roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. >> thanks a lot. get back to you in seven days. >>> all right. 'tis the season for gifts. abc2 is a proud sponsor of the kindertime toy drive. >> wyatt everhart is collecting giflts in the lobby, one of the many locations you can drop off gifts. >> i consider myself chief toy collector. i've got my good friend squiggle. lisa hinkle, you're the director of operations, squiggle's manager as well. talk about your involvement. this is year number two. >> we are so excited to be involved with pete and the toy drive. it really gives us a chance to be very active. we do more than collect toys. we show those children how we can support other children. we include it as part of our curriculum. we feel like we have a wide reach. it's not just our children and sell le brie family but everybody in the community. >> you have 20 locations and people can find them. >> we're in harford county, baltimore county, prince george's county, even as far as bear, delaware. if you're looking to give a toy, we have a location. >> we appreciate your involvement again this y

reporting live in the inner harbor, roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. >> thanks. the new year's spectacular will attract traffic downtown. we have all the details. >> reporter: you'll want to expect heavy congestion. the spectacular will shut down many roads. they include pratt street at charles street, baltimore at gay street and lombard will be shut down at president's street. traffic on 394 north will be detoured on to howard street and you won't have access to conway. southbound travel will be diverted on to lombard street. everything will reopen right after the fireworks and parking restrictions are in effect for a large portion of the inner harbor through 3 a.m. for a complete list of all of the road closures, go to abc2news.com. i'm lauren cook and that's your time saver report. >> it's been 12 months filled with stories of joy, sadness, grieve, elation and astonishment. we said hello to some new face and good-bye to other ones. let's look back at the top stories of 2012. >> a massive crowd has gathered here. >> we want to be free people. >> the italian cro

roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. >>> a man is charged with sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl. he is charged with a second and third degree sex offense. the victim reported that she had -- that grim had ca rested her and touched her. grim was helping with the remodeling and had a sleepover at the home the girl was also staying. >>> a 62-year-old man is dead and two firefighters injured after an early morning house fire in jacksonville. >> it was a two alarm fire and brian kuebler is here with some powerful pictures on those deadly flames. >> reporter: a neighbor three doors down sent us this dramatic picture. 62-year-old william spencer died as the two-alarm fire enveloped the home. the fire required at least 80 firefighters and 20 pieces of equipment from both baltimore and harford county. it took about two hours to get it all under control and in the process two firefighter the suffered minor injuries. >> did an initial search of the first and second floor. then the fire became so intense, they were required to evacuate the building. >> the baltimore county fire department sa

. >> roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. >> news of the mass murder reached the arj bishop of -- archbishop of baltimore in rome. jeff has more on that story tonight. >> music filled the st. francis chapel at the medical center where the archbishop of baltimore, william lor welcomes the sight to reflect on the shooting. the shooting was in a community where he spent 11 years it's a community i know well and i know many people there and am very fond of the community so the news struck home very personally to me. these arepeople whom i know and whom i served for many years the archbishop says he spent years working with the mon senior of the church there and he or daned two priests there who have counselled families since the day of the shooting and now prepare to lay some of a-their little ones to rest at least six that i know of and yes there will be six funerals that i know of at the parish between now and saturday. what tremendous pain and sadness that is yet i think we draw strength as we gather to pray. >> he left those gathered at the chapel with a message of pair. >> especially for th

roosevelt leftwich joins us now with more. >> if you do want to protect your creative rights, don't use instagram or any social media that allows a third party to use your property. this is the latest war between privacy and profit. >> the gull standing on the sea wall or how about the view of the city. and then there's a good shot of folks on a sunny day. this place was made for pictures and pictures are meant for sharing. this family uses social media to share photos with their family around the cup tri for their eyes only. >> i would not like anyone using my pictures out anywhere. these are my puck churs. >> it may not be just yours anymore. after january 16th, if you are using instagram, you are giving them unrestricted rights to use your photograph. theysay you still own that photo but if a company likes the photo as well. instagram can license the photo to them and not give you a dime. . >> we still have creative rights. i think we need to be careful of how we give them up. >> this attorney says this is kind of typical. users aresigning up to services and signing away their rights

reporting live, roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. >> it's going to be a big night f you -- if you're planning to head down, many roads will be closed at 11 and will stay closed until after the e vend. charles, lombard, traffic heading northbound toward the city on 394 and detoured on howard street. baltimore will close at gay street. there are also parking restrictions on some streets. find a garage and stay there for the complete traffic advisory. log on to abc2news.com. >>> you can also head out to see annapolis. this year the show is in jeopardy. annapolis is struggling with limited funds right now. the city couldn't pay for the celebration but businesses in annapolis pitched in handfully funded the fireworks show for this year. >> i would say fireworks just adds to the whole idea of celebrating life, celebrating the historiness of this -- historicness. >> a seconds fireworks display will go off for the big kids at midnight. >> maryland's new law will be in effect. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake will attend the ceremonies and on tillman island in chesapeake bay, six couples plan to get mar

roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. >>> reading really is a building block for lrng all the other subjects. students who struggle to read could be left behind. baltimore city is trying to make sure all of its students are reading well by the time they hit third grai.d volunteers are paired up with students to tutor them on reading. >> the third grade read has just begun. they're already increasing the rate of learning, pick up reading skills that they ned to succeed in school and life. >> the program is launching to help 250 students at four elementary schools. volunteers will spend 26 hours tutoring each child. >> tonight people are remembering legendary jazz musician dave brubeck. he was on the way to the hospital for a scheduled checkup. the composer and pianist had hits leak "take five." he helped to define '50s and '60s club jazz. he would have turned 92 tomorrow. >>> the pregnancy complications of the queen are a serious matter but that didn't stop a prank. we have the latest on kate middleton's acute morning sickness. >> reporter: as prince william arrived at the hospital to be by h