you live in brooklyn and you're the founder of the brooklyn book festival.o you want to tell us about the brooklyn book festival? >> yeah. the brooklyn book festival is has one mayor and five boroughs and they have a borough president and brooklyn is very popular brooklyn president is marty markowitz and he always wanted to start a book festival biá@i==-1e9 is the home of creators and it has a literary tradition dating back to walt whitman, richard wright and these days we have many bestsellers living in brooklyn. it was a natural place for a book festival. and i contacted borough hall and i helped them to realize this vision of a big book festival and has quickly become the city's best book festival. this year, sunday september 13th will be the fourth annual brooklyn book festival. we will have over 150 authors participating in programs, 150 exhibitors, publishers, literary magazines, organizations. it's a very community-based book festival. it's an international book festival but with a strong brooklyn flavor. >> johnny temple, thanks. >> thank you very m

this year, sunday september 13th will be the fourth annual brooklyn the book festival. we will have over 150 authors participating in programs, 150 exhibitors, publishers, literary magazines, literacy organizations. it is a very community-based book festival. it's an international book festival with a strong brooklyn flavor. >> johnny temple, founder and publisher of akashic books and the brooklyn book festival. thank you very much. ..

. >> the publisher is based in brooklyn, and you're the founder of the brooklyn book festival. >> therooklyn book festival is hosted by brooklyn bureau hall. it was one mayor and five bureaus and each burrough has an elected burrough president, and brook rein's president is marty markowitz, and when he came into office five or six years ago, he always wanted to start a big book festival because brooklyn is the home of creators and hat a literary tradition dating back to walt whitman, richard wright, and these days we have many best-sellers living in brooklyn. so it was natural place for a book festival, and i contacted the hall and was able to help them realize the vision of book festival, and it was quickly become the city's best book festival. this year, september 13th, will bell the festival. we have hail 150 exhibits-publishers, lit was say -- lit was si,. >> johnniy temper, founder of the brooklyn brook festival. thanks. >> thank you very much. >> here's a look at some upcoming book fairs and festivals over the next few months: >> from freedomfest 2009, in las vegas, a mock trial

. >> the publisher is based in brooklyn are to live in brooklyn, and you're the founder of the brooklynk festival. you want details about the book festival? >> the brooklyn book festival is hosted by brooklyn borough hall, you know, new york city has won mayor but it has five boroughs. in each of the five boroughs has a baroque president, and elected borough president. and brooklyn's very popular borough president is marty markowitz. and when he came into office five or six years ago, or maybe it was seven years ago, he always wanted to start a big book festival because brooklyn is the home of creators. and it has a literary tradition dating back to walt whitman, richard wright, and these days we have many bestsellers living in brook live. so it was a very natural place for a big book festival. and i contacted borough hall and was able to help them to realize this vision of a big book festival, and it has quickly become the city's best book festival this year, september 13 will be the fourth annual brooklyn book festival. will have over 150 authors participating in programs, 150 exhibit

the red line. trains will run from glenmont to tacoma and brooklyn to shady grove. there will be shuttle bus service. the green line will not be affected. on the orange line, trains will single track between vienna and west falls church gig nnbein8 p you drive through of of the bel ginning on sunday, the southbound i -9 exit ramp to chain bridge road will be closed r ys s is idays. this is part hoff the $1.414 billion-mile hot lanes project between bring field and north of the dulles toll road. >>> now to gaithersburg for fun. can you smell the cotton candy. the montgomery county fair has just opened. it is always a good time. this year you will find 40 carnival rides. 11 are new to the fair this year. plenty of music and plenty of great fair food. everything from hermit crab races to monster truck rides. i have been on those too and the 4-h demonstrations. i love the animals the bulls and cows. >>> will the weather holdup for the opening of the fair? topper has the forecast. >> i think it will. it will be summer like but not crazy hot like earlier in the week. the f

i went to the brooklyn museum. nd i think a big moment for me was probably seeing aristotle contemplating the bust of homer at the brooklyn museum, when that rembrandt painting showed up and i saw it glowing, it had this light glowing. it probably was as an important moment for me as watching the red sea open up when i saw "the ten commandments." but both of those events were kind of, like, visual. >> rose: you like the freedom of an artist. you like the limitation... the absence of limitations of an artist. >> i don't like the word "no." and, you know, if you declare something so, it can be. and so i don't see there's any... i don't think there's any reason to accept things the way they are. and even the limitations of death, which are subject of this film, you can transgress like john doe did by writing this book. i mean, he took this body that was not working for him but he had his brain left and he knew that his death was imminent and he escaped death by putting his life into art. he made this book. he created a

. >>> flames break out in the brooklyn neighborhood this afternoon. baltimore city firefighters responded to the 5700 block of stafford road. firefighters are able to get it under control. the fire is still under investigation. >>> and a man faces serious charges for a bomb scare that shut down the main terminal of new york's la guardia airport. scott mccann was acting bizarre. a search turned up materials that looked like a bomb. mccann now faces charges including making terroristic threats and having eight false bombs. >>> the u.s. citizens were hiking in iraq when they crashed into iranian territory. >> reporter: iranian state tv is reporting three american tourists who were hiebing close to the border -- hiking close to the border nier iraq and iran have been detained. reports say that two men and a woman were this a popular hiking area where the border is not clearly marked. the trio may have mistakenly wandered into iran. their last wores to a friend waiting at the hotel were, we are surrounded by armed men. the state department is working as har

the founder of the brooklyn book festival -- can you tell us about that? the berglund book festival is hosted by brooklyn borough hall, new york city has one mayor but it has five boroughs and ease of the five boroughs as a borough president and elected borough president. and britain's very popular borough president is marty markell let's and when he came into office five or six years ago or maybe seven years ago he always wanted to start giving up a book festival because berglund is the home of creators and has a literary tradition dating back to walt whitman, richard wright and in these days we have many best sellers living in brooklyn so it was a very natural place for a big book festival. i contacted the borough hall and was able to help them to realize this vision of a big book festival ended has quickly become this city's big -- best book vessel, this year so the september 13th will be the fourth daniel bricklin oppressive all. we will have over 150 office of participating in programs, 150 exhibitors publishers of a literary magazines, letters to orga

before disclosed plan in 2003 to employ a network of pakistanis to target gas atio, raroadracks and the brooklyn bridge in new york. but administration officials say the is no way to know whether the same information could have be obtned om him without waterboarding or wheere would have given it up sooner had he been handled dierently. in fact, khalid sheik mohammed told the international red cross in 2006 he lied tfool his questioners. >> he made stuff up and took pleasure in the fact that e united states had probably wasted money responding to these fabrications. >> reporter: an argument experts say may never be resold. but tonight, john mccain who oppod the bush/cheney interrogation policies cricized the attorney general's decision to investigate ciinterrogators creating more political headaches for the white house. brian. >>> andrea mitchell in washington tonight. andrea, thanks. >>> federal health officials are wrapping up two days of meetings at the centers for disease control in atlanta. it is all about planni for a potential surge in swine flu cases this fall. the meage from the governme

and the walk across the brooklyn bridge. the culmination of this tradition was our trip to boston. we took a ride on the old railway and we learned about the cape cod canal. and we went to plymouth rock. when we got here, we visited the uss constitution, broker hill, paul revealed's house, the old north church, the church for grand mom was born, and the spot where the irish immigrants came ashore. we had a picnic at the boston harbor lighthouse. they were day trips only. we knew that to teddy, boston was special. he had a surprise for us, we were going to get a chance to camp out on thomson island. he did not tell us that for most of the year this facility is used for juvenile detention until after we had set up our tents. it was about 98 degrees, the bucs were out, it smelled like low tide and the planes were taking off and landing right over our heads. we figured he was trying to teach us something that after 16 hours, we were not sure what it was. in any event, that is when he decided that even he had had enough of history and snuffed out under cover of darkness on his secret ge

. >> at the brooklyn botanical garden in new york between now and the end of the summer you can wander at will among the villainous venus flytraps. >> it sticks to it and then the enzymes begin to dissolve it. >> the fly dies a horrible death. >> it does. >> or the treacherous tarot. >> you may have heard of that from hawaii they make poi, one of the staples of polynesia. >> so if you don't boil or leech or otherwise soak out those things it really can affect your vocal chords. >> they may swell up so you won't be able to swallow. >> a little bit of knowledge goes a long way. >> president of the brooklyn bow tannic garden hose these plants will give the public a new appreciation of the power of nature. both good and bad. >> do people come here, take a look at all of the poisonous plants and it scares the living day lights out of them? >> i don't think so. i think they are intrigued. >> the take away here, be intrigued, but beware. ♪ >> ahead, keeping cool with coolidge. dallas. detroit. different rates. well with us, it's the same flat rate. same flat rate. boston. boise? same flat rat

metro will offer free shuttle bus service between the brooklyn, fort totten and tacoma stations to help could cause delays on the orange and red lines. the weekend forecast s >>> meteorologist chuck bell standing by. chuck, what's the temperature up to about now sm. >> it is 73 degrees right here at news4 high on the hill in northwestern washington, it's a beautiful day, there's a live look if our city camera. looking down at 1600 pennsylvania avenue northwest, the white us e. the obamas on vacation, enjoying it, i'm sure, beautiful weather for all of you vacationing here or just happen to live here and enjoying a beautiful summer weekend. 77 in st. mary's county, 72 in annapolis. 68 in fairfax county. 66 degrees in damascus and rockville right now. highs today, mid to upper 80s, with a mix of sun d clouds. on the whole, expecting a dry weekend. back up into the 90s for tomorrow, monday and tuesday. so we're not done with august just yet. kimberly? >> thank you, chuck. >>> coming up on news4, in a live report, students heading back colleges in our area. facing new security measures. the

issues warnings of attacks against railroads nationwide and against new york city landmarks like the brooklyn bridge and the statue of liberty. >> that agility that -- >> number two, thursday, june 6th, 2002 -- >> i never really anticipated this kind of impact. >> the fbi agent who tried to alert her superiors to the zpes specialized flight training by mu sawy testifies before committee. rowley's testimony inspired similar pre-9/11 whistle blowers. monday, june 10th, 2002, four days later -- >> we have disrupted an unfolding terrorist plot. >> john ashcroft reveals an american named jose pedestrian i will padilla aarrest didilla i. psychiatrists find padilla is so trauma tiesed he's no longer mentally fit to stand trial. he is nonetheless convicted of conspiracy. but he is never tried, nor even charged with any so-called dirty bombs nor with attempted terrorism in the united states. number three, february 5th, 2003, secretary state powell sells the u.n. security council of iraq's concealed weapons including 18 mobile biological weapons laboratories justifying a u.n. or u.s. first strike. many

all a part of the baby sitting cooperative in brooklyn new york. twork of grandmothers and aunts and uncles to baby sit is not here. it's great to get on that intimate level with other families. >>reporter: they trade baby sitting services for points earning four points an hour baby sitting which they later swap to get their own time off. >>my mom's just come over from australia. i saved up points and baby sat to make sure i could go out. >>reporter: with everyone looking to save money these days the co-ops are thriving. brooklyn moms started the co-op by word of mouth less than a year ago. there's now a waiting list to get in. once a month. ? more than that. weed like to use it more. >>reporter: families commit to baby sitting twice a man or woman signing up online either to sit or cash in their points. >>i just submitted my request. >>reporter: the co-op meets regularly and makes sure everyone's on the same page when it comes to rules like child proofing and medical releases. >>i think something like this becomes like your extended family. you hav

we walked across the brooklyn bridge and learned about the battle of long island. a ride and learned about the building of the cape cod canal. we went to plymouth rock. when we got here, we visited the uss constitution. paul reveres house, the old north church, the house where grandma was born, and the spot where the irish immigrants came ashore. we toured the committee -- kennedy library. the history trips were day trip only. he had a surprise for us. we are going to get the chance to camp out on the island. he did not tell us that for most of the year, it is used for a juvenile detention -- [laughter] until after we had set up our tents in the dirt. the bugs were out. the planes from logan were taking off and landing over our head. [laughter] figured you is trying to teach us something. after a 16 hour history day, we were not sure what it was. that was one teddy decided that even he had had enough of history, finally, and is not out under the cover of darkness on is to get to a boat in fetid home. -- and headed home. [laughter] he had it all figured out. yesterd

than the cast at the brooklyn festival. the west texas book festival will sponsor nearly a week of author events throughout the city of aberdeen. later in september, baltimore book festival hosts a weekend of workshops, author talks and literary events. from the national mall in washington d.c. book tv brings you live coverage of the 2009 national book festival. please let us know about book fairs and festivals in your area and we will add them to our list. e-mail us at booktv@c-span.org. >> book tv visited with author and teacher eva brann in an apples, md. talking about her life and work. she has been a tutor at st. john's college since 1957, she discussed her interest in the classics and talked about some of the philosophers her students read. this is just over 30 minutes. >> in 1957 when you first started at st. john's college, what did you think of it? >> i thought i had come to heaven. i never had to change my mind. it was everything that i hope for. learning is as much a part of being a teacher here as teaching is. th

buses will run between the brooklyn, fort totten and takoma stations. the orange line will single track between the vienna and westphals station. starting at 8:00 tonight until sunday evening. riders should add at least 30 minutes to their travel time. >>> d.c. held its first evergreen graduation today. graduates of the green job corps training class got their degree this morning. it uses federal stimulus money to train students to weatherwise homes and businesses, install solar panels and perform energy audits. the services are expected to save millions of dollars in energy costs in the d.c. metro area. good for them. >> coming up on "news4 at 4:00," the president of the philippines made a visit to our area recently but somethinghe did during her visit here got her in big trouble with her own government. roxanne roberts from the reliable source has the story. >> and a medical breakthrough. researchers say they might have found a way to conduct stem cell research that doesn't involve humans. >>> things are heating up outdoors on our front lawn. we chef a

. >> there's all of us running on the brooklyn bridge and the tour guides have to be multitaskers, runninge city. >> was it cool, like a quick little one mile? >> eight miles, not so great. >> look forward to it, you guys. >>> let's get a check of the weather. >> you'll be running in the rain drops if you're touring in the northeast over the weekend and new england saturday. we're looking at sizzling weather through the southwest, record highs in the plains and sunday look for more rain in the northeast and new england, sunny and hot throughout the southwest, down into texas, and also inn >> 89, very warm and muggy today. scattered showers and storms, especially this afternoon in baltimore. not so bad on the beach, but blazing and that's your latest weather. >>> coming up next, your beauty regimen what, works and what doesn't, right after this. d you say motor oil? i've tried these, without success. spray 'n wash max has a new and improved formula it has resolve power to break down tough stains better than the competition! it even outperforms the others on these dried-in stains! finally! (

big part of park avenue, along with other roads that were closed around the brooklyn bridge, up to central park today. kicking up the summer street pork, the new york department of transportation closed them down to allow bike riders to wield their bikes so bikers could be aware of the new bike lanes and wanted to showcase this safety improvement that have been put in place. >> we just finished installing 200 new lane miles for bikes in new york city over the last three years. we have over 620 miles of bike lanes in new york city. we're creating a network that makes it possible for you to get to point a to point b without leaving the bike network 'cause we understand the people do feel a little worried. >> and people are worried because they don't want to get hit while riding a bike and get hit by a car. accidents apparently are down, according to city leaders here. other cities around the nation are rolling out similar programs, none quite as big as the one here in new york. city leaders say they're point to go stats that 50% of americans commute might have miles or less to work. why not

we walked across the brooklyn bridge and learned about the battle of long island. the culmination of this tradition was our trip to boston. we took a ride on the old cape railway and learned about the building of the cape cod canal. on the way to boston we went to plymouth rock. here we visited the u.s.s. constitution saved by honey fitz, old north church, house where grandma was born and the spot where the irish immigrants came ashore. we toured the kennedy library, picnic at the boston harbor lighthouse. although the rule for history trips was they were day trips only, to teddy boston was special. he had a surprise for us, which is that we were going to get the chance to camp out on thompson island. he didn't tell us that for most of the year this facility is used for juvenile detention until after we had set up our tents in the dirt. it was about 98 degrees, the bugs were out, it smelled like low tide all night long and the planes from logan were taking off and landing right over our heads. we figured teddy was trying to teach us something, but after a boiling h

. >> if anybody wants to cross the brooklyn bridge, please see me at the end of the tour. >> reporteryou might see the glimmer of the silver building. actually the first to be replaced. >> reporter: on to wall street. >> if you're bullish about wall street -- great place to get your picture taken. >> reporter: and the south street seaport. >> you might want to get off at pier 17. a great place to stroll and enjoy a great day and get some great sea air. >> did all right, and answered my question about the great white way. hopefully i'll learn by the end of the tour. >> reporter: about two hours later we finally made it back to my stomping grounds. >> that's studio 1a, the nbc "today" show. >> reporter: but in the end, i'm only as good as my last guided tour. >> lester's excellent. he studied very hard. he's really, really smart. >> i don't take tip, but if you watch nbc, i'll consider that a tip. >> reporter: and just beyond studio 1a, the radio city music hall one block over, sixth avenue -- >> your job's done. now back to your day job. i thought it was funny. the guy the line, he was

metro will be offering free shuttle bus service between the brooklyn, fort totten and tacoma stations to help out. >>> metro has been plagued with its share of problems in recent months. when something bad happens, the blame is often placed at the top. but a senior member of the metro board is rallying behind metro general manager, john cato. tom sherwood explains why. >> reporter: from the major wreck in june and its investigation, to worker death, track suicides and transit operators talking on cell phones, it's been a rough year for the aging metro system. >> are you worried at all that it's losing its luster? >> of course. any time there's a period, from time to time things happen that create the kind of problems. and certainly on the level of perception, everyone involved has to be concerned. ♪ >> reporter: on the wamu radio program friday -- >> today we'll be talking about metro's problems. board member chris zimmerman. >> reporter: arlington county's chris zimmerman gave an unqualified endorsement of metro general manager, john cato, in the midst of all the system's troubles. >

so park avenue was closed, streets around the brooklyn bridge up to central park were closed to encourage people to see exactly what the city has done, remind the residents of new york city that there are safe bike lanes to use and really promote the idea of cheaper transportation, getting cleaner air into the city and it never hurts to get the additional exercise. one of many programs the city has been trying to do to encourage people to get out there. >> not a day goes by when i don't see a bicyclist almost getting hit by a cab driver 'cause all these guys are out delivering food to everyone, we all call in our to go orders and some of my friends work in the trauma unit and they get so many people in that have been hit by cars. is this dangerous? what are they going to do about that? >> there has been sort of this street war going on for years. not only here in new york, but nationally in major cities like this. you're right. there are a lot of bike accidents. so the city of new york is reporting that accidents are actually down with all the additions of the new bike lanes. but people d

information that stopped anthrax attacks, bombers across the world and even a possible attack on the brooklyn bridge, among other things. i think that cheney really does have a win, finally, here, that the c.i.a. was able to get a lot of information using techniques that are now criticized that saved possibly millions of lives. bret: this is not the end of this one. that's it for this panel. stay tuned. president obama is now apparently losing more support from a one-time very chose ally. . you ust bret: we have talked about the president's approval ratings dropping and how in number of moderate democrats are no longer standing with the administration over health-care reform. now, there is another close obama allied that wants out. -- ally that wants out.

. >> johnny temple, founder and publisher of akashic books and founder of the brooklyn book festival can i thank you very much. .. [applause] >> can anyone hear me okay? all right. no? i will have to speak a little louder than. is that all right? all right. you are welcome. welcome to washington, d.c.. [applause] >> you look beautiful. >> guest: thank you. >> host: so we were chatting a little bit in the back, and i asked if it was all right with you if we could just girl chat. i mean, we have seen a lot of your -- [laughter] >> host: when i sacral check, i mean getting to littl know you a little bit more. we want a little more insight about you, the person. is that okay with you? [inaudible] >> host: okay. i will not, i promise. i know people are laughing at me now. let's start from the beginning. from the beginning. you were a baby, lying on a bed. lying on the bed and your mother some. and someone came in and said to her mother what? >> host: someone came in and saw the baby on the bed. saw the baby on the bed. >> host: i think you have to pull closer a little bit. >> host: is tha

tommy lasorda's getting inducted into the brooklyn hall of fame today. i might pop on out there and give him a big old hug and say good for you. >> hope you get there. thank you very much for the work this weekend, chuck todd. >>> to california now and today almost a dozen different wildfires continue to burn across that state. thousands of firefighters out in force on the front lines trying to keep the flames from reaching residential areas. nbc's michael okwu is live in stanton in the hard-hit santa cruz county. michael, you're in a residential area there threatened by these fires for several days now. what's the threat like now to homes there? anything abated? >> well, i can tell you it doesn't feel like it's abated when you breathe this smoke in this this place. it feels like we're in the middle of a mushroom cloud. but the fact is the flames have been within about a mile, mile and a half or so of this specific community for the last 48 hours. it is not really getting any closer. there are about 2,100 firefighters on the ground. they are coordinating

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we walked across the brooklyn bridge and learned about the battle of long island.ook a ride and learned about the building of the cape cod canal. we went to plymouth rock. when we got here, we visited the uss constitution. paul reveres house, the old north church, the house where grandma was born, and the spot where the irish immigrants came ashore. we toured the committee -- kennedy library. the history trips were day trip only. he had a surprise for us. we are going to get the chance to camp out on the island. he did not tell us that for most of the year, it is used for a juvenile detention -- [laughter] until after we had set up our tents in the dirt. the bugs were out. the planes from logan were taking off and landing over our head. [laughter] figured you is trying to teach us something. after a 16 hour history day, we were not sure what it was. that was one teddy decided that even he had had enough of history, finally, and is not out under the cover of darkness on is to get to a boat in fetid home. -- and headed home. [laughter] he had it all figured out. yest

juggles the family budget and jake and fiona mcclain are good friends all part of the baby sitting cooperative in brooklynw york. >> the natural network of grandmothers, aunts, and uncles to baby sit is not here. >> it's great to get on that intimate level with other families. >> reporter: they trade baby sitting services for points, earning four points an hour baby sitting which sthe later -- they later swap to get points off. >> i made sure i saved up points to go out. >> reporter: baby sitting co- ops are thriving. brooklyn mom sharon ing started it by word of mouth less than a year ago. there's now a waiting list to get in. >> we use it once a month. >> not enough. we'd like to use it more. >> reporter: families commit to baby sitting twice a month, signing up online either to sit or cash this their points. >> i just submitted my request. >> reporter: the co-op meets regularly and makes sure everyone's on the same page when it comes to child proofing and medical releases. >> something like this becomes like your extended family. you have people you can trust to watch your kids. >> the ability to go ou

rob malcolm has more on the birthday bash in brooklyn's prospect park. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> reporter: under gray ked the field in brooklyn's prospect park. it was michael jackson's birthday party hosted by filmmaker spike lowe who was hard at work paying tribute on his -- spike lee who was hard at work paying tribute to his long tom friend. >> it's not just brooklyn. it's everybody. i know people coming from toronto, d.c., virginia, connecticut, new jersey. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: the hoards of fans, some young and some old, were listening to the music. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the king of pop would have been 51 years old today. the music cuts across generations of fans. somewhere disappointed with the comeback tour that it will never happen. >> everyone in england is still so devastated. again, the music lives on, you know, he left us all with a wonderful gift and that can never be taken away. >> what is your favorite song? [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: the president procimed august 29th michael jackson day. >> all of us would agree that michael jackson will go down as one of the greatest gifts of music that the unite

the w. e. b. dubois household in brooklyn heights, in the town house they had purchased from arthur miller.rom that christmas party, you went home with them to your new life come and you had and have had a wonderful postrosenberg file life from that point on. >> that is where a head doctor will get things wrong. it is so screwed up. it is pretty boring. we had great lives. as you can see, we have great kids, we have so much -- two beautiful grand kids. my brother just got his first grand kid, great professional lives, married once, stayed married. >> when i made the film, of the reactions i get all the time is when they meet you after the film, he seems like such a happy person, such a good guy, why isn't he an ax murderer? what is his secret? we are more miserable than you. it goes on and on. that section of the film was so important for me, they save your lives. >> thank you all. >> better organized -- what is important -- [applause] >> this concludes book tv's limited pierre of the key west and mary seminar. the workshop program is designed to provide riders at all stages of development

the success stories out of brooklyn. a tattoo own shop owner bought the laptop. >> they recovered that mac and found two other laptops in different cases. they didn't have our software on it but as a result of our software we were able to solve other crime. >> reporter: for more many information, go to wusa9.com and click on this story. it is right under "living $mart." >>> shoppers in virginia will save $4 million starting today through sunday. virginia's fourth back to school sales tax holiday is up and running and if you purchase any school-related item like supplies or uniforms you don't have to pay the 5% tax. even people who don't have children in school can save money because retailers can choose other items to down if they would like. >> 47-inch tv. >> nice. tax free. >> tax free but that is on school supplies. >> you can learn a lot from a tv. >> tv is a school supply to me, too. though virginia will not get that unpaid tax money, lawmakers say the program is worthwhile because retailers are expected to pull in a

the officers are on administrative leave. >>> tonight police in anne arundel county are looking for three women who they say robbed a beauty supply store in brooklyn park. the robbery happened yesterday afternoon at the jb beauty supply in the 5000 block of richie highway. the clerk told police three women walked up to the register, and asked to look at several hair products that were behind the counter. police say the suspects grabbed the item without paying, and one of the women sprayed the clerk with pepper spray. >>> a driver is behind bars in anne arundel county, accused of intentionally hitting a pedestrian who had yelled at him to slow down. it happened shortly before 7 last night in the 900 block of longview road in pasadena. police say a manueled at the driver and warned him for spinning his wheels and driving recklessly through the neighborhood. warren is charged with assault. the man who was hit escaped serious injury. >>> authorities say that a 13- year-old boy pulled from potomac river has died. it happened tuesday in washington county near williamsport. a fisherman dove trying to rescue the boy who authorities say is from west virgin

i know that with the wittman's, they live in modest homes in brooklyn, they were a family of carpenters, the father, wald, george, they built houses and sold them and live in these very small dwellings and a lot of questions have arisen to the family know that what was what we would now call homosexual. the word didn't exist in the early 19th century. and of course there has been a long scholarship denying that whitman was homosexual and then sinking that well, during the civil war he sublimated that uncouth urge to be other man i discovered he had a very active love life while he was a nurse. but i got back

committee, chartered boats that took us across and we landed in new york within sight of the statue of liberty, went to brooklynnd i went to grammar school, high school and college, i went to brooklyn college for undergraduate work. >> what about aristotle? we haven't talked about that? >> yes, then become the key an ethics, very central to the meetings, students reading in college. >> i have read it often. my colleague, eric salem, the, quote, translator, has finished a book on it. that is a major influence those in studies for our students, they are required to read it but they influence our life too. >> how can a book about ethics in form somebody on how they should live today? >> something about aristotle makes him helpful to begin with. he is very sensible. there is nothing highfalutin about him. he is sensible. that famous theory of the means of virtue, accidents, between extremes of courage, finding the right middle between being free kingly afraid and being rashly rash and somewhere in the middle and you are the way you are supposed to be, which is courageous. it is helpful, it works. you think of it at

they are located in the brooklyn green community on 6th street. they are unmistakeable. mes. these are unique. the only "green" townhomes in the city. >> the appliances are all energy star, so they are all high-energy efficient appliances. >> and there is a rain barrel in back, energy-efficient lighting, and solar panels on the roof. in partnership with the city, the nonprofit purchased the block and when it was discovered the existing buildings couldn't be rehabbed, they created a first in baltimore. >> that was this whole idea of "let's go green o -- green." let's demonstrate what's changing in the neighborhood by going green. the bathrooms are unique. we have a door-flush system in all at toilets, so you don't need to use as much water. you can conserve water as you need to. >> the townhomes are selling for -- you have to be a first-time home buyer, and there are other restrictions. >> having good credit and having an income of approximately $40,000 or more and having approximately $2,000 in cash to be able to move in. >> realtor sandy marinberg says the first families

the fort totten station. trains will operate between shady grove and brooklyn in between glenmont and tacoma from 10:00 p.m. until the system shuts down on sunday. free shuttle buses will be provided, but expect to add at least 30 minutes to your travel if you want to take that metro. >>> graceland will be flooded with elvis fans as they pour into memphis. they will celebrate the 40th anniversary of his final number one single. anyone remember it? suspicious minds. bad news is the elvis faithful can't see the place where the record was made. there's nothing left, not even a historical marker could remind people. his mom died on this date way back when, too. >>> even worse news for aerosmith fans. the rock group has now canceled the remainder of its summer tour because of the injuries for front man steven tyler. he fell off the stage on august 5th, broke his left shoulder, needed 20 stitches in his head. he says he zigged when he should have zagged. >>> shaq proves he is the man in his new abc show "shack versus" in which he takes on the best in the world. next tuesday, he takes on pittsburgh steelers quarter

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