st. michaels, on the miles river. the chesapeake bay maritime museum, and hooper straight lighthouse, mark land where once there were seafood packing houses, docks, and workboats. it's a place where a seafaring past meets the sailors... and pleasure boaters of the present. the back bays of st. michaels, sculpted with protected coves, and easy water access, are fashionable getaway spots. highway 50, and the choptank river fishing pier, lead the way into cambridge, one of the oldest cities in maryland. like any other waterfront town, life in cambridge is measured not by how much, or how fast, but the tides, the wind, and the waves. the sun retreats to the western horizon, casting long shadows over the nanticoke. a river system of serene splendor. individual, curvaceous, meandering. for a long time, the nanticoke remained undeveloped, its shorelines thick with forest, its waters one of the most productive for fishermen and pound netters. a place that inspires hope that chesapeake country will always look just as it does

st. michael's road and woodbine road. so, go ahead and use i-70. you can see that's a little heavier than normal because of the closure on route 144. 270 itself is a little heavy from route 80 to route 181. we'll take you over to the beltway. northside of town. brake lights begin at university boulevard as you head for georgia avenue. no big deals to report here. we'll go back over to the map. if you are one of those that takes the bw parkway and route 50 inside the beltway through cheverly, you're ok. no problems to report in the northeast corridor as well. coming up in my next report, another look at the big picture at 6:58. andrea, back to you. >>> our time is 6:46. the washington national cathedral is busy this week as we get close to christmas. it is celebrating the holiday as it also rebuilds from last summer's earthquake. with an update on the rebuilding process, we're joined by joe alonzo, the headstone mason at the cathedral. joe, welcome here. you've brought along some of the artifacts that fell from the cathedral and this beautiful cheru

st. michael's and queen anne's county. there's more rain developing to the south. we can see continued rain on and off. we're seeing reduced visibility with fog, just five miles half of normal in terms of visibility. the rest of the evening we'll call for rain showers, patchy fog and mist. by this time you'll feel the difference and the collapse for some wintry weather is coming up. >>> you know, it's one of the traditional christmas carols nearly all of us have heard or sung before but a teacher in michigan decided to make a small change to the lyrics that's causing a big problem for her. jamie costello has more. >> reporter: the music teacher had been teaching the song deck the halls and changed it from don the gay apparel. to don the bright apparel. >> we have a policy that includes sexual orientation. this is the way to be respectful. >> reporter: parents agreed that the change was inappropriate but said it gave them a chance to explain what the word meant and that gay was not a bad word to their kids. >>> in another michigan city, the mayor is apologizing for

st. michael's fountain, which during the september wine festival actually flows with wine.own steep and narrow streets takes you directly to the old town, the site of nurnberg's christmas market, called the christkindlesmarkt, or christ child market. it is one of the oldest and most popular of the christmas markets, and it is grand. the christmas market takes up the whole of the main market square, the hauptmarkt, set up in front of the imposing frauenkirche. although the actual date of origin of the nurnberg market is not known, it is said to have been in existence since at least 1628. the nurnberg market is famous for certain specialty items, such as figures in franconian dress made of prunes and nuts, and a nurnberg angel to decorate the tree. a visitor to the market can also enjoy its unique food and drink items. nurnberg has been famous for its gingerbread, known as lebkuchen, since olden times. then the city was surrounded by forests, which served as a natural home for many bees, who in turn made lots of honey. with the local honey and the spices from the trade route,

st. michael's man is sentenced to more than four years in prison for robbing a tillman island bank. he pleaded guilty to the march armed robbery. he went into the bank carrying a rifle. he demanded money from a teller and got away with more than $4,000. he was found and arrested that evening. also new, the u.s. coast guard is searching for a man whose boat slipped in the potomac river off the coast of indian head. the search began just before 6:30 thursday evening. officials say two people were on board. one was rescued. >> our big story this morning -- same-sex married couples who work for baltimore county will soon be able to extend their healthcare benefits to their partners. 11 news reporter jennifer franciotti is live in towson this morning with more details of the new provision. good morning, jen. >> hey, good morning. that's right, the county is going to start extending benefits to same-sex couples who are legally married in other states. that's good news for many couples, like margaret and collete, for instance. they have been together for almost 20 years. they were legally

st. michael's medal right now. okay? i was not going to do anything with her.ay god -- may the lord upstairs strike me dead. i had no intentions on doing anything with that young girl, at all, period. i swear to god. >> you can sit here and tell me that you didn't have any intent to have sex this time? okay. i can believe that. but i'm telling you, i don't believe it that you didn't intend to have sex at some point. >> i swear to god -- >> it would have happened. >> i swear to god -- >> i guarantee you it would have happened. you're no different. >> i'm not. i'm telling you -- >> every guy, first time, third time meeting, fifth time meeting, it would have happened. because you meet the first time, it's going to happen. there's no reason to meet at all. >> as reality sets in, dude. >> look, yes, reality sets in right when i stepped out my front door. >> you're right. >> it did. >> you're exactly right. that is when the crime occurred, the minute you stepped out of your front door you were heading toward meeting a 13-year-old girl to have sex, that's where the cr

st. louis punt. michael robinson scooped up the ball and ran it in for the usa seahawks first score.third quarter, seattle went on to beat the rams, 30-13. >>> two more nfl coaches have been fired. todd haley was dismissed as head coach in kansas city after a 5-8 record this season. and the miami dolphins fired tony sporano who has only won four games this season. >>> in the nba, maybe the third time will be the charm for a chris paul trade. new orleans star point guard practiced with his hornets teammates on monday. as a proposed trade that would have sent him to the los angeles clippers was rejected because the price was too high. an earlier trade by the lakers was rejected by the league. but they are trying to work out a new clippers deal. >>> nhl star sydney crosby of pittsburgh is out again with concussion-like symptoms. crosby collided with a teammate last week in boston and had to leave the game. the penguins star only returned to action in november after being out for ten months because of concussion. >>> well, when we return, another look at this morning's top stories and il

st. michaels, maryland. c-span: did you have someone overseeing the whole thing?ot an army. i've got three key people who help me do all of it, and then i had five or six other people who have been doing the fact checking and research and transcribing and all the mountain of work that it involves, so we probably had a team of six or seven people. c-span: how many days or hours collectively did you actually spend on it, do you think? >> guest: oh, goodness. over four years. c-span: every day? >> guest: most every day. it would probably be five and a half, six days a week. c-span: why did you want to spend all this time doing this? >> guest: well, at first, i didn't. at first i thought i'd do a short book, and then i decided that i had the time. i had the ability to digitize, which saves an enormous amount of time, and i decided that what i wanted to do is try to write it for part-time who are interested -- it requester people who are interested in government, in history, serious people who want to feel they were there in the room when decisions were made, and get a

st. luke's, dr. laura norle, head of the o.b. program, dr. sam michaels, head of anesthesiology and dr. eric mineberg, orthopedic surgeon. they've been great champions of our plans to build a great hospital at st. luke's, one that will better serve the people of the mission. they came here to express their support. the st. luke's medical executive committee has passed a measure strongly supporting rebuild plans. the four physicians hoped to come here and express their desire, their urge for you to support the plans to better serve their patients and the people of the mission. unfortunately, they had to leave so they asked that their statements be submitted to the public record. thank you very much. >> good evening, supervisors, and mayor's staff. i'm steve wu from tenderloin neighborhood development. we brought a large group of seniors to come speak and many of them had to leave so before they left, we had them sign some petitions so we'll leave them here for you. i want to clarify, i think nobody during this whole public comment, has said that they're against this cpmc project. i think

st. luke's, dr. laura norle, head of the o.b. program, dr. sam michaels, head of anesthesiology and

st. petersburg, florida, michael. caller: good morning. i have a prediction and a statement.diction is that even if corzine does get thrown in the can, that by the time obama leaves office, he will pardon him and he will get out, being that corzine has funneled money to him and clinton. what is a light to be in a -- what is it like to be in it once-respected profession? host: are you talking about the 9% approval rating? guest: i appreciate the question. i represent a rural area of western kansas. it is quite an honor. people seem satisfied because i shoot straight with them. so people respect that. kansassident's was in earlier this weekend. one line of the speech of my attention when he talked about wall street insiders or folks with insider connections, that they shouldn't have special privileges. i thought of corzine. given he was eight bungla bungle was given special privileges to misuse funds. he had two conversations with cftc about this issue on the one-year anniversary of the dodd-frank. if he broke the law, it is disturbing that someone who happens to be a u.s. form

st. louis punts. seattle's doug baldwin comes off the edge, stuffs the kick. his teammate michaelobinson grabs the ball. takes it 17 yards into the end zone. seattl seattle, 7-0. marshawn lynch puts it away for seattle. the replay shows the speed. do we have a replay here? do we want to see a replay? do we care? >> no. >> no. all right. to celebrate he gets showered by skittles after he scores. darren rovell of cnbc reports the skittles company is offering lynch a two-year supply of skittles in appreciation for all the free publicity. i love skittles. they're my favorite candy. seahawks improve to 6-7 with a 30-13 win. guess what? nobody cares. fresh off his heisman trophy win, though, over the weekend, baylor quarterback robert griffin iii dropped by letterman last night to break down the top ten things that went through his head when he won the award. >> top ten thoughts that went through robert griffin's mind when he won the 1911 heisman profy award, ladies and gentlemen. number ten. >> now if i don't have id, all i have to do is this. >> number nine. >> wonder how much i can g

st. louis. we're in the very mild air right now. eventually, that very cold air will push in. currently, temperatures are unbelievably michael pitts 60 at the inner harbor. -- unbelievably cool. 60 at the inner harbor. scattered rain showers through the afternoon. we will see another rain rain around bush in overnight and into tomorrow. -- we will see another rain push overnight and into tomorrow. depending on how cold it gets in baltimore on wednesday night, there could very well be some snow in the area, especially west in baltimore in the higher terrain very we are expecting rain showers tonight with mostly cloudy skies. 40's in the suburbs. 50 downtown. rain showers are likely tomorrow with winds out of the northwest. temperatures will be much cooler. highs in the morning will be in the 50's. seven-day forecast. rain today and tomorrow, as well. early thursday, that's when it gets tricky. if it gets close to the freezing mark, there could be a little bit of snow. friday, it looks dry, but only in the 40's. sunday, sunshine with a high of 49. >> what would you do to win $50,000? the hit reality show, "fear factor" is back

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couple of second half touchdowns, one to michael crabtree, another to kyle williams and david acres took over from there, had 4 field goals. the 9ers had 26. stlouis, nothing. jim harbaugh the third coach in franchise history to win the division. he said the gatorade bath at the end of the game was not a problem. >> i was fine with it. got my all-purpose black sweater, don't even need to change it. just rolls off this thing. an incredible fabric. >> after winning the division, the 9ers got plenty of motivation. their final four regular season games, they're trying to secure a high seed so they can secure one, two playoff games. if green bay can lose a through and they play the rest, they can play all three. >> more concerned with the coach. he has a good smile. >> i kind of like that jim harbaugh. >> i did a little google search yesterday. >> checking out his family life and the whole she bang. >> more his personal life and work life. got to get the full picture. >>> tiger woods is celebrating a tournament viaductly for the first time in two years. >> yeah. he finally won a tournament. >> this was the world chevron title yesterday. this is hi

st. good. deborah? >> unsettled. >> ben? >> misguided. >> michael? >> transitioning. >> speed? tina? >> on edge. >> tony. >> worried. >> the economy. >> thank you. >> education, losing control. >> jonathan? >> out of touch. >> you mean the president? we will talk about this. and tell me something. one of the things i've been asking in the polls i've been doing is do you think america is going through hard times now for which it does periodically or the start of a downward decline for the country? how many people say i think this is the start of a downward decline? we are going around one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. eight of 12. why, ben? >> i think it is the case of just we are not sure where we should be heading. a leader that isn't taking the reins pointing us in the proper direction. >> good. michael? >> i thought i am more along the lines of optimistic. we are not just starting it now. we are in a downward trend for a little while now but i am optimistic that hopefully when the next election we can start moving in the right direction. >> chuck? >> i think there's

st. petersberg, florida got her car stolen by the man she went out with. she went to the movies with michaeld the woman he needed her keys to get something out of the car and never came back. when she called him, he laughed and admitted to stealing the car. four days later, he called her to tell her he abandoned the vehicle. deputies found the car and arrested him. >>> a california teen got stuck in a chimney. it happened in stockton. his mom called firefighters. they used soapy water to free him. they had to take apart the chimney. they believe he was trying to sneak into the house after missing his curfew. no injuries reported. >>> two robbers in wisconsin alerted police to the crime. one of the suspects pocket dialed 911. police overheard them talking about the computer games and dvds they just stole. they said where they were headed next and arrested the men at an exchange store where they were trying to sell the stolen merchandise. >>> there's more to come including an app to save you money while shopping. >>> why amanda knox was shet free. >>> seasons greetings. i want to give a quick

st. ignatius a big win. >> san jose and florida, they don't play often but plenty of hard hits in this one. tied at one michael andrews, he buries it. 2-1 sharks. white and will pass it on, stur m, game tied up. the shot is blocked knocked in the rebound, panthers with three goals in the second, they go on to win it 5-3. >> raiders are in miami, we'll have both the games tonight at 5:00. >> coming up next at 9:30. >> i'm nannette miranda in sacramento, they allowed the california dream act that allows students to get publicly funded aid will cost taxpayers more than anticipated. >>> and one-man bank robbing crime mystery some san luis obispo strikes again but did the bandit finally slip >>> welcome back everyone. occupy movement has support of oakland taking off this weekend trying to head off the planned shut down of the port by occupy protestors. port has posted an open letter to the local community in today's contra costa times. it would only result in lost business and harm the 99% of working class americans. it says the first shutdown of the port was back on november 2nd and ruled have resulted in lost bu

st. margaret church parishioners gathered for holding mass 80 year-old rev. reverend dan mallette two robbers broke and suspect still at large tonight reverend michael pleger ofring saint supplied at church offering by two suspects security alarm system also installed at the rectory now coming up p beat the problem special health risk were young but ballplayers. and whooping cough deals a whopper of a blow to folks in lake county and suburban man tells you dropped more than a dozen banks and about that and what can do about it might be telling you the truth tonight's medical watch in new danger point jump football players concussions not the only threat now doctors say date may be at risk for stroke. the journal of child neurology reports on various cases of stroke among student football players hyperventilation head trauma energy drinks and additional weight all contribute to the football connection. want to sleep better? for get warm milk trite tart cherry juice when adults drink part cherry juice twice a day is news 40 minutes longer sleep, but european journal of nutrition sleep improvements for those who had parked cherry juice has melatonin and don't na

against the st louis rams it was seattle's special teams that helped get the seahawks off to the perfect start they managed to block the rams punt attempt and the ball fell kindly to michael robinson who ran it on the post into the end zone of the game was in the balance going into the third quarter however it's a virus jackson connected to doug baldwin who was wide open. just a hundred yards to the rest of the final drive of the game was capped off by seattle's running back marshawn lynch. press again. hundred yards for the first time in his last six games seattle that your season hopes alive. after months of uncertainty the new n.b.a. season will finally get underway on the twenty fifth of december and the miami heat will be looking to get back on court perhaps more than most and try to make up for the disappointment of losing last year's playoff final miami opens their training camp on monday as they look to win basketball's biggest prize and the team will certainly be raring to go after last year's failure despite boasting a star studded squad including the likes of le bron james dwyane wade and chris bosh the heat failed to win the n.b.a. championship for the first t

and telecommuting association michael palle talks about the issues affecting the cable and communications industry tonight at 8:00. on c-span 2. >> this morning charmaine y st action discusses the 2012 presidential contenders and the pro-life movement. then joshua gotbaum, of the pension benefit guaranty corp. examines what would happen if the pension benefit guaranty

st. louis and beyond. she will be greatly missed. but through her sons, lawrence, michael, and roy, the rest of her family, her inspiration and influence and legacy will live on. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from illinois rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minutes. ms. schakowsky: as of today the war in iraq is over. this is a monumental day on which we mussel brown-waite the service and sacrifice of the -- must announce the service and sacrifice of the americans who died there along with tens of thousands of iraqis. we welcome our heroes home and pledge to honor their service with the care and benefits they deserve. for them i wear this yellow robin. i congratulate the -- ribbon. i congratulate the activists who worked to bring our troops home and i thank the illinois state senator who on october 2, 2002, stood before a crowd in chicago said, quote i oppose a rash war. a war that distracts us from the rise of the uninsured, a rise in the poverty rat

st. paul, minnesota, and what he said when he was a senior in high school. he wrote a credo paper outlining how he wanted to live his life. michael was excellent in sports, and he loved football, wrestling, weight lifting and skiing. he thrived on competition and the rush and the throngs of all of those in the crowds that would yell and scream his name and the others on his team. but while he could have pursued an athletic career both in college and then, perhaps, in the pros, he decided against it. he wrote, when i am on my death bed, when i'm going to look back on 30 years that's going to be important to me, will it be 30 years of playing a game that in reality means nothing, or will it be 30 years of protecting the country from all enemies, foreign and domestic? i want to fight for something, be a part of something that is greater than myself. michael was killed in a bradley fighting vehicle that overturned in iraq, and he was 22 years old. my job is to make sure that soldiers like michael and the many like him have everything they need to execute their mission for this country each and every day. thank you. [applause] >> gene