you. 52 yards, 38-31 towson. it is tied at 38 per in under six minutes to play, the tigers are backed up naked bootleg. this saw it coming. aside in the end zone is a safety and the difference. leehigh wo

the panthers win 48-16. >> the patriots rally from a 17-0 halftime deficit to knock off miami. tom brady threw for more than 300 yards and this touchdown to branch. raid -- new england clinches the first-round bywith the victory. >> tonight is the night before christmas and also the night before the nba opens its seasons. the warriors will be hosting chris paul and the l.a. clippers. golden state already had problems. seth curry went down with. >> alan: kell -- went down with an ankle injury, and then ellis with the -- >> every team faces adversity, and the ones with great leadership, makes the proper adjustments. we're looking forward to doing that. >> and tomorrow on abc-7 you can watch the defending nba champion dallas mavericks taking on miami at 11:30. followed by the lakers and bulls. so a couple of pretty good games to start the season tomorrow. >> sounds like it. are the warriors looking good? >> a little banged up right now. it should be a good game. the clippers revamped their lineup, getting chris and all other players. so a fun game to watch. >> a secret santa, a pr

the panthers general manager says the guns were properly registered to wilson for travel. >>> the 1994t gump" making it into the world's largest archive of film, tv and sound recordings. the movie will be preserved in the national film registry. each year the library of congress names 25 films that are culturally, historically or aestheticcally significant to american culture. the goal? preserve the films for future generations. over 2,000 films were nominated this year alone. "forrest gump," the most recent title to make the cut. other movies that made the list include "bambi" and "silence of the lambs." >>> updating some of our top stories, ron paul's fellow gop presidential hopefuls blasting the texas congressman as he sits atop the iowa polls. former speaker newt gingrich even saying he wouldn't vote for paul against president obama. >>> rescuers saving three mines from a tennessee mine after a drill rig caught fire about 800 feet underground. and two new studies blasting the controversial drug avistin. it lost approval for treating breast cancer and researchers say it does not imp

panthers with three goals in the second and they go on to win it 5-3. let's tee it up at thousands oaks where tiger woods was top of the leaderboard. tiger, three shots to start the day. that evaporated quickly on two. led to one of five bogey geese on the day forwood. one at 16. the the ball in the creek. tiger 1 over 73. he's one stroke back of zach johnson thanks to this beauty on 18. nothing but net for eagle. johnson a 4-under 68. a one streak lead heading into today's final round. all right. now to some playoff spot with a win over the rams. raiders are in miami. both these games are at five. i'm mike shumann, have a great day. >>> a new effort to save lives along the 280 corridor. why some think keeping track of deer can make a difference. and 96 words that shook the world. the world's top ten tweets that tell the story of 2011. captain, we have to keep going! [ growling ] one step at a time. come on, snowy. look! did you ever see a more beautiful sight? captain! it's just a mirage. - snowy? what is it, boy? - [ barks ] what do you see? [ yipping

panthers with three goals in the second and they go on to win it 5-3. let's tee it up at thousand oaks where tiger woods was top of the leaderboard. tiger, three shots to start the day. that evaporated quickly on two. led to one of five bogeys on the day forwood. one at 16. tying he approaches. the the ball in the creek. tiger 1 over 73. he's one stroke back of zach johnson thanks to this beauty on 18. 163 yards out and nothing but net for eagle. johnson a 4-under 68. a one-stroke lead heading into today's final round. all right. now to some playoff spot with a win over the rams. raiders are in miami. both these game highlights are at five. i'm mike shumann. have a great day. >> next at 6:30. a new effort to save lives along the interstate 280 corridor. why some think keeping track of deer can make a difference. and the 6 words that shook the world. the world's top ten tweets that tell the story of 20 is 1. >> welcome back. san jose leaders meet to discuss pension reform to put before the voters. today's mercury news reveals a startling jump in the numb

instead the former black panther will spend the rest of his life in a&m prison for murdering a list. he claimed he was the a&m victim of a racist legal system but despite a series of appeals, his conviction was upheld. he was the commanding officer of the 4077 mash. still to come, remembering tv's colonel potter. a&m a&m >> pelley: florida a&m has reversed the punishments handed out after the suspected hazing death last month of a member of the marching band. the band's direct director, who had been fired is now on administrative leave and four expelled students are back on campus. the state police asked the school to stop disciplinary action until the police investigation is complete. young harry bratsberg of muskeegan, michigan, was a talented high school debater. he figured he'd become a lawyer but then caught the acting bug and changed his career and his name. harry morgan, best known as colonel sherman t. potter on "m *a +s *h," died today. years before "m *a +s *h," mothr an made a name for himself as a talented character actor. here it was trace ne"inherit the wind." >> how do

. >>> prosecutors have called off their 30 year battle to execute former black panther mumia abu jamal he was sentenced to death in 1982 for the killing of a white police officer in philadelphia. over the years the case ginned worldwide attention. accusation -- accusations of racism in the justice is tell this morning the philadelphia d.a. drop the death penalty a federal appeals court ordered a new sentencing hearing or reduce his sentence to life in prison. >>> new poll finds governor brown's plan has bipartisan supporters among voters. 51% support the plan to reduce retirement benefits for new and public workers to increase the retirement age and have workers pay more. a propose is putting new workers on the hybrid 401(k) style plan the poll finds 41% think public pensions are too generous. 64% think pension reform should apply to new and current public employees. >>> mcafee is laying off 250 workers, 3% of its workforce. the company has not said how many of the lay-offs will be in the bay area. intel bought mcafee this year for 7.7 billion dollars. mcafee officials say they are pos

what a catch. 7-0 panthers. campo trailed 14-3 in the third. 37-yard catch, and run, campo down 14-10 but get no closer. cain on the keeper. washington union wins the division iii state title, 21-16. >> bowl season began with temple and wyoming. not a lot of high points for wyoming. there's a big one. the one-handed grab for the 2001. sweet. other than that, all temple. streeter streaks down the sideline for a 61-yard touchdown. the owls win big, 37-15. >> division ii national title game. the pittsburgh state gorillas and wayne state. wayne state, opening kickoff, 93 yards, touchdown. pittsburgh state getting it done on special teams. robinson blocks the kick and it's taken back 80 yards. the gorelllies win the second d ii national title, with a 35-21 victory. >> giants sign eli white to a one-year deal. 600 grand on the major league roster, 175 minors. and spring training is only a month away. >> wouldwoo-hoo! >> still ahead. we're going to show you this video just so we can hear -dad, why e you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a priz

games ith illinois and potreedame. 3&dale hunner and the caps in sunrise, florida taking on the panthers3rd period...caps once down 5-1...traill5-3... john carlssn's shot deflected in by jason chi-mera...his 11th...capitals down one....14 seeonds left...caps winnthe faceoff...alex ooechkin mmsses...carlson pushes it behind the net...pass comes out to ovie... he cannt get it. dennis wideman with one finnl slap shot...no good...caas fall to 1-and-3 under hunter.... that's all for sports unlimited...iim morgan adsitbe morning news tomorrow -- - goodniiht. 3 &p [ female announcer ] at verizonfios.com, you can choose your channel package. ♪ you can choose your own internet speeds. ♪ you can even choose to chat with a live person. ♪ now you can choose to save $35 a month for fios tv, internet and phone for just $79.99 a month, plus get a $300 verizon visa prepaid card with a 2 year agreement. but hurry, offer ends soon only at verizonfios.com. contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v.

city of philadelphia have dropped their 30-year pursuit of the death penalty for -- a former black panther who was convicted of fatally shooting a police officer in 1982. he has consistently maintained his innocence. his case attracted international attention, with many prominent supporters claiming that he was the victim of racial bias. the man will now spend the rest of his life in prison. from statesman to prison inmate, former israeli president -- the former is ready president began a seven-year prison sentence for rape and sexual harassment -- the former israeli president began a seven-year prison sentence for rape and sexual harassment. and that he once held israel's highest public office -- >> he once held israel's highest public office. now, he was in the next seven years behind bars. he insists he is innocent. he says the state of israel is condemning a man today on the basis of impressions, without real-time testimony, without evidence. >> israel's supreme court voted unanimously to uphold the conviction. he was convicted of raping his secretary. he was also found guilty of selec

what a catch. 7-0 panthers. campo trailed 14-3 in the first. stevens finds a runner who cuts to the inside. cain on the keeper. washington union wins the state title with a 21-16 victory. >> the college bowl season officially began today with temple and wyoming in the new mexico bowl where even santa loves tim tebow. not a lot of highlights for wyoming but this one. datson, a one-handed grab, but other than that, all temple. streeter streaks down the sideline for the touchdown. owls win big, 37-15. >> division ii, national title game, pittsburgh and wayne state. want start much better than this, wayne state, opening kickoff, gone. 93 yards for the touchdown but pittsburgh state getting it done. robinson blocks the kick and it's taken back for six. blocked two, took them both back for touchdowns, and the gorillas win the title, first since 1999. >> we finish in dubai. what performance by 16-year-old alexis thompson. nothing but net. only got strong oregon the back -- stronger on the back nine. the 16-year-old already the youngest to win an lpga

. >>> and finally tonight this is from the coyote panthers game generally speaking you want to check the other guy's teammates, not your own. that is shane, joan and cal o'reilly. i think o'reilly, yeah he gets the brunt of that one. you have got to watch out where your teammates are. hockey gets a little crazy. but you don't want to be the one who has taken out your own teammate. >> that has to hurt when you take out your own teammate, that has to feel worse. >>> take it easy out there, would you? >> that is it for us on 9news now at 6:00. derek will see you for our area's only local newscast and we hope you have a fantastic christmas this weekend and happy holidays again.

buries it to give the panthers the lead. they were up by seven at halftime. maryland down by four.y loses the ball. taylor lays it in. taylor led fiu with 20. but maryland would take control. tough turn around here. he's double teamed. gets it to go. turns up by one. 2.5 minutes to go in the game. told you this was close. a big block. fiu gets it back. but he gets another block. big plays by the freshman. maryland holds on to win 65-61. the terps improve to 6-3 on the year. isaiah thomas is not pleased. >>> the redskins could be without brown and landry again. both players missed practice today and their status for sunday is uncertain. the redskins relegated to playing the role of spoiler against the division leading giants. getting tired of talking about spoilers. the giants reclaimed the nfc east lead and are succeeding mainly due to eli manning. the giants rank last in the nfl in rushing yards a game. manning has carried the offense and the redskins have noticed. >> eli has taken it upon his shoulders to throw the ball exceptionally well the last three games, playing with a lot

a low-key crowd as they face isiah thomas's panthers. the first half, he dishes to jeremy 483. -- for a 3. he gets it back and makes the baseline jumper. and one for the first lead of the section. he is not messing around here on the dribble. he goes coast to coast. pumps and gets-- it to go. a short road trip to -- taney takes care of the long 3. a game-high 27. put the eagles in front. here it comes. the tigers could not close the gap. they ended the half on a 7-0 run. another three. they take down the tigers 71-57. the first half, morgan, inside. the bears are up six. the sharpshooter penetrates, a poll a jump shot, nothing but net. the bears break through and find their first win of the season. morgan when no. 1. 73-60. for the ravens, craig lewis back on the field and hoping he can play for the first time in five weeks. they take on the chargers and san diego. the good news for the reagans as they have five wins in his absence. as they prepare for what might be the toughest game of the season, considering the stakes on the line, mak