members by a contractor running the city owned 1st maainer arena the questiin today...is okay for top cityicials to accept free tickets to sold out concerts.and not let anyone know about..a debate that goes to the heart of what "it's not a miiues of city :37 property"in the case of the tickets... the board debates if the freebies consitutute a gift from a firm doing business with the cityeven though the mayor says are simply a perk that comes with the office.14:11:54 i think when your outlet and other are focusing on practice that's been going on since 88 it tells me one thing.. that crime is gone down,but the ethics board has doubtsaand finally decidesato investigatea&over some misues of city property" not a 12:28:18"i think the ticket is an issue enough peoplehave questions about that it ought to be looked at"it's the process of enforcing the city ethics code that receives little scrutiny until a big ticket issue like this, but is the ethics board doing it's &pjob? is the process that is supposed to weed out conflicts of interest...workinglu peirson, head of ethics board, says it is...in

top... city officials.../. a... perk... that's... coming under... fire..../ tonighh,... a... special board... wants to know more moretoday the city's ethics board gathered for meeting at city hall. and they decided to launch an inquiry into who gets the tickets and the decision making process about how they are doled out. a probe approved by the board after a long debate 12:28:26"i think the ticket issue is an issue enough people have quesitons about that it ought to be looked into" into" the mayor's office released a statement just about an hour ago. in it she says the practice of recieving free tickets to 1st mariner arena is a long standing one. the mayor also pointed out that her administration isn't the first to receive the tickets. baltimore... police... arrest... two men ... they say... went on... a... robbery spree ... that included nine businesses... in... the city... and... baltimore county. police... identifid... .... ryan leonard ... and... ... tay--ron jones ... thru... surveillance video...//.the... area ...of the robberies... was limited... to... the... "lakela

top... city officials.../. a... perk... that's... coming under... fire..../ tonight,... a... special board... wants to know more 3& it was records released to fox 45 which documented free tickets provided by 1st marinber arena for the mayor, her staff and her family along with city council members that stoked contoversy over ethics. free passes to see big name acts like jay z and beyonce that didn't cost city officiall...a dime.. should these gifts have been disclosed? well today the city's ethics board took up that question in a meetiig at city hall. and they decided to luanch an inquiry into who gets the tickets anddthe decision making process about how theyy are doled out. a probe approved by the board this morning after a long debate 12:28:26"i think the ticket issue is an issue enough people have quesitons about that it ught to be looked into" the mayor's office just issued a statement saying the practice of recieving free tickets to 1st mariner arena is long standing and no different than any previous adminstrations. joy leppla fox 45 news at 5. aa.. trial date... is..

members by a contractor running the city owned 1st mariner arena the question today...is okay for top cityls to accept free tickets to sold out concerts.and not let anyone know about..a debate that goes to the heert of what the ethics board...and the law that governs it...does12:09:37 "it's not a isues of city property"in the case of the tickets... the board debates if the freebies consitutute a gift from a firm doing business with the cityeven though the mayor says are simply a perk that comes with the office.14:11:54 i think when your outlet and other are focusing on practice that's been going on since 88 it tells me one thing.. that crime is gone down, but the ethics board has doubtsa&and finally decidesato investigateaover sooe objections.12:09:37"it's not a misues of city property" 12:28:18"i think the ticket is an issue enough peoplehave questions about that it ought to beelooked at"it's the process of eeforcing the city ethics code ttat receives little scrutiny until a big the ethics board doing it's job? is the process that is supposed to weed out conflicts of interest...workinglu

in the top ten four aussie cities. i was impressed. e the top for the second year in a row, my hometown, perth, number nine and didn't see an american one in the top ten. sorry. canadian ones and vienna. calgary, places like that. >> thank you, michael. good to see you. >>> it could affect the way you pay for your house, who becomes the next president, all happening an ocean away and we'll tell you why europe's latest economic troubles have everything to do with your bottom line. in today's challeng environment. unless you have the right perspective. bny mellon wealth management has the vision and experience to look beyond the obvious. we'll uncover opportunities, find hidden risk, and make success a reality. bny mellon wealth management i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses

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drinking on top of ellicott city sign with rose petals and looking down onnold ellicott city. now... as the crowds gather below watching thh investigation unfold... neighbors are mourning the loss. (diane conolley)"you expect that children will outlive their parents and its really a tragedy when children go to the mothers and ads of the - two young ladies.. who were pastor)"god weeps too when traaedies like this happen and as the faith community is present and works ttwards healing... but its a terrible l" loss"the families are preparing for their funerals. but so far... no details have been released about those pervices. police need your help finding a missing teen. teen.this is 16 year old nyaira mcmillion.she was last seen august 17th at her grandmother's home in dundalk... wearing a white and pink striped shirt.. capri jeans and silver strapped sandals.police think she may have gone to meet someone she met online.if you have any information call police at 410-307- 2020. 3 five people are under arrest... accused in a series of scams... that included tying up and assaulting

drinking on top of ellicott city sign down on old ellicott city. now... as the crowds gather below watching the investigation unfold... neighbors are mourning the loss. (diane conolley)"you expect that children will outlive their parents and its really a tragedy when children go first... so my heart goes out to the mothers and dads of the two young ladies.. who were killed"(kathy vitek- tragedies like this happen and as the faith community gathers. gathers. again both of the victims were getting ready to return to college. now their families are preparing for their ffnerals. so far... no details have been released about those services. the area... coming up next in - haaf hour... hear what they admit about the raiiroad pracks.i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. 3 a homeless shelter employee is suspended ... after a female resident claims not only did he assaulttáherá... but her baby, too.it's a story you're seeing first on fox. fox.the incidenttallegedly took place sunday evening at the "sarah's hope" shelter for women and children in west baltimore1

'drinking on top of ellicott city sign with rose petals' and: 'looking down on old ellicott city'. this afternoon neighbors watched the cleanup and mourned the loss of the two teens. (diane conolley)"you expect that children will outlive their parents and its really a tragedy when children go first... so my heart goes out to the mothers and dads of the two young ladies.. who were kil" killed" teenagers at the crash scene tell us, the railroad tracks are a hangout for kids. the accident... in... ellicott city.. is... causing... all sorts of... problems... for commuters...//. for... more... on... that... and your driving connit. conditions...brandi proctor has our traffic edge report. report. mapmapbelairmapfiber so a quick recap of what we kno. know....a c-s-x train derailed in ellicott city just after midnight... killing two young tracks.21 cars came off the tracks... some of them landing in a parking lot below a bridge... crashing cars. cars.we'll have much more on the victims of the accident coming up at ffx 45 news at 5:30. a... follow up ...to a story... we... first... brought

cities into this mix. i believe there were three at of the top 20 that have a scenario where there are separated. if it was the desire of the commission, i could go back and add in all the other cities. i purposely excluded those because i wanted us to be more about a scenario like san francisco, where it is separated completely from everything else. as far as the primary, i was only looking at november of general elections. if you want me to look at the primaries, that would require me to go look at every other primary prior to that. there is a different type of voter turnout, so there is a little bit of a difference there. i do not think it ties -- over votes would be important for education purposes. i am not sure it is exactly there. but if the commission wishes to, i to do that. there was a comment about first and last round information. i did not want to make a decision. there were people coming at me from about sides. -- both sides. i inc. first-round and final round to allow people to compare the two. i did not want to get in the middle of that discussion. supervisor campos: anything else?

two maryland cities make the top ten ... in money places to ive in america. america.columbia and ellicott city came in at number 8.the magazine says ellicott city's charming downtown.... and thoughtfully planned community add to the charm.the city that topped the list?carmel, indiana. two maryland schools are making the rank of two very different lists... one as a party school... the other as a stone-cold sober school. the university of maryland college park ranked number 16 on the princeton review list of party schools.west virginia university topped that list.on the flip side... the u-s naval academy is annapolis ranks third on the list of stone cold sober schools.brigham young university in utah is number one. &ptoss to anchors 3 to work or stay home. home.a new survey just may help you make a decision... find out if working moms or those who stay at home are happier... next. walk between two trucks... find out if this is real... or just a little hollywood magic. you're watching fox 45 good day baltimore. ((bump out)) ((break 1)) 3 3 to work or stay home...

one of just two where the city's top leaders stopped to meet and reassure. the mayor of san jose along with the city manager, fire chief and chief of police stopped by bible way christian center in san jose to participate in national night out. >> it really is a partnership with the community to say, look get to know each other so when something goes on you can know who can help. >> we need more officers and the more neighborhoods we can organize the better it is for our city. >> reporter: ahead of the national night out of the event, san jose leaders unveiled another way for city residents to connect and communicate online. through a social media network called next door. >> reporter: the city's top cop was upbeat. just this morning his officers declined to proceed with a no confidence vote against him. but sent him a strong message that they expected him to do more to fix the department's problem. many with we spoke to said it is up to the residents themselves to step up and keep their streets safe. >> the reason why i came out here and see people. you know

the phone system in city hall.city comptroller joan pratt files a "freedom of information act" request with the mayor's office. office. the request seeks details regarding the mayor's top aides and their involvement in the purchase of a controversial phone system. pratt accuses the mayor of skirting the city's competitive bidding process to purchase the system... at the same time her office was evaluating competitive bids. the inspector general is now investigating the purchase. three delaware childcare employees face serioos charges for encouarging toddlers to fight.dover police are not releasing the cell phone video from march ... but say it shows the female workers ennouraging two 3-year-olds to fight.the incident was reportedly discovered during an unrelated investigation. police say in the video... a daycare worker can be heard telling a crying child... "no pinching onll punching"" 21-36 "the kids was crying. obviously did not wanttto partake in this and was basically urged to continue on so again as i said it's sickening to see it. it's unfo" unfortunate."tte daycare's business license... is now suspended. an authorized biography... about the life of late penn st

new study compared job growth in top u.s. cities for july of 2012 to july of last year. francisco in the top spot houston number two, denver third. there's a tie for fourth phoenix and seattle, both have seen job growth. >>> measure protecting you from being tracked by police is a step closer to governor brown's desk this morning. the state assembly approve the measure yesterday. for years police have been able to search and follow people use dag that received from their electronic device. the senator who sponsored the measure says that is not right. the measure would require police to obtain a warrant based on probable cause. the bill does allow tracking in an emergency situation or if someone's life is at risk. >>> scientists may have devised a new way to better protect soldiers from the heat of a bomb blast the key is a new camouflage face paint hides soldiers from the enemy also showeds them from a bomb's heat. when bombs detonate there are two blasts the first a wave of high pressure the second is a blast of heat that can exceed 1,000 degrees fahrenheit researchers s

one of just two where the city's top leaders stopped to meet and reassure. the mayor of san jose along with the city manager, fire chief and chief of police stopped by bible way christian center in san jose to participate in national night out. >> it really is a partnership with the community to say, look get to know each other so when something goes on you can know who can help. >> we need more officers and the more neighborhoods we can organize the better it is for our city. >> reporter: ahead of the national night out of the event, san jose leaders unveiled another way for city residents to connect and communicate online. through a social media network called next door. >> reporter: the city's top cop was upbeat. just this morning his officers declined to proceed with a no confidence vote against him. but sent him a strong message that they expected him to do more to fix the department's problem. many with we spoke to said it is up to the residents themselves to step up and keep their streets safe. >> the reason why i came out here and see people. you know

cities into this mix. i believe there were three at of the top 20 that have a scenario where there are separated. if it was the desire of the commission, i could go back and add in all the other cities. i purposely excluded those because i wanted us to be more about a scenario like san francisco, where it is separated completely from everything else. as far as the primary, i was only looking at november of general elections. if you want me to look at the primaries, that would require me to go look at every other primary prior to that. there is a different type of voter turnout, so there is a little bit of a difference there. i do not think it ties -- over votes would be important for education purposes. i am not sure it is exactly there. but if the commission wishes to, but if the commission wishes to, i to do th

it is number one for the top ten cities in australia. three are in canada. or education, health care, crime, culture. top american cities are honolulu, pittsburgh, washington, atlanta, miami, and chicago. i can attest to chicago. because it is a fabulous city. >> only place better in your mind, michigan. paula loves michigan. >> not that i don't love new york. different here. >> my hometown. a nice city. i leak >> a 19-year-old arizona college student says the new york jets' quarterbk is her dream man. she launched a social media campaign to attract his e getjenadatewithtimtebow facebook page has 300 members. >> jen knows it is a long shot. hoping to beat the odd by getting tebow to go out with her next may on her 20th birthday. >> now that he lives in new york there is plenty of potential here. >> tebow mania. >> a good guy. >> didn't say he wasn't a good guy. tebow mania, crazy. he is a good guy. coming up if you didn't win last night's powerball. see how you increase the odd next tomb yime you play. >> you have got to buy a ticket. i didn't do that. you di

i lived for the top 20 cities in the united states with a system that had was separated. i could go back and look at that. that is also tied to state offices. since we have our mayor and other citywide office is elected other citywide office is elected in a separate election, i d

area still at the lowest jobless rate among the nation's top cities.he region had a 5.7% unemployment rate. in d.c. it was 9.1%. suburban maryland came in lower at 6.2%. northern virginia had the lowest jobless rate in the region at 4.5%. >>> wouldn't it be great to be in two places at once? well, microsoft is working on a robot that will allow people to do just that. here's the downside, though. some offices could be run by a virtual boss when the real manager is on vacation. at microsoft's research hardware lab, engineers are working on how to be in two places at once. one idea is to have cameras on a robot so you can monitor the office at a distance. >>> thanks, jess. >>> it is 6:38. in nine minutes, a little morning magic. learn where you can see a live performance and it includes happy hour. >> howard says weather won't make you happy. hot, humid, 9 0s. a couple of -- 90s. a couple of storms here and there. keep it right here. ♪ i've never felt this way before, but it's a scary time to be a woman. mitt romney is just so out of touch. [ female anno

departmeet that saw it's lowest homicide numbers in decades.anthonn batts was introduced as tte city's new top cop yesterray.batts aapeared on ox45 morning news today.he says he plans to build on theesuccess of his predecesser... fred bealefeld. you come in and you put your tweaks on things but if it's not broken don't fix it. if things are going well i don't have to be a micromanager. i want the creativiiy from my command staf. &pstaff.commissioner batts officially takes command on septembbr 27th. that brings us to our question of the day.do you like the choice of anthony batts for baltimore city policc commissioner? go to fox-baltimore dot om and tell us what you think. you can also sound off through at foxbaltimore. and you can text your answer to 45203. enter fox45a for yes.. or fox45b for nn. flooding -- a major concern for the people of the gulf coast....//as... &pisaac... dumps... heavy rain and high winds on the collins... is n... new - prleans with the latest. latest. 3 3 &p3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3- 3 3 3 3 3 so what is theelatest on hurriiane isaac aad how mightt it affect our weather

baltimore has a new top cop.who he is... and why some citycil memebers are already upset with the decision. decision. there's a major ssx scandal rocking the department of homeland security. there are allegations of sexual harassment, demands for sexual favors and sexual piscrimination. alleged perpetrators are in secretary janet napolitano's inner circle.the federal government has requested the judge haadling a related lawsuit block out the most embarrassing details. too late. we've got the lawsuit on our website.this is a growing trend. the federal goveenment tries to hide the identities of emplooees who misbehave - even criminal conduct such as sttalingg have a right to privacy -- tte government argues. too often, government employees who commit cciminal acts don't even lose their jobs. we examinee one agency. after it was proved workers sttle ffom the government nearly one-half received no punishment whatsoever. they merely repaid the money ttey stole.a federal court agreed with blocking out names in one case involving loss of life. the c

. >>> it's something most of you already know, san francisco is the top dining city in the nation. >>ity by the bay has 50% more restaurants per household than connecticut. when it comes to drinking, new orleans wins. no surprise there. san francisco came in at number 8 in that category. >>> tomorrow, big day, the first day of track and field, very exciting. and one of my favorite events. trampolining. i love trampolining. we also have more swimming, women's volleyball and water polo. >> it's going to be a great day. >> look at there, a beautiful weather shot from london. raj is saying it's a little blustery there. >> is he out getting his coffee right now? >> they are looking at a chance of showers today, as we head into saturday, maybe even a few thunderstorms which could come into play in track and field. >> here in the bay area, what does it look like at home? one last shot. >> that's beautiful out there. >> it's going to be an exciting day in the olympics and the summer games. locally, it's going to be sunny here. >> we have great weather here for tomorrow. >> we all want to be i

four maryland towns cracked the top 25. city is making the list include a waldorf and gaithersburg. >> some good news for foodies looking for a deal. restaurant week will be extended by a weak by some restaurants. some are offering the deals through the end of the month. you can visit the baltimore county restaurant website for that information. no ambassadors and no heads of state. a younger crowd at the white house. 54 students for the first ever kids state dinner. they are all winners of the healthy challenge. they to design a recipe using the nutritional guidelines. >> me and my mom -- we sampled some health food and i asked my mother if we could get some and she said yes. >> yes, you can eat healthy. congratulations to the recipe of sizzling tofu with green onions and sugar snap peas. >> sounds yummy. >> now insta-weather plus and traffic pulse 11 together. >> word of an accident southbound on >> follow breaking news and weather any time at wbaltv.com, blocking the left lane. in ellicott city, we have some closures on frede

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she took it at the top of daily city. there is a slide show on the front page of our web site. you'll find it on abc 7 news.com. >> and stay with us for continuing coverage of the fire, we'll have the latest information on our web site. >> and there are scams where a suspect tried to sell a rental car. >> taking a look at treats found with high levels of something that can make you sick. >> and cars turn together road of to celebrate a major milestone today. the news continues in one minute. >>> and a shelter in place covered a radius in capitola road to moresy boulevard. it was issued at 10:00 this morning when crews broke through the lane. and and the homes on la fonda were evacuated. and shelter in place was lifted this afternoon. >> and san jose police officers are giving up, members of the association decided against taking a vote of no confidence. union leaders say the vote would have been unnecessary distraction for more pressing issues. >> i'm hopeful that maybe we'll see a little bit more back bone out of them. and step up and get the message out to the community and c

they were sitting on a train bridge near downtown he will cot city, levitating is the caption. the tweet reads, drinking on topthe city sign with rose petals. minutes after those tweets were sent, a freight train bound for baltimore loaded with coal careened off the tracks killing the 19-year-olds. >> it was like screeching like it was stopping. it was really loud. i felt like even my table shake a little bit. it was really, really intense. >> the first 21 cars of the 80-car train derailed, tomorrow willing off the bridge and into a downtown area of the city. mayer had just shared a bird's eye view of the street minutes before it became the scene of a tragedy. the two high school friends were spending time together before returning to college. mayer, a nursing student at the university of delaware, nash beginning her second year at james madison university in virginia. trains have run through this city for nearly 200 years much this was the worst derailment in the city's history. investigators hope april camera mounted on the train helps them determine what caused the crash. three crew members escaped the acci

the other "looking down on old ellicott city and drinking on top. ellicott city sign." investigators are looking into whether the two women contributed to the crash or if it was all a terrible coincidence. >>> criticism for a group of retired military officers and cia officers who paid for a new attack ad that goes after president obama. >>> worse than ever are leak -- worse than ever are leaks coming out of the white house. they are claiming leaks were made to filmmakers. that's something the white house doe mys. martin dempsey says the ads break a sacred military creed, respect for the commander-in- chief. >> if someone uses the uniform, whatever uniform it is for partisan politics, i'm disappointed by that. i think it does erode the bond of trust. we feel like we're doing the right thing. >> the group is claiming it is nonpartisan but several have ties to the republican party. >>> well, todd aiken said he will not drop out of his bid for the u.s. senate. the republican lawmaker says he believes voters in his state will be standing behind him. alison burns is live in

drinking on top of ellicott city sign with rose petals and looking down on old ellicott city. now... as the crowds gather below watching the investigation unfold... neighbors are mourning the loss. (diane conolley)"you expect that children will outlive their parents and its really a tragedy when children go first... so my heart goes out to the mothers and dads of the two young ladies.. who were killed"(kathy vitek- pastor)"god weeps too when tragedies like this happen and as the faith community gathers. gathers. again both of the victims were gettinggready to return to college. now their families are preparing for their funerals. so far... no details have been released about those services. we did talk to other teens in the area... coming up next half hour... hear what they admit about the railroad tracks.i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. 3 a homeless shelter employee is suspended ... after a female resident claims not only did he assault áherá... but her baby, too.it's a story you're seeing firstton foo. fox.the incident allegedly took place sunday evening at the "sara

new study from the arizona state school of business compared job growth in top u.s. citiesof 12 to july of last year, san francisco top spot up 3 1/2%. houston at number two, denver in third place with 23% and tie for fourth, phoenix and seattle just under 23%. >>> coming up, we are -- we are continuing to follow two stories in san jose, police are investigating the city's 33 homicide of the year. >>> in san francisco police have given the all-clear after a several items forced more than 70 people to

and how we are rounding out the top 10 cities. this is not the bottom of the bottom. they had about 1000 people participating in this survey from august 8th to the 19th . >> mark: we will take a quick break and come out jobless claims, the dow is down right now. we will talk more on the markets with a rob like coming up in just a moment. @(@(zy9Ñówño gñ÷?ó?q @ b >> darya: to the west now virus has been found and species of and mosquitos. there have been 20 dead birds that have tested positive and now three chickens have also been infected. those chickens were kept by the district to monitor the presence of what's now. for the second time and one with a bay area baseball player is suspended for failing a drug test this time is an oakland a's veteran who tested positive for testosterone. he got a 50 game suspension. milky cabrera receive the same punishment last week. he was having his best season of his life. and residents in the caribbean southern florida area are stocking up on supplies ahead of tropical storm isaac. yesterday a tropical storm warning was issued for