near pimlico racetrack. witnesses say several cars were racing down the street when they slammed into a cab driver who was trying to make a u turn. police say the cab driver died insttly from the impact. four other people were injured in the crash and taken to shock trauma. one witness did not want to be identified on camera and she says this accident was a senseless tragedy. >> they crazy. young people just acting crazy. >> reporter: it's no secret reckless driving and street racing has been a problem in our state. in june, 21-year-old mary abernathy and jonathan henderson were killed while watching a drag race near i-70 and woodlawn. last year in prince george's county eight people died when a car plowed into them while watching a street race. in the meantime baltimore city police continue to investigate this latest accident hoping to find answers. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> 6:34. it's been a year since a government scientist killed himself while being investigated for a deadly anthrax mailing in 2001

near pimlico racetrack. witnesses say several cars were racing down the street when they slammed into a cab driver who was trying to make a u turn. sources tell abc2 news that the cab driver died instantly from the impact. four others were injured in the crash and taken to shock trauma. one witness did not want to be identified on camera. she says this accident is a senseless tragedy. >> they crazy. young people just acting crazy. >> reporter: it's no secret reckless driving and street racing has been a problem in our state. in june 21-year-old mary katherine abernathy of columbia and jonathan henderson of la plata were killed while welcome back a drag race in i-70 and woodlawn and another case, eight people were killed when watching a street race. this latest accident, police hope to find some answers. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> 5:32. a health scare for french president nicolas sarkozy after he collapsed during a workout. his security says he fell down while jogging at the palace of versailles near par

. >>> a terrible collision in northwest baltimore, two hours ago in pimlico road in northwest baltimore. two cars collided. emergency crews had to rescue two people. no word on conditions or what caused the accident. >>> one indictment dismissed. sheila dixon is reindicted on perjury charges. mike hellgren was with the mayor today. >> reporter: wjz was with the mayor, who stuck with her public schedule after being indicted on nine criminal counts. there are more details. she denies them all and won't back down. >> if she beats these charges, she's politically alive. if she goes down, her career is over. >> my kids are sick, i'm going continue to come out and work. that's what i do. >> reporter: eyewitness news takes you through the charge, beginning with perjury. that the mayor lied. the prosecutor contends she got throws of dallas from her ex- boyfriend, ron lipscomb and did not report one dime. he pleaded guilty to a campaign finance violation last month. the indictment lays out lavish trips they took together. the prosecutor claims the mayor solicited gift disregards the needy -- car

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the accident happened about 11:00 at the intersection of northern parkway and woodcrest near pimlico racetrack. witnesses say several cars were driving at high rate of speed, slammed into a cab driver trying to make a u turn. police say the cab driver died instantly and four others were injured and taken to shock trauma. we spoke to one witness who didn't want to be identified on camera. >> they was racing down the street and the cab driver minding his business, got struck by another car. the ones that made it through jumped in their cars and drove out. >> reporter: witnesses say it was a group of young men ranging in age from 16 to 18 years old. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> a terrible car crash to tell you about in new york city, killed eight people including four children. police say a mini van was going the wrong direction on the state parkway there near briarcliff manor and crashed head on into an suv. the mini van spun off the road, burst into flames. the woman driving the van and four children out of the five children in the car died. all the children were under 3 and a busi

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it happened 11:00 at the intersection of northern parkway and wood crest near pimlico racetrack.tnesses say several cars were driving fast when they slammed into a cab driver trying to make a u turn. authorities say the cab driver died instantly at the scene, four others seriously injured and taken to shock trauma. one witness didn't want to be identified on camera. >> they was racing down the street and the cab driver minding his business, got struck by another car. the ones that made it through jumped in their cars and drove out. >> reporter: witnesses say this was a group of young men ranging in age from 16 to 18 years old. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> let's go to new york. a head on crash described by a witness as one car went one way, the other went up in the air. state police say a family's mini van going in the wrong direction crashed into two other vehicles killing a total of eight people. five when this mini van, four young cizzens and mother of one of the children. police set up an accident recreation scene now to learn how this accident happened. >>> back here in ba

driver harvey brag was killed when witnesses say his taxi was making a u- turn hit by another car near pimlicohe was killed by the impact. the news came as a shock to those at diamond cab where he was an independent contractor. >> i don't believe it and it's hard to be and it's shock for the whole company, the entire company, you have a big shocker. >> police aren't commenting but witnesses say they believe the crash was the result of drag racing. his co-workers are now starting a fund to help his family. >>> another deadly crash, this one in baltimore county. investigators are trying to identify three people burned beyond recognition after their car was struck by a street sweeper at the intersection of white marsh and honey go boulevards t car was making a left turn when it was hit. all three people inside died at the scene. the driver of the street sweeper suffered only minor injuries. >>> a nasty storm rolled through last night. damage was spotted around the region from anne arundel county all the way to the county line t worst hit area may have been a three-mile section around the section

foundation is hoping to raise money for the $1.5 million complex, and a $1 million multipurpose field near pimlico race course in northwest baltimore. the other three sites have not been chosen, but two will be located in the city's east and west side. >>> visit baltimore. that's the new name for baltimore city's tourism bureau, formally known as baltimore area convention and visitors association. travel experts say it's now more popular for convention and visitors bureaus to take on a more user friendly name. for example, there is destination d.c., choose chicago, and meet minneapolis. and also some good news to report concerning tourism here. officials announced recently that they booked over 500,000 future room nights through the year 2019 that is good news. >>> we've been telling you about the shower of hope for a while now. coming up, we're going to show you how it is helping homeless women get back on their feet. >> all right. your 2-degree guarantee for today, 85 degrees. well, we made it up to 88 degrees. it happened early in the day, right around noon. we cooled off, but didn't quite hit

i would tell you, they tend to own real good proven bond managers like pimlico, franklin templeton, et cetera. >> what's your own take on the world right now? >> my own take on the world is that it's still suffering, obviously, while unemployment may be a lagging economic indicator, it's for real when you're one of the unemployed. it frightens everyone around them. all of us in the corporate world, of course, have been focused on reducing expenses. and attempting to maintain some degree of profitability and certainly free cash in an environment where the availability of lending capital is questionable. so, you know, i don't think we're totally out of this until attitudes change. i think it's going to be probably a slow period coming out and we're going toton have some volatility in the market. >> a couple things on the company. your great old company. first, your earnings came out better than the street thought. the revenues underperformed. i want to ask you, what's an operation like yours do to build up revenues? what's the strategy in the next year? >> the prime strategy is to grow p

the intersection happened at northern parkway and woodcrest near the pimlico racetrack. witnesses say several cars were driving at a high rate of speed, slammed into the cabbie which was trying to make a u turn. authorities tell abc2 news the cab driver died instantly on the scene. four others were treated at the crash site and were taken to shock trauma. we spoke to one witness who did not want to be identified on camera. listen. >> they was racing down the street and the cab driver minding his business got struck by another car. the ones that made it through jumped in their cars and drove out. >> witnesses say it was a group of young men ranging in age from 16 to 18. police haven't released any more information as they continue this investigation. >>> it was a very violent night in baltimore city. this morning police are busy. they say at least 17 people were shot in five separate incidents overnight. some of them may be related. the first shooting happened 9:00 last night. police say the gunman started shooting at a crowd at a backyard cookout in the 2600 block of ash

i think of that every time i go by pimlico and i see that flag. >> and the money flying out of your pocket assignment coming up. >>> ever since michael jackson died, there have been all kinds of tributes. one that's a huge hit on the internet is by some inmates. what did they do before? >> they did a "thriller" a couple of years ago. >> now it's to "dangerous." >> they are like in a maximum-security prison and it keeps them occupied. >> it improved attendance. nobody was going before them until they came up with this idea and now they don't miss it. >> although, i bet if you're in a max-security prison if they tell you to go to exercise you're going to show up. >> but thousand they are very smooth criminals. >> there we go. >> nice, maggie. >> have we mentioned the snake 1234. >> no? >> sure, why not? >> why is a snake on the plaza? >> these pythons, people get them as pets and they are releasing them into the everglades and now they are everywhere and they get this big. they are completely out of control. they have now a bounty on them as debbie turner bell will tell us. they have a snake

it happened 9:00, near pick -- pimlico racetrack.eral cars were speeding and the cab driver died instantly. four others seriously injured and taken to shock trauma. we spoke to one witness about this accident. she didn't want to be identified on camera. >> they was racing down the street and the b driver minding his business got struck by another car. the ones that made it through jumped in their cars and drove out. >> reporter: witnesses say it was a group of young men ranging in age of 16 to 18 years old driving those cars. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> baltimore police are investigating almost two dozen shootings across the city. last night around 9:00 12 people including a toddler and pregnant woman were shot on ashland avenue in east baltimore. none of the injuries appear to be life threatening. the victims were taken to how how -- hopkins. police on the scene at 11:30 of another shooting. the man taken to hopkins. no word on his condition. no arrests in either incident. >>> see you in about a half-hour for another morning upd

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there's a big fund manager named pimlico. you heard of bill groh, he's a guru.originally thought he'd have his firm be involved. he stepped back and said this is not right for us. we're not sure of the details of the plan. we're involved in other rescue efforts but not this one. see if it works. >> romans numeral for us? >> ten -- 10 months, actually. >> 10 months since tarp has pass? >> ten months since we started talking about how to get the gosh darn toxic assets off of the bank's book. ten months later, it's a scaled down plan to create a market. we'll have to wait and see -- some of the analysts are saying they're looking forward to this. see how it works. others are saying they're small. it's not exactly the broad getting the toxic assets off of the banks books than in the beginning. >> not a silver bullet. i need to buy some of those. we need to -- >> i've got a couple. >> ten months, you could have another kid. >> i could have -- oh, gosh, no. a lot has happened in ten months. i feel like i've had a kid in the last ten months. >> christine, thanks. it's