for now, commuters get another six weeks to brreze down thh old yearr of workk n the new charles gets underway peff abell, fox 45 news llte city officials say the project is designed to improve both thh traffic patterns and pedestrran safety... &pa pit bull is blamed for northwest baltimore. baltimore.it happened last night on cottageeavenue.a ten- year- old girl was walking her &ppomeraniin puppyywhen the pit bull escaped its yard and attacked.the pit bull was impounded this afternoon by trol.the victim's owner wants pit bullss regulated even more. tasha montgomery, pomeranian but gov't needs to punish owners) "but, i think it's how they're training these animalss.they're training them themmto taste the tasse of bloo" blood."the pit bull is undergoing rabiee testing, while its fate will lie in the hands of a vicious dog hearing. 3 the american red cross is reporting a desperate shortage of blood sspply. supply.the agency says it's reached mergency levels... with 50-thousand fewer blood donations than xpected so far welcome....but there's a particular need for "o positive"... "o negative"... "b negative"... and "a negative" to

the aggnda seemed routine....but it didn't take long before fireworks erupted at thh city's board ofstimates.... (15:34:31) p(pratt) "this effort today is an eefort of the mayor to take over the duties of the comptroller...." comptroller jjan pratt accused mayor tephanie rawlings blake 659-thhussnd tax dollars....tt purchase these high--ech video phones for city hall. the comptrooler says the mayor bypassed he citys competitive pidding process in order to pay for the phones for city offices. (15:37:05) "fiist of all you told an untruth and said you didn't installed and you did ecause it was on your desk....." (15:37:31) "so you approved 659-thousand dollars inn taxpayers money illegally." the accusation....but she did comment on he comptrollers complaint that the mayyr dodged questions about the issue on ffiday. office told us you were out of town on fridayy (comptroller) what we were old. i don't have a gps on you...." the comptroller says the purchase of the hones violated the city's charter.... but the city's attorney..... (15:44:22) (nilson) "there's no charter viioation here tha

thh city ppid 48-hundree pollars forrone type of switch. thaa same ssiich can be founn onliie for 38-hundred dollars (3870)) david troy: 15:20:23-38 "tte prices that were paid were potentially... the price wws a fair priie or 3 not.""nd as city council preparee to vott on ssme tough budget cuts.,.. we tried askinggthe council president for comment on the hhne contract and what we found.the interview nded before it even got startedd14:08:14 "i think we're done with tis mmeting. we're done. we're done. weere refused to take áanyy questionssabout government spending.but thh comptroller has ade it clear how she feels about all these expenses. 19:31:54 "so the citizees wwstinggtaxpayers' money."the inspector general is now investigating the deal. melinda roeder... fox 45 newss at ten. join our wastt watch..if you see government waste... call ourrhotline...4100666-1456... or go to foo baltimore ddt com. sttggering new ssattstics show some ciit bus drivers... have &pa llad foot. earlier this week we spoke with conceenee residents... who told us m-

thh city does not have a new hooe system. tonight at ten.... we'll compare both plans... live from cityhall... melinda roeder... fpox 45 news at 5. the body of a marine from laurel was transported back to defense annouuced the death of 21-year-old ... eugene mills the third , sunday morning.he before being killed in a fire- fight in afgganistannhe was a graduate of atholton high school ii columbia.friends say he was inspired to oin the marines after september 11th. meredith mancini, neighbor: 12:31:04 "and i had told him &pto be careful, and he hugged me gooddye." goodbbe." robert mancini, neighbor: 12:50:36 "walked with his head up. there was no reason not to. he was verr proud of whatt he was as a marine." marine." plans for services have nott yet beee released.mills is maryland's sixth service member to die in combat this year. people yelling mom hugging kids friends and fammly werr filled with emotions as mmmbers from the air national guard returnnd home.aaout 30 mmmbers froo the guard's á135th air lift groupá were greeted at guard baseá afttr a 90-day deploymmnt in a

and spend money on phones where they could use to keep the firehouses open...." 3 this afternoon, thh city's inspector general requested all invoices andddocuments surrounding the purchase of those phones. therr's no indication how long this at five.... oin... our waste watch. ii... you see governmenn waste.. call... our hotline.. 410-662-1456. or... go to fox- baltimore dot om. that brings us tt our question of theeday. was the 700- thousand dollars....spent on city government videophones... money well spent? go to fox- baltimore dot com .../ tell us what you ttink./. sound off thhu facebook../. or text your answer to 45-- - &p203../ enter foxx5a for yes../ fox45b for no.../ politiial... consultant... julius henson... was sentenced... wednesday... for... that... election night robo-call. roboocall.henson... left court... in haadcuffs ... after... a judgg... sentenced 60-days in prison.../. prosecutors.. say... the call... in the laatt.. ggbernatorial electiin... was... aimed at keeping black voters... from... oing to the polls.../. political expert.. says... henson ádidá... break the law...

think he should focus on heesafety of the glasses)"they need to focus more on the ctual communitt in thh city"(john vaughan)"thh new comm need to focus on is the murders.. the angs"john vaughan own son... ..quintin... waa found murdered...neaa windsor miil elementary school a few weeks ago. (voice only over crime scene)"i cant describe the pain i feel.."(cllse n john vaughann"i think they gotta focus on the urders.. and stop worrying about something they can win..ya know" the new advisory panel will up with a listtof fiialists also indicated she wwnts the caadidates to be wwll vvrsed in using smartttechnology to combat rime.lv outside ity hhll kc fox 45 news at 100 thank you kathleen. commissioner bealefeld will months.on thursday, oy lepola got a chance tooride along pith him, on his last week of pattolling the city. he had lot to say abbut his expectations for tte new "top cop" and some blunt advice for next. "i wouldn't put soomuch stock on trying to dance around and being politicclly correct cause that's not what the people n this town expect. they just want you to be honest be straight."

we first told you about this story yesterday when thh city admitted that 83-hundree speed caaera citationsd from block of kelly aveeue in mount washington. thh road stretches ffom east to west.....buu tte tickets mistakenly cite violators for administrators calll- it an inputing error and say itssnot enough to refund the pickets. at least three other tiims ttis year, tte city has issued undreds of other speed camera citations which contain mistaaes. ((21:04:14) "i'd like happen nd things go wrong and if thats the ccse( i would say &pcamera program until they get it fixed so people can have confidence this is a reliable prustworthy way of gettinn peop" people."" he city insists erroos account for less than one percent of all speed camera citations. &p the sparrows point country club is considering selling part of its llnd in renovaaions. the country club is asking baltimore county for zoning change on 57 acres. the change would allow along the wattrfront . the county is expected tt voteeon the change in august. jjrry sandusky is spending his first full day under suicide watch.. after a late

from thh city..../. daniels... streaming live in joppatowne ... where investigators say... murder happened... keith. keith.rollcue; no apparent motie motive what's believed to have happened inside this hhme on terrapin terrace n joppatowne.. what's believed to have hhppened inside this home on terrapin terrace in joppatowne.. could not manage to stay inside this home.... ...........it's an appalling discovery that's left awe and shock. (ms. in murraa) "it's gruesome, itts heartwrenching.." harffrd county sheriff's deputies have charged alexander kinyua, a 21-year-old morgan state university studenn, with firss- degree murder. documents, kinyua confessed to killing 37-year--ld kujo aggei kodie inside the home by cuttiig him up with a knifee &pkinyua wednesday.. five days with, went missing. investigators found body parts, including a head and two hands, while searching the townhome. detectivee say the suspect also led in a dumpsterrbehhnd a nearby church. they say startling confession.(majj suspect on his own admittance, advised us that he did eat specificclly parts oo he br

countyy sheriff'' office has applied to charge the fficer with second degree assault.we contaated thh baltimore city &ppolice department... but as o this morning we haven't reeeived a response on this incident. a baltimore county the van was ound wednesday morning n the parking lot of ámondaamin mallá in west baltimore. it belongs to the mount pleasant a-m-e church in owings mills. the keys duringgthe burglary of a church member's home in baltimore city. the suspect then used the van as a get-away--ar after robbing an 83-year-old man at a ppkesville mcdonalds. no arrests yet. fox45 has teamed up with the most popular crime mapping "spotcrrme" tracks criminal activity in your neighborhood. you can also get emails when to ur website... fox- baltimore dot com...and clickk on "spotcrime" in the "hot topics" section at the toppof the screen. an elllcott city man is arrested after damaging a speed camera. "bruce may" was charged with second degree ssault, destruction of property and reckless enddngerment... after hh fired glass marbles with a sling shot... at a speed &pwhile the operrtor was still iiside

foxx thh baltimore city comptroller is not backing down on her charres that mayor stephanie rawlings blake illegal purchased video phones for citt government at a cost oo nearly 700-thousand dollars. joan pratt initially maae those allegation at a city board od estimates meeting last week and tooay sheeheld a news conference. 3 3 3 3 more on this at 5:30.ming up on fox45 news a weekend houseefire claims and ii two pets. around 11 saaurday nighh fire officials respooned to a call on eastbourne avenue, where they found 51-year-old bruce was promounced deaa when crews founddhim.no word yet onnthe cause of tte fire, but officials say the home did not have smoke detectors. . "the importtnce oo having a smokk detector is the death because knowing when your house s n fire and alert you to that fire it'll alive."the family also credits saving their lives. during the - fire the dog alerted others in the house to get out. the... man... suspected in the woman... is... trying to collect insurance... on her behalf.. gary iordano... is... for 3.5... million dollars.... under a policy... puuchased

&pabout thh city's dealings wit "digicon."it's a follow up to a story you saw first on fox...onsulting fees.and they recently struck a lucrative deallto help overhaul the city's phone system... now, inspectoo general began investigating the mayor's i-t reviewing ethics disclosure forms filed by departmentt heads.... includinggthe chief of staff... who used to wook directly for digicon.questions have also been raised about why the purchase of telephones was not put out for competitve bids. <"it's a violation offthe spirit of transparancy... to be shjared publicly."> 3 publicly.">nooword on when the inspector general will complete his investigation. &ppolice are on the hunt this morning..for a pair of robbery suspects... in a very unusual &pgetaway car. car.it's a burgundy ccoversion the side that readd... "mount o pleasant a-m-e church"..hurch trustees noticed the van as stooen van was used to drive reisterstown road in on - pikesvilll... after police say one of the men followed used but church leaaers want e to see this crime sprre end... and their van back in time for this su

hooes-studies show stores-how can you blame one e - factor for the crime -90% of liquor stores in thh cityey ay you're taking away their livlihood ....2 years isn't enouuh time to revamp their business and make it vible selling something else ... or moving-what assistance are you offeeing them 3 that brings us to our questioo of the day:do you agree with the plan to revoke dozens of liquor licenses in baltimore fox-baltimore dot com and tell us what yoo think... sound off through facebook or send us a tweet.. at foxbaltimore. the man believed to be behind the disappearance of a frederick woman...could be back in a court room.. room..but this timm... he's the onn suing.why gary giodano... is ssing americaa ex. express. you're watchiig fox 45 morning news.. all looal.. all morning. ((ad lib horoscopes)) ((break 4)) p3 3 the debate over dogs.hoo the state is responding tt a couut ruling n pittbulls. f f f f 3 ,3 3 fiber map 3 33 a fight over control of the city'' ppone system... could money.this morning... one city official is accusing the &pmayor of breaaing the law... to push through a purc

would you return toocharm city?thhs s your invvtation.. see a fewwmoves in our studio....((on ccm)))magic mike hits theaters toddy. come join us usjoel had a lot of moments that had us ggongg"say what?!" this week.but this wasn't our favorite.up next---which super villain joel's elementary us of. of.love you save nats nats pnd... you're just 5 minutes away from your chance to see the jacksons live in concert for free.stay tuned for your cue to call. you're baltimore. x 5 good ay ((break 7)) here you go little man. [ humming ] [ babbling ] the cheerios bandit got you again? [ both laugh ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios ...and now... you! [ giggles ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios want to start the day with something heart healthy and delicious? you're a talking bee... honey nut cheerios has whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol. and it tastes good? sure does! right... ♪ wow. delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... ♪ well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. -3 i break it down w

a... paltimore city worker... isn't thh only government employee.. cauggt sleeping... onnthe job.../. this time...../ tsa ... agents are.. under fire..../. jeff abell. shows us whatt happened, jeff.... city administrattrr, here in baltimore, are still trying to understand why a cityyworker was sleeping in a parked city ruck. city councilman jim kraft brought a photo of the worker to city haal this week. claiming the department of transportation employee had p2-minutes. now, a new case of sleeping workers has time.....eight screeners who work for the t-s-a are reportedly caught on camera....sleepiig in a baggage room at newark international airport. the tsa is also probinggother photos of agents who appear to be sleeping behind screening monntors while looking for explosives... 3 the t-s-a hassfired all eight of its sleeping workers..... s for the case here in baltimooe, so far, no action has been taken. jeff hackers ... ....- information.../ making changes to your account... has... many people upset.../. we'll... talk with... an... internett security xpert... on... how

chopping block.the mayor wants to eliminate them to help close a 35 million dollar gaa in the city budget.but thh fire union says it ouud jeopardize ppblic safety. "iq: i would have cut eeery dime i could...... oq: thaa's a crap plan." demmtions as a way to hold down the fire depprtment's budget... but that plan appears to e of the table. charges against anne arundel county executive... john wwek...because prosecctors is - could have trooble provvng a crime happened. happened.llooold is accused of misconduct in office.... ordering his security teem to drive im to area parking lots... where he engaged in court... leopold's attornny argued... the ccunty executive did not break any laww... when he used hii taxxayer-funded pecurity detail tt help in his told prosecutorr he found ... parts oo the indictment troobling. 13:14:47 you caa nnt prosecute people for matters that arr pol. judge sweeny appears to be saying is what is the law you say lepold has violatedd if he hasn't violated a law ddn't p23 if the judge allows the charges to staad.... leopold's trial will be begin in september. a ssarch and re

cities... to most he expensive.luanda, angoll is taking a back seat thhs year to the new most expensive city for expatriatts... tokyo.osaka, japan, moscow and geneva swiizerland rounded out the fifty, dropping one spot from three. verizon wireless is revamping its pricing plan. the nation's larrest cellphone company will nnw allow customers to bundle up to ten devvces under one plan. the new áshare everythingá plans, also include unlimited phoneecalls and texting. ricing willlstart at ninety ddllars aamonth ffr one smartphhne and one gigabyte of data. yesterday's 5-alarm warehouss fire brought the need for fire houses to stay open.. ack to center stage.fire officials weigh in.we're back in two minuues. 3 --adblii weather tz-- 3 no word yet on what caused yesterdays fivv alarre

according to the city, the tickets incorrectll cite motorists for travelling north or south on thhs road..... you ccn really only travel east or west. city &pofficials blame aa 'inputing error..." and refuse to throw out the tickets. (21:02:46) "oftennpeople can't take time off work to pay a ticket and thatssnoo right if theyycan't get this technolooy right....."" camera citations have contained errors. earller this month, three- thousand motorists here at wabash nd rodgers receivvd ticketssthat conttined the &pwroog location..... this camera near harbor hospptal ticketed a thoussnd motorosits foo travelling at the wrong speed limit. it was the hundred motorists ticketed here on tte al ameda. for many motorists......onfid encc is eroding. they should halt tte speed camera program unnil they get it ffxed so people cn have confidenceethis is a reliable trussworthh way of getting peopl,e..." the city insists the citations contain enough correct information to support the violation. but it appears a jjdge will have the final say. jeff abell, ffx 45 news at ten. 3--peeple... are injured... in

as the late 19-90's to build the school, &pbut residents and advocaaes hhd to lobby the city school system and thh state to make good on that promise. promises have een made and - we've been waiting for a very long time and you know these parent deserve it." it."goldieecarter: "i love to see the growth thattthe community ssmaking, i'm hoping that the community will continue to grow and to expand--i look forward to waverly elemntary beiig the school that we now it could be. be.the school will serve he ggrdees andd akeeidd neighborhoods. firrt on fox... dozens of baltimore city firefighters are being demoted... to help close the city's budggt shortfall. shortfall. the group includes 69 firefighters... 6 of them are captains... and 15 re the ffrce from 6 to 20 yeaas. the reeuction in pay would amoont to 5 to 7 tousand dollars a year.some of the officers were recently offerssrescindedd (50:30) to be frank im pissed off 150,000 dollars to kkep those folks in grade and that's all the city's budget... is 3 billion dollars i can't iiagine they can'tt find 110,000...(25:39) nobody is ging to be demotee sit

weeks of controversy wwile &ppeople ave been expressing thier concern about voielnce in baltinmore city" is thhharbor safe?29:31q: "is the inner harbor safe"a"yes the inner harbor is safe"a question that is vital toothe city's econnmyas tourists will reports of mobs of teens, roaming downtownm trying to provoke voilence.43:34 "anytting to get on your nerves and make you say sometting to thhm"scare people away??38:01"i fell like the earlier this month, this 7-11, was robbed and the ownee teens wearing city school ty uniforms. and an attack on thhsstoorist, who wass national hhadlines.part of the pas born and raised here"9"i what's behind the muuhh mallghned behavoir of city teens?so we asked, and their answer?too mmch attention on the mayhem, aad too little on whattthey see, as root causes oftennignored. 55:04"i think the reassn why they don't want us down here is because it is such a tourrst attraction and they think we put down there'ssnothing for us to do. "cuts to school programs and shuutered rec enters 58:54"we can't go to the recs, we can't playysports of nothing becuaae there iin't enoug

(dr)"what we and thh other childrens hospitals in the city of balt offer is cutting edge care that isry country.. so coming here is having the family come as well is the best decisiin" during the past hree decades... - &pstayed at the ronall mcdonald house.. as they seek treatment... from 45 states and 22 countrys (dad with 2 girls) "i stay here 10 month now.. "eye-shy and lulu are five year old twins... from kuwwit. lulu wws born with extreme facial deffrmities... she says : "excuse me family... " the only doctors willing to operrte are here in baltimore.. (dad)"for the nose and tte ear...eyes... " while they areegrateful for the generosity of the ronald mcdonald house.. (dad close on face) "they are like my family... i feel hereelike my family...." aad thess young hhve even picked up some typical american traits... -twins singing- mcdooald house) so thats whatt we focus on at the ronaad mcdonald house is bringing normalcy compassion.. and respite andd joy to their journey even though it is a of what can bb.. life or wins 3 death... ordeals. which is why thhs is often refered to as t

jamee earns his ffrst championship ring.the heat defeated the klahoma city thuuder 121-to-106 in game five of the n-b-a- finals. thhs is iami's second title in franchise history... and &pjames' first time in three finals appearancee.lebron says him.tttle means everything to -

the family of the man will meet with the city's water boord later thhs monthh bel air's fire chief ist flames of a different kind... after some recent comments on facebook. facebook.last week, one fireeighterr ogged on to facebook... cciticizing the bel air "sonic" restaurant... for denying him a discount. other firefighters chimed in suggesting the department pnntá rrspond to future fire calls from "sonic".4 firefighters are suspended or demoted as a result.several others were reprimanded. 1254 these comments were we don't believe they were intended to be harmful nonenthless they were said and they should not have been 00 00hopkins apologizee to the almost all of the firefighters are appealing the action ... taken against them. &pa new study finds childhood vaccines... used in a free uus government programm.. may have been stored at the wrong temperature.the study finds that v-f-c vaccines... stored by 76-percent of the 45 selected providers... were exposed to inappropriate temperatures for at least 5 hours. exposure to inappropriate tempeeatures can reduce vaccine efficiency. facebo

walker reforms.rennell says: "ask ny residenn of any city in and they'rr endangering safety 3 on thhtsdoocy says: "in an e-maillbllsttabout pxelrod's appearance his morning, romney spokesman axelrod struggled and added strategist cant defend your your assessment of the economy peter doocy, fox news. " makeeroom pple... google and amazonn another major app store.layer... now has an store.the facebookkapp centtr gives users a one-stop shop for "draw ssmething", "instagram", "pinttrest" and hundreds of other apps that run on tte social-media mega--ite.the storeealready for the first time, facebook will beeoffering paid apps as well as free ones from the center. some call it rude... others call it talent. talent.burping nats nats timothy janus ttok home the title... for world's best burper... at a championship n new york. the competition was fiirce.contestants were required to drink liters of soda... before taking the podiummjanus walked away with p 5-hundred ppize... and he honor offbeing the best burper. a media event wwth the vice all-out ater fight.on an sunday... joe biden haaded ou

(liz holland) 39:14 and this is one bus rouue on one lock in this bii city righttso if busses are speeding on thhs all over the city. that's s - exactly what fox 45 uncoverrd.... figuurs provided by the department of transportation show how serious this problem is.ssand than 11 hundred citations have been issued to mta bus drivers. that amounts tt aaout 22 a weekkor 3 per day. to be exact.... there were 1- thousand 128 speed ccmera citatiins issued ssnce ast july. at 40 dollars each... it amounts to more than 455 thousand dollars in finee last year alone. 55:26we always all of the laws and rules of it's posssble but the mta spokesman terry owens says most drivers are responsible individuals who obey the speed limit. joy lepola fox 45 news at ten. 3 while... tte number of tickets... increaasd.../ so... has... the numbbr of year. an... important night... in the battle... &p over ...baltimore city'' buddet. supporring... an amendment - ... o... thee mayor's budget... that would... restore money ...for rec centers.... and... summer jobs... convergee... on... cityy hall.../.but inside... the plan... in

thh story you're seeing first on fox. pood morning megan. good morniig,mayor stephanie rawlings blake wants to take control of the city's phooe system.she says it's cheaper to opperate in house... thhn to rely on n outside company. but her plan....requires some big purchases. phones... come switchers and data infrastrrcture.now shh's being called out or the price tag. comptroller joaa pratt is accusing the mayor f spending more than 650-thhusand dollars on roughly 80 telephonee. the mayor's office says ii's ore comptroller is also accusinn the mayor of breaking the law propeely bid to companies. existing contract with a company that's been oing businessswith the city for years. of purchase says if there's an item ttat's going to cost more thaa $50,000... $659,000... without being competitvely bid.. bid."wwile the comptrollerr.. says she has proof the mayor pushed the purchases says she has a right to do that. but whh would the mayor allegedly offer a bribe to the ccmptroller for her support in this whole deal?we'll have much more on hat part of the i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morning neww. it's our uty toohold elected officials accountable.yo

won't retuun our calls.but we did reach the person who signed off on thh invoice and estimates from digiccn - on behalf oo the cityhe even &phas a city email address. bu he told us - he too - is a contracteddworker for digicon. and today -- as city council prepared to vote on some serious cuts in the mayor's budget plan... we tried assing the council president aaout áanyá questions.efused to take < "i think we're done with this meeting. we're done. we're done. we''e done"> (takes off microphone) the mayor and comptrooler have been bickering about the digicon deals since last meeting. the council president - by the way - presides over those meetings.... wheee all exppnses are approved. the pnspector general issnow conducting his oww investigation.melinda roeder... fox 45 ews at 5:30. oinn.. our waste watch. if... call... our hotline.. 410-662-1456. or... go to fox- tonight the battle over baltimore city's nearly 2.3 billion dollar budget is &pheating up too toowith the council ssheduled to vote on a plan that would restore cuts to rec centers... of teens ccmped... outside city hall,... to... drum up support..../ th

ring.nats of cheering cheering the heat defeated the oklahoma city thuuder 121-to-106 in gameefive of thh n-b-a- finals. james' first timm in three finals appearancee.llbron says the title means everything to him.. it's friday and that means anything ou want. want.let us know what'sson your mind-- and your response could air in our "facebookk dot com slaah foxbaltimore too become a fan and join the conversation. pt could ave triggered aa epid! epidemic!the mmstake made at control... that coulddhave made millionssof eople sick! sick!!- ((breakk1)) &&p can lulu have some beef pasta, too? -here you go, lulu. -hey?! you had an imaginary friend once, too. she's full. [ female announcer ] hamburger helper beef pasta. helpers. forty dishes, all delicious. [ female announcer ] hamburger helper stroganoff. beefy. creamy. stroganoffy. helpers. forty dishes, all delicious. ((ad llb meteorollggst)) ((traffic reporter ad libs)) map fiber map 895 maa 3 3 3 sales have slowed down. down.the reason ehind people ánotá running to the stores to buy l-c-d -v's. people been stricken, or made ill, oo worse, obb

are on thh phonee with the hospital, iffthe costs seem still too high or just hard to understand, you might be able to negotiate some of ttese prices down. -----end-----cnn.script----- -- a city caught sleeping on the job...littrally! literally!wherr this shht was taken...and how long thh there.plus... a vacant builddng... partially collapses after a fire.we're live on the scene... with the latest on how any people were injured. ((break 3)) 3 mac sers looking for cheap travel on orbitz might not be getting the lowest deal on the explains how the travvl site is defending thier decision... on makiig more expensive hotels more visible tt mac user. users. --reporter pkg-as foolows -- travel site orbitz is taking a pricier travel oppions than p-c users. according to the wall street journal, orbitz has found mac users spend as much as 30% more per night on hotel accomodations than p-c users do. the site issusing that information to tailor search rrsults.. so a mac user pight see more expensive four-or-five star hotels recommendeddmore prominently than someooe surfing on a p-c. discrimination. buttorbitz says prices are the same no matter what computer you use. "all of our hotels ar

thh the quipment. equipment. this week... he city was cclleddout... on it's dealings with a comppny alled "digicon."sand dollars ponthly for outside workso when the mayor decideddto take over control of the ity's phone service... she purchased 80 new high-tech telephones - from digicon. then... her more than 440-thousand dollars in technolooy to support the phones. (pratt from wednesday) 19:23:20 "and it speaas to the lack f integrity of what the adminnstration is doing." 13:16:10 standup -- "meanttme the comptroller... how do we know city halllgot a good deal?"david troy: 15:19:25-35 &p"had it been put out to bid.. it's a mmsseddopportunity.. technology expertt say prices computer typing)a quick s of - search... and we found the same equipment is vailablee for a lot lees than what digicon charged.for example... the digicon charged.less than what aaailable for a lot ssme equipment is and we ffund the of computer typpng)a quick search... and we found the same equipment is vailable for a lot less thaa whht digicon charged.for example... that same switch can be found . online for 38--undred dollars (38

""- as it stands now, the city will shutdown ten bbocks of charles street.... in six weeks. how are thh roadd looking tonii? toniggt?brandi proctor has ourr ttaffic edge report. report. f you ddcide to cclebrate the 4th of jjly with some drinks, be sure you have a safe way to get home.triple a is once again partnering with the maryland epartment of trrnsportatton and yellow cab foo its átipsy taxiá service.they made the &pannouncement this morning at the inner harbor.beggnniig at 10 pm july 4th... a ab will baltimore metro area and take you home.it's free up o a 50 charged for anything over that. "iq: weewant everyone to be &&psafe... oq: carelesss decision or a careeess ccoice." choice." here's the number for tipsy taxi... it's 1-877-963-taxi. the service rrns through 4 am. puspense builds arrund tomorrow's expected supreme court decision on tte affordable care act... what &pthe justicee decide will affect virtually every amerrcan. 3 a drug that acts like bath salts ayyhaae caused a man to attack hii wn dog.what happeneddand what pplice say he was n. and the great health advantage asso

week at thh southwest florida international airport, five t-s-a workers were fired aad thirty-eight more were suupended... for not performing any random &pscceenings last year. i new york cityncidents have many eople concerned. just a few days ago, a swisssarmy knife was detected in seccrity.... p however, the passenger made it through to the terminal...and onto the plane... withhthe kniie. this comes after a six-inch knife nearly made it through airport. some ravellrs - in the big apple critical of t-s-a's effectiveness. mos says: "i don'' know if they're actually checking for the right things."moo says: "i looe that they're so worriid about taaing my toothpaste or shaving cream, but a six inch knife can get through security."mckelway says: "pistoleesays that the t-s-a has planssto test a new program that will be less invasive for traveeers, a security measure that will detect behaviors. it focuses on suspicious activity, such as nervousness and eye contact. he says this could be one of the best ways to detect threats.. in wassington, doug mckelway. fox news." after... aalington national cemetery .. is... tryinn... to make it easier....to find the resting place... of... am

thhs one and most you pwwers not the dogs. h the - 3p go o fox- tell us what you think./. sound off thru facebook../. senddus a tweet./ 203../ enter foo45a for ---- yes../ fox45b speeding usses through city homeowners say enough s enough. enough. it's oneearea of the city.... homeowners worry if something isn't done...ssmeone will end up hurt before anyone is &phelped. crime and justice reporter joy lepooa hit the streets tt find out what iss homeownees are being done to stop thesee bbusee rom speeding. we who tells us.... he's aware - of the problem s is the m-t-a. here is a look at thh number 7 that homeowners say is all too often speeding down phe middle of their road as children play outsidd. besides it being a residential right cross theestreet whhre there is an abundance of animal lovers, runners and children. 36:01 they're out with their chalk coloring the sidewalk as they should be and we kind of stand around oo the stooo and heads as they come around the corner 36610 holland says she loves her neighborhood but it's disappointing when she considering the mayor has been sooout spoken about attracting mooe families to the city. joy lepola fox 45 news t 5:30. baltimore is honoring i

the victims of a devastating plannecrash innthe peart of the city of lagoss lagos.all 153 people on board the dana airrflight were pilled when thhown in a densely populated sunday.witnesses say the plane appeared to be avinn engine problems.they say it hit tail first... smashing into a and bursting into flames.at least ten people on the ground were killed.the police had to use batons toobeat back huge crowds of onlookers so that emergency crews could get through.nigeria's president has ordered a full innestigation. the.. battle of midway... is called.... and decisive blow... in the - history of naval warfare"... by... military historians..../ and... it's crediied with changiig the course... of tte pacific campaign.. in... world war wo. today.. marks the 70th nniverssry... of the battle of midway.../ to.. mark thh navy memorial.. .held a wreath-layinn ceremony.. in... the nationa's capitaa... with phe u-s navy band and cereeonial guard. "sailors whooare living their legacy and adapting as necessary in missions around the world. their future success and our future success pearn and to aaapt to the historical events of our world."

city officials admitted they're refunding ccmera tickets.... they were issued with innccurate information. but thats not thh breakdoon in the system. 3 last month, another motorist received this speed camera citation in tte mail.... he happens to be a fox 45 producerr... but whennhe no record of the ticket.... he couldn't pay the ticket online.....and when hh sent a check....the city sent t riiht back. "i got a ticket and they're telllng me no you ddn't it was mind boggling......run like the city calls the case is an extreme anolmaly somehow the city's computer system rejected the ticket because the zip code was omiited ... jeff abell, fox 45 news at :00.... 3 &it's... the anniversary ...of one oo... america's greatest... p and darkest... days .../ ago today, ... allied forces launched an pttack ... and... stormed... the beaches of normanny... in... german-occupied france...//.on... &pthousand... 3 the heaaily-fortified d on... the support ...of 13-thousand aircraft... 99--thousand... allied soldiers... were killed or wounded.. by... the end of the day.../. thh.. invasion... eventually.. turned the tide...

thh britiss government considered the i-r- a... a terroriss organiiation. p provocative advertisingg campaignnis making peoplee annryyin cities acrosscountry.it declares people including cat lovers and crazz old aunts... as deserving to di. die.and it doesn't stop &ptattoo... rock the hipster look or are a looker in general...or even a big smug overrll...then accooding to these posters, you deeerve to die as wll.an online search finds this wee site, no- one- with heesame posters - org....- scrolling by and countdown clock that expires at midnight tomorrow.the web site reads that: every year 160-ttouuand lives are losttto a deadly they deserved it. to think -3r 1:09-1:24"if it's like singling out certain people because thhy're wearing tattoos, or-you know, they're considered hippie, i think ttat's alls inappropriate.""i g kkoo what i'm saying...but pobody dessrves to die. comee on. iimean, that's a hell of a " statement."the ads have also seattle.theee aae speculativv reports thaa the campaign is tied to lung canccr. with the summmr olympic ames pxactly ooe month away... several athletes have thoughts of gold.but how are those medals

baltimore city heaath offfcials have declared today through suuday code red with thh teeperaturess reachiingrecordighs... any pre trying to finn a cool place to stay. anne arundel county hass ooened cooling centers.... drink of water and sit in the aar cooditioning. some of the hours... officiils are remiindng people to limit ouuside activities ann drink plenty of fluids. police... incident... that leftt.. two pmn hospitalized.../.one... of them.../ &p the... son of baltimore... city... state's attorney,.. gregg . haapened thursday....on.... - scott street... near... washington boulevard... in... south balttmore..../police.. say... 22-yeer-old... agreed... to ácutá each otter... as... part of... some kiid ...of... but.. that's when a fight ensued... and... both were innured.../.the... men... are each ...charged with... misdemeanor assault. . last night in west baltimoree has died ffom his injuriess police say the 41-year-old &pvicttm was lying in the oad along denison treet ear clifton avenue..e was taken to shockktrauma, and dded early this morning.no wood on a suspect or motive. ssate police are

thh hospital.. / no... &pword on their conditions at this hour. first on fox tonight mooe misttkes with speed cameras in baltimore city.eras on kelly avenue in mt. washington have been snapping pictures of motorists on this stretch of roadday since november....//. but city officials say the 83-hundded tickets handed out... list the wrong direction ii which ticketed motorrsts are travelling....// you can only travel east or wwst on this road...../ but the tickets ...ccte motorists for travelling eiiher nnrth or south....// the city calls t aa 'inputing error'..../. motorists... are calling it something plse. (21:02:30) "we'd hope they'd have the technology wherr its workinggproperly. its very disturbing to find out that maybe its not working. those victims who are gettinn all those fines and not doing anything wrong." wrong." even thoughhthe city admmts to these mistakes.....its not dismissing the citations. getting thee83-hundred tickets dismissed will most certainly require a trip to courtt a.. man... ccused ...of impersonating a police officer... chose... the wrong guy... to over..../ pplice... &p say... anthony .. .

....ut it didn't take llng before fireworks erupted at the city's board oo (prattt "this effort today issan effort of the mayor to take over thhies of the comptroller...." comptroller joan pratt accused payor stephanie rawlings blake of illegally spending 659-thousand tax dollarss...to purchase these high-tech video phones for city hall. the commtroller says the maaor pypasseddthe citys competiiive bidding process in order to pay or the phones for city offices. (15:37:00) "first of all you told an untruth and said you didn't know the equipment was installed and you did because it was on your desk....." (15:37:31) ""o you approved for rico singleton to spend taxpayers money illegally.. the mayor didn't comment on the accusation....but she did comment on the compttollers complaint that the mayor &pdodged questions aaout the issue on friday. (15:45:35) (maaor) "your office told us you were ut of i was not out oo town. ller) - (mayor) i'm just telling you what weewere told.. i ddn't have a ps on you...." the comptrolllr says the purchase of the phones violated the city's chaater.... attorney..... ((5:44:22) nilson) "there's no cha

city board of estimates last night. night.the board of estimates gave approval for a 9-percent hike in water...and sewer rates. the department of public works says thho help pay for repairssto tte city's aging infrassructure. but before the up to voice their opposition - to the increase. "we get our bills, we don't trust the depaatment n caaculating hem and ow mucc asking for an increase so they can mismanage more of our poney? i don't think so."//2nd to keep ten thousand peoppl in the city, you better start thinking about how how you can stop this bleeding from us beiig taxed to death." increese in city water e rates...goes into effeet today. if you live in area water...your rates will be set by county governments. an ellicott city man is arrested after damaging a speed cammrr. "bruce may" was charged with second degree assault, destruction of property and he fired glass marbles with a sling shot... at a speed camera van like this one... while the operator was still inside it ,,tuesday night.the operator of the van called police....who eventually stopped and arrested "may". two peee camera violations in - the last ffw weeks.he was released on a 3-t

thh... fire department...//. at... one time,.../ talks... turnee heatedd../ when... council president jack young... took on... phe mayor.. and fire chief.../. daniels.../, live at cityur cameras... "discussionn jeff..... the mayor has already released her budget that would close about a 48-million dollar shortfall.... .........but it won't eliminate the closure of three cityyfire companies...... .........and today.. protesters gathered tt voice hhll...............while ty couucil president jack young was inside.. with the fire chief.. on the hot seat. at baltimore city hall.. council president jack young moved.. during a heated &pexchange with fire chief jame clack.. over the closure of three fire companies. ((oung) "it's unacceppable to me.............young, at odds with the chief.. and the pending consequence that's part of mayor stephanie rawlings blake's budget cuus in her proposal............the council president.. fighting to save the fire companies, &pespecially the ladder trucks.... (young) "because if py scond floor ii burning down, i want somebody to be able to get up to that third fllor withhthat adder and rescue e. i payytaxes in this city too. and this

a new an the city is proposinggon super-sized suuary beverages asspart of its controversial war on obesit. obesity. --reporter pkg-as follows -- (natsssuper sized drinks like this are thh f a first- of-its kind ban that new yorkk mayor michhel bloomberg wants to impose.(nats)his proposal? prohibit sugary drinks largerr than 16 ounces. he canceled a news conference to appear with his health commissioner, and instead went on msnbc to running a nannyystate that's gone too far. "we're not trying to take away anybbdy's right to do anything. alll we're trying to do is remmnd youuthat this is something that shhuld be, not shoull be, and to do something about this national epidemic. it's not perfect." this is bloomberg's latest health initiative to make waves. he banned smoking in public places, cut outttrans fats in restaurants, and has restaurants post calories.in harlem, which has some of the highest obesity and diabetes rates in te city--there's not a bad idea because if you raise the price or if you ban it then ourrchildren have a better chance of a healthy life.""i hink it's ridiculous. i think itts just anooher step in trying to control what people are doing and i think

city is looking to overhaul it's ppone system. office has been working on a &pllng-term contract with i-b-m... it turns ut thhr a plan oo er own.. aplannttat's already cost a lot of money --just for a pilot progrrm.and now it's being called into question - legally and ethically. records show the mayor's office has paid more ttan 650- thousand dollars so far for fancy new telephones and tech-support from a company callee digicon. turns out the mayor has been working with digicon consultants for years. the company's submitted invoices for services that add uu to 9 million dollars over the last few yearss.ut the latest purccases for phones scruuiny. the mayyr's office never put the purchase contract out for competitive bidding. theyysimply attached it to an ood connract witt their partner - digicon. and the mayor's office claams there's nothing wrong with that. ábutá the comptroller says t's a violation of the law. and the inspector general is now investigating. our own digging. ffx 45 has foonddother companies online that charge much less than the city paid for some of the equipment. technology eeperts aren'' s

city's premier .. toursit attraction.../. brochin... follows... state delegate pat mcdonough .../ who... p lsoo...caaled on the mayor.... to... bring in state troopers..../. but... thh.. wouldn't respond. "the state ollce havv amazing resources well trained... cooodinated effort downtown feel safe you go to work tourist cites police wall to wa" wall."police... ave a new plan for downtown, ... which includes more... foot patrols. three months... - that thousands .... of... city water customers ... were... over-charged..../.. some... customers ...are still complaining... about sticker shock. shock. the... latest waterr bill....at a... hamilton home... amounted... tt just under... 21-hundred dollars..../ its ... normmlly 70-dollars.../.. relatives... say... the past "thhee" bills... have been... incrediily... high..../ especially... since the man... who lives alone ...in the house ... has beee ...in the hospital.. for months. 3 "you looking at a bill almost 400-dolalrs somethings wrong. you get another bill thats 600-dolllrs somethings wrong. i turn oof the water and get a 2000- billl...somethings wrong!" &pwrongg" the family... will meet... city water officials... lat

..there's a very good conversation on facebook about thhs one tonight...with to facebook dot com slash fox- baalimore... and leave your comments. city taxpayers... another ... pay off ... lawsuits... against... a... city police officer.../. today ... the city... approved... a 100--thousand dollar payment.. to compensate a baltimore city during an uries... - arrest..../ the... city saas... shh ... was talkknn to drug suspects... at the time.. / the ... ost recenn settllment... aads... to the ...more than ... one milliin dolllrs ...paad his year ... to settleelawsuits... in tonight's waste watch report. report... the mayor... ii... the hot seat... as... the comptrrller... accuses her... of makingg.. ttousands of dollars.. inn illegal purchases. how it all unfoldedd.... pnfolded..... (exterior city hall) (15:49:52) "the mayor is not beiig truthful. she's not &pbeeng honest....." the ageeda seemed routine.....ut it didn't take long befooe fireworks erupted aatthe city's boaad of estimaaes.... (15:34431) (pratt) "this effort today is an effort of the mayor to take over the duties of the comptrooler...." ccmptroller joan pratt accused may

city cop... who just witnessed ...a druu deal... outside... his home.../. that's.. when ...santiago... pulled the man from his car... and slammed him to thhnd. 6600:27 it was scary because he had hhs finger n the trigger and eeerything he coulddhave sneezed and shot me so i was thinkinn there was a chance i could ie :36 :36 a ...spokesman for the &pbaltimore p--d... says.. officer... since 2006. 3&police... found... shot to - death... in baltimore county.../ ccunty..../ 30-year-old... ... everal times... wednesday... in... a... ground floor &papartment... on... garden drive in essex.../ no,... signs oo forced entry... and... no suspects ...at his time.../.detectives... arr offering... a... 2- to... anyone with information. 3 it was a good day ffr photo op when things ... get... áwildá... at camera..../ 7-year-old... 3 alex hawker ...was posing for a picture... in... front of the lion's den.../ whee... he... got quite... the surprise. "it jumped on the glass, and i said, 'what was that?' then i looked. it was a ion." hawker's dad... capturee the picture ...of his son's... wild encounter ...with the sayy... it was ...sheer luck... / a... a.

diversity in the city. 22:54:48 i'm happy that the judge considered everything and fashioned a senttnce she thought was right. i'm happy cultural iversity because i thinn at the base of thhs is all the ultural diversity piece that he needs to be more educated on 55:01 55:0122:58:54 she told him do what i'm asking you tt do and comeeback and i'll considerr probatton before judgment and i'm real optimistic she'd do what if he upholds his end. pnd. ftee 18 months, the judge says she the judge says she may be willing to modify werdessiem's ennence to probation before judgment. a baltimooe city homicide detective who says he was shot in a downtown parking garage is charged with lying about it. these are pictures from the scene in january of last year...when anthonn fata saidd a gunman shot him in the leg. he gave only a vague description of that gunman. fata told the story to the commission...but prosecutors say he lied about it... trying to get benefits.fata also paces 2 charges of misconduct. controversy over jerry sanduskyystill getting a state pension ... after being found guilty of child sex abuse. abuse.a jury convicted the former penn state coach on 45 of 48 counts.but