and on the fight -- an unidentified man was found shot. a trail of blood was followed to the playground, where they say he was shot several times. >> i have been here 30 years. >> the victim was rushed to an area hospital and later pronounced dead. on thursday, two shootings kept homicide busy, including the death of donte gunther, killed in his home in the 100 block of south highland avenue after a gunman shot him through his front window. and an unidentified man was killed in northwest baltimore. the motive in that shooting is not clear. thursday's shooting broke the largest stretch without a homicide for the year. it lasted nine days. and while the more than a week- long reprieve should be noted, some are still concerned for their safety. >> it was good for a while, and it is just starting back up. i hope it does not get any worse. >> it concerns me. >> police are still looking for suspects. in tonight's project economy report, the housing market may be bouncing back. yesterday, the national association of realtors reported that resales

police arrested the unidentified driver. the person he hit was taken to the hospital and is expected to recover. >>> city police want your help to find another hit and run driver. 67-year-old john yates was killed while riding a bicycle in the 2800 block of maryland avenue yesterday. he was hit by a truck and police believe that the driver didn't even know that he hit anyone. if you have any information about this case, you're asked to call baltimore city police at: >>> police have arrested a man in miami, florida for a murder in glen bernie. joseph serio is charged with killing george lamont last month. the victim was found july 15. witnesses told police he shot gordon to death and escaped to florida. he was arrested in miami on unrelated charges and police connected him to the maryland murder. >>> three frederick county students are charged with burning a rival high school football field. it hammed this past weekend but the damage was discovered monday. the 17-year-old suspects are from brunswick high school. the fire mars

the small-framed young woman remains unidentified. who is she? how did she come to be murdered and thrown way like trash? cops work around the clock to make an id. >> i reached into the dumpster, pulled up the flap, i discovered the body. >> a shocking discovery. a 20-something woman's body found in a suitcase. >> a call about 7:00 this morning, from a subject that had been lookinging if recycleables. >> man trolling the dumpster finds the woman. the police find a nude, small-framed woman inside a small suitcase. >> it was probably about a three-foot suitcase. he lifted it up, you could see a shoulder and an arm. there where no clothes on it. >> an autopsy just conducted, trying to determine cause of death. >> how they got it in a suitcase that small, i don't know. it's horrible. >>> also tonight, lady justice does a back flip. a 27-year-old policeman, shot dead when he rescues a hopeless man from an attack by street thugs. the killer gets the death penalty. the courts bend over back wards for the killer. former president jimmy carter and the pop

the judge said the prosecution depends partly on unnamed and unidentified witnesses, but he also says the evidence that the men had put together, a large stash of weapons, was enough to show they do indeed pose a danger. the feds arrested boyd and his two sons and four other men last week. an eighth suspect on the loose and believed to be in pakistan. and courtroom action today and what investigators say would have been the most serious terror attack in australia's history. five men arrested and accused of planning an assault on one of the country's military bases. we're told one suspect made an angry scene in court. he is muhammad fattal. he refused to stand, denied he was a terrorist, accused australian troops of killing innocent people overseas. the cops say he and four others are members of an extremist group that is linked to al qaeda. and officers arrested the five during several raids earlier this week after a seven-month investigation. well, he won the citizenship with one of the greatest plays in super bowl history. and he's the pride of las vegas, mississippi. his team hasn'

[ laughter ] >> oh my god. >> reporter: an unidentified young woman hallucinating after smoking salvia, a relative of the herb sage. >> this isn't real. this isn't real. none of this is really happening. >> reporter: it is really happening, and city officials in ocean city say it was happening too often for them. salvia was widely available in shops along the boardwalk, but now ocean city's city council has passed a $1,000 fine for the sell or possession of salvia. [ laughter ] >> reporter: experts on drug use say salvia is dangerous, even though the high lasts only about five minutes. >> a kid could walk across the street and be hit by a car. could walk off a balcony. lots of bad things happen when kids take hallucinogenic drugs. >> reporter: earlier this year, the maryland house of delegates passed a statewide ban on the drug, but the state senate adjourned without voting on the issue, which is why salvia remains legal in most of maryland. a situation mike calls crazy. >> i'm out there along with other people trying to educate kids and parent, and then they say well it's legal. so wh

an unidentified man was hit. it appears his foot was severed. he's being treated at shock trauma. >>> new details released about the car crash involving baltimore's hometown here michael phelps. phelps didn't cause the accident but is given a citation anyway. >> wjz is the only station to capture olympic star michael phelps giving his police statement minutes after he smashed into another car. >> michael phelps was the only person who went to her and asked how she was, opened the passenger side door, leaned in. he was the only attentive person. everybody else was taking pictures with their cell phones. >> reporter: the other driver was given a citation for failure to obey a traffic signal. carrying a fine and three points on her license. she ran a red light. police are relying one witness testimony who they say during the interview didn't know that phelps was involved in the accident. >> reporter: the olympian is also sited for driving with a non-valid michigan license and for never establishing residency. >> i realize he travels a lot. he's got

an unidentified relative. then at 1:00 she talked to her brother again, and this is where everything went into action sort of here, because the brother said, are you okay? she said, no, you know, i'm feeling sick. you know, things are spinning around. the brother said, look, stay where you are. at the time she was at a pull-off area near the tapin-z bridge. apparently she didn't stay there for whatever reason, we don't know. and we also don't know how her cell phone stayed there on the pull-off area. in fact, investigators made that discovery a couple days later, after this crash. >> unleash the lawyers. victim's rights advocates out of california jurisdiction, gloria allred. mickey sherman out of new york. and stacey schneider also out of new york. come on, mickey. i was at mcdonald's yesterday morning, and i'd been up since about 4:00 a.m. with the twins. they probably thought i was drunk. i could hardly see. i was trying to order little hash browns, and then i mistook them for a burger king and asked for ap

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police found an unidentified woman in a suitcase in anaheim. police trying to feverishly make an i.d. of her. we will be right back. we are taking your calls live, but tonight's safety tips. with millions of people trying to squeeze in a summer vacation, tips how on to stay healthy on the road. check your vaccines when on the road. stay hydrated. drink water. move around on the plane. avoid stomach problem. wash your hands. watch what you eat and drink. pack medications in a small first aid kit. travel with your family's medical history. know the location of the nearest hospital. that's so important. watch your children at all times during water activities. and remember, please, buckle up. for more information go to the centers for disease control and prevention at cdc.gov. ddddd >>> to find something like that, 7:00 in the morning, getting ready to go to work, have something like that happen. why our neighborhood? why here? because it's probably 200 to 300 feet back there where they dropped the body in the dumpster. why they picked that p

. >> unidentified 21-year-old man was taken in to custody after the landing in oakland california. >>> police say connecticut man stole a 32-foot boat and tried to get away with it in broad daylight. in this police car video see police officers following the boston whaler up i-95. several miles in to the pursuit the suspect starts weaving and the boat flips off the trailer and is dragged along the road. the officers have the suspects in custody and the boat as well. >> got to secure the boats to the trailers. >>> your complete first warning forecast 2.5 minutes away. >>> this is a look at today's midday stocks. >>> shih-tzu, they are great dogs, they don't shed, zero. they do get up and leave. this is poochie, she is 3 years old. i got one of these dogs. they are really relaxed dogs, i mean big time. they don't shed and particularly smart. she needs a home. 235-8826. area code 410. >>> we got a ton of weather to talk about. tim it's so humid out there it's to say that it's humid is a insult to the current conditions no way to describe it. >> we have showers popping up already, a front

they're discussing releasing the video it clearly shows that an unidentifiable truck did not signal when it turned on west lafayette killing the cyclist. police are trying to identify the truck and drive. >>> yesterday we told you how someone shot miss shirley. she is on a first name basis because of her love for cherry hill. the 59-year-old, there she is with the phone in hand is smile and her face. a bullet came through her window and lodged in letter left breast. she just returned home from buying school supplies. >> it's tough because he's been a community activists for a long, long time. she gives everything to the community. takes money out of her pocket to provide snacks at the rec center. >> miss shirley is more committed to helping out the neighborhood kids and that brings hope an inspiration to other activists and they're planning a peace march and rally right outside her home. and the police are still looking for the shooter. >>> turning to sports now, the orioles can't seem to pull it together. yesterday afternoon they closed out a 3-game series against the oakland a's. they

he made a phone call and had a conversation with an unidentified person before going into the gym. in one of its online entries 0 "may be soon i will see god and jesus." >> firefighters had to take extra precautions battling a small blaze in springfield this morning. nearly 40 snakes also lived in this home on shropshire our courts. only two of them survived. 36 other snakes, scorpions, rats, and an iguana did not survive. a teenager says he was breathing the snakes, none of which were poisonous. a new state of the art pediatric emergency department has broken down -- broken ground. the project will be funded by an $11 million government grant. part of a government initiative and has primary and emergency medical care in underserved areas of the city. the hospital used to be known as greater southeast. the telegraph road-interstate 95 in duch age wiinterchange willpy close today. drivers blewill te abo aess egel beltway tomorrow.ra beltway tomorrow. other ramps will be closed. if drivers will follow the torch or find alternate routes. the worker might be delayed, if the weather get

. >> driver's licenses, credit cards, unidentified documents from several states. >> personal information from hundreds of victims from virginia and florida were covered, as well as people from ellicott city and elkridge did two of the suspects remain behind bars. >>> coming up, the premier college basketball team could lose a final player, because of player cheated on the s.a.t.. we will update you on the ted kennedy's condition. and doctor kim hammond from falls road animal hospital is here to answer your pet questions. e-mail them to petquestions@wbaltv.com. >> in poor health, legendary lawmaker senator ted kennedy has asked his home state of massachusetts to overturn a law that would expedite the process of a finding a successor. he wrote a letter to the governor, state senate president, and house speaker tom asking them to change the law pretty was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor last may. >>> the university of memphis will have to take the better it raised last season. it will be stripped of the 38 wins from that season. current nba star and former memphis blair was found to

after weeks of living with friends the mold is still there with the top covered in an unidentified substance and flooded floors. >> the sink was never used and dishwasher was never used and tub was never used. >> i don't mind standing here. i want a clean place. >>> a spokesperson for the parent company says there are moisture issues and maintenance is working to find the source of the problem. until then they have offered to pay for students to stay in a hotel or move into a one or two bedroom until a another one opens up. >>> not too much traffic for friday evening. we have the report now. >> hi, karen. >> that's not exactly a case. we are checking in. and it is pretty far down. doing better on jfx. 55 miles per hour and 56 on 3 through baltimore county. looking at the west side of the county 39 miles per hour there and it does pick back up on 95 through howard county and 54 miles per hour. as for incidents, a lot going on 65. an accident on green spring avenue. we are seeing lengthy delays wrapping towards 70. here it is. stop-and-go to the 70 exit and hitting to catonsville. that's a loo

police say that just before 9:00 thursday night, phelps was headed east in his escalade and an unidentified woman was headed north on this -- in this, of course. the woman read -- ran a red light and complained of neck and arm pain and was taken to the hospital as a -- as a precaution. police say that phelps complied fully with investigators and alcohol was found to not be a factor in the crash. >> again, to recap this breaking information, phelps will receive two citations, driving without a license and failure to establish residency in maryland for providing police and expired driver's license. for now, we are live downtown. >> a grand jury has returned an indictment in the death of steve mcnair. gilliam is accused of selling a pistol to mcnair's mistress. if convicted, gilliam faces 10 years in prison. >> the ravens took the coveted title and the battle of the beltway game. the team shot off -- shut out the skids, the 43-0. >> who were you to blow? scores did not really get as much focus from coaches as individual performances in the preseason. the ravens have to like what they say. they

the unidentified victim was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound to the test. in north baltimore's camden community, a man and woman were shot in the 1000 block of 36 street after 11:00 saturday night. nonthreatening injuries -- non- life threatening injuries. no word on a suspect. >> ♪ i know god is watching for me ♪ >> in memory of michael white jr., songs of praise. he was killed on peston street at fremont ave. police have not made any arrests. there's no word on what led to the violence. a 16 year-old bicyclist was struck by a suspected drunk driver on a howard county road. ben wortman was riding on route 100 april friday when a car driven by a 26 year-old aaron jacob lorsong knocked him off the road. it was under the influence of alcohol and heroin on him. he was released after posting $1,000 bail. the boy died. in montgomery county a driver responsible for losa hit and run accident. the women were in the crosswalk at capitalview avenue. the driver did not stop, hitting the victims so hard-won was dragged as many as 113 feet. >> one lady was in the middle

officers arrived on the scene along the 600 block of cherry hill road when they found an unidentified victim suffering from multiple gun shot wounds. he was pronounced dead a short time later. police say they have two men in custody but have not identified nor charged them at this hour. >> a fundraiser for american's daughters of fallen heros was held. supporters and their families came out to play bowling in memory of fallen police and corrections officers. police memorabilia was also for sale. this was the second annual fallen police and correctional officers at stoneway. >> at least 32 people dead and dozens wounded in the northern city of mosul and baghdad. the most recent was a deadly truck bombing. bombs also exploded early this morning in three neighborhoods in baghdad. at least nine people were killed and another 80 wounded in those blasts. >> today president obama was in mexico for a summit with the leaders of mexico and canada. they will be discussing trade, climate change, drug trafficking, and the swine flu. the meeting comes as the president's plans come under attack here

one victim, an 18-year-old, was killed while an unidentified 47-year-old man is expected to survive. no word on the suspect or a motive. a few hours earlier in south baltimore, a man was wounded in a shooting in the 2700 block of spellman road in cherry hill. he was taken to shock trauma. the search for a suspect continues. and inside a tire shop, a victim was shot several times in the back at a business on edmonton avenue. anyone with information on the case should call baltimore county police. >> a boating accident has cost a man his life. baltimore county police say a man in his 20's was struck by the boat's motor just after 5:00 yesterday evening near the 1200 block of bayside drive. the investigation into the incident continues. >> a silver spring neighborhood is in shock after a pair of robbers burst into a 99-year-old woman's apartment and attacked her. investigators say two men called the woman, asked her to come to the door to fill out a survey. it was then the police say they pushed their way into the home, stealing money and other items. while the woman was not seriously i

remained in jail for six months until the officer testified that she may have confused him with an unidentified suspect. and the lawyer says he will file a lawsuit it will be up to the state's attorney whether the shooting was justified and whether the officer could face charges or not. >>> this morning the fbi is trying to figure out if anyone knew of the pennsylvania gunman's plans to gun down women before the shootings. he was on a blog and the blog documented his ailation from women. and in january and he chickened out and bought and was a computer expert and had access and the date of his death. >>> in the process of looking that the blog to see if we can come up with anyone who saw the readings and if they did why did they not contact somebody. >> and investigators say that they planned and walked in and shut off the lights fired 36 bullets under woulding 9. killing 3. and the governor says that someone with the mental problems should never have had a gun. >>> later today the program cash for clunkers could get the refuel it needs to get back out on the road. the senate will vote on a pla

he was with an unidentified woman. they were forced to kill him after he taxed to run over them. >>> the coast guard is calling for a list of changes tonight for the water taxis that operate in baltimore. it was five years ago that five people were killed when one capsized. today it issued a final report. >> march 6, 2004, the water taxi capsized killing five people. >> the three of us sitting in the middle of the boat. it was a beautiful afternoon. >> it was run by seaport taxi with 25 people on board when a microburst stormed into the bay. passengers were tossed into the water. >> it started to rain, the second gust of wind, the third came along and the boat flipped over. i thought this is the day that the three of us go together. >> reporter: he survived his wife and daughter did not. five years later they are issuing the final report on the accident. in the report, they list a number of factors that led to the boat cap sizing, including the wind, waves, passenger weight and a decision to turn the boat into the wind

and, in that condescending british fashion, tells the unidentified person you might like to buy the latestssue of the magazine "focus" which looks at the rendlesham forest case and concludes that the light scenes from the light house. yes, that explains it a light house three miles away on a pitch black december night obscured by a thick forest, look to those who saw it like a metallic glowing object hovering and then suddenly taking off through the trees. clearly someone has been drinking but i'm not sure it's the men who saw the ufo. now, that's not to say that some ufo sightings aren't cocktail-induced. sightings peaked in the uk in 1996. the same year that an alcoholic lemonade called hooper's hooch became the drink in the country. and same year mad cow disease gripped britain. surely no coincidence. shepard: is it like zima trgets is but much more dangerous. >> and everyone drank it. >> from the age of 12 and onwards. shepard: thank you. if a medicare program works for patients and less. why would anyone want to get rid of it. there suspect mover to this. the catch and what the advoca

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one victim was an 18 year-old, killed while an unidentified 47 year-old man is expected to survive. no word on a suspect or motive. a silver spring neighborhood is in shock after a pair of robbers burst into a 99 year-old woman department an attacker. two men called a woman and asked her to come to the door to pallota survey. then police say they pushed their way into the house, stealing money and other items. the attack have the neighborhood on edge. though the woman was not seriously injured. >> foreperson being that old, is not right for them to target somebody of that age. >> police said the woman was traumatized and had to be hospitalized overnight. >> the first monday of august is going to feel like it by later this afternoon. the doppler is selling a lot of nothing over the state of maryland. the sellers and storms from yesterday our offshore along with a front that triggered the them. what we are seeing today is high pressure building from the west, centered over west virginia, extending its reach over the mid-atlantic. a dry day. an isolated thunderstorms later this afterno

. >> please tell us that the unidentified man and his wife were packing up from fishing when they were approached by three men who were yelling racial slurs at them. the man received critical injuries and given the past criminal history of one of the suspects, police tell us that they have no doubt it was a hate crime. >> we are handling it as a hate crime. we are proceeding that way. >> baltimore's top cop says he is sickened by what investigators say what happened here early tuesday morning. three white men are accused of beating a 76 old black man as he and his wife were trying to lead after an evening of fishing. after the beating, the suspect stole the man's truck. what they did not know is that it was equipped with the gps tracking device which led police right to them in northeast baltimore. >> police tried to pursue the vehicle. these suspects jumped out and fled. with the help of a local citizen, they saw where one of the suspects went. they called the police and we were able to find him. >> arrested was a 28 year-old man who is a registered sex offender who has charges of rap

henderson is charged with first- degree assault and charges are pending against that unidentified neighbor. suicide, a difficult topic to talk about, but when you are on the edge, an organization like crisis link really wants to be there for you. the problem is, these days they have to be there for more and more people and sometimes they worry. something has to give. digital correspondent is here with more. >> reporter: the phones have been sounding off more frequently since the recession. >> from being foreclosed upon to losing their job. >> crisis link is on the front lines of the response. >> some areas are hurting more than others in the metro. crisis link has seen a spike in the number of calls coming from loudoun county. a county hit especially hard by the housing market. calls have nearly doubled from the previous fiscal year from 350 to 600 suicidal calls. the hot line has seen the numbers skyrocket, making it difficult for volunteers to keep up. answering the calls is one paid staff member and the rest are volunteers. hours of picking up the phone takes its toll. >> it is sad to h

law enforcement sources, unidentified law enforcement sources, they sometimes float theorys or information to journalists off the record to put pressure on potential targets or witnesses. so shouldn't we all be wary of that? >> we should all be wary of that, of course. granted, if it were "the washington post" we're talking to, their own law enforcement sources, you know, it's all case by case. it may be something that you feel better about, but newsrooms are having these debates all the time, whether this source is good enough, whether you're getting played here, for some reason or another, whether the fact that you're getting played even matter ifs it's true. >> but sometimes it's not trued. i'm thinking of richard joule, who was accused of participating in the olympic bombings, and it was not true. >> i have a question for harvey. when you talk about your methods versus traditional media methods, or i would just say, professional reporting methods, tabloids pay their sources. doesn't tmz pay its sources? >> no, we don't -- we don't pay sources. we pay for a couple of things. we pay for

the unidentified man that was shot in the head during a break- in is listed in critical condition. officers responded on garrison boulevard after hearing the alarm ring at this convenience store. >>> police are seeing an alarming trend among motorcycle thefts. police say thieves are also stealing the get-away vehicles. >> reporter: stolen minivans with ripped off motorcycles in the back. baltimore county police say they're seeing more of it, especially in the last few weeks. it's crime trend that involves bakes and the get-away vehicles. first, thieves steal minivans. >> they'll tear the backseat vought the minivan, then go looking for a motorcycle that's an easy pick. >> they do it in ocean city a lot. >> motorcycle owner david has seen it happen. >> if you park your bike, and they like your bike, they get four or five guys, and they slide pipes through, shove it in the van, and they're gone in 30 seconds. >> reporter: many of them may to have go one step further to make sure it doesn't get stolen. >> it can be wedged in between two cars or a car and a building to make it more dif

." >>> well, an unidentified millionaire just bought an opportunity to spend eternity with marilyn monroethe crypt located above the movie star's at a los angeles cemetery was auctioned off on ebay at $4.6 million. >> a beverly hills widow is moves her husband's body, which happens to be facing down, so he can look at monroe when he's buried there. he got the crypt from monroe's husband, joe dimaggio. she decided to sell it. >>> for some of you, your local news is next. >> and for everyone else, "america this morning" continues after this. you've wanted to quit smoking so many times, but those days came and went, and the cigarettes remained. but today's a new day. and a few simple steps can make a real difference in your next quit... things like starting with a plan to quit smoking... getting support... and talking to your doctor about how prescription treatments can help you. talk to your doctor about prescription treatment options. and make this time, your time. and added a little fiber? sweet! sweet! sweet! (announcer)splenda no calorie sweetener with fiber. now for the first time, a g

witnesses tell overnight photographer pete "on the street" o'neal that someone found an unidentified man lying in the middle of the street before 11:00 last night. crews say the man died at the scene and right now police are talking to witnesses trying to get a positive id on the car that hit the man. >>> we're happy to tell you the air conditioning is back on at the mccolloh homes highrise. after abc2 news contacted the baltimore housing authority the city agency went door-to-door checking in on those who lived there and said they were not notified about the problem until saturday. the housing authority says the ac was restored yesterday afternoon. >>> a 76-year-old man out fishing ends up with tubes and bruises after being beaten up. police say three white men beat a black man at form armisted park. sherrie johnson with how one of the suspects arrested, a long right, right? >> reporter: that's right. a 76-year-old man is recovering from a brutal beating police say was racially motivated. police charged 28-year-old calvin lockner with a hate crime after he admitted to investigators

sometimes with unidentified remains we can't always tell, or the medical examiner's office can't always tell. we do know that she is in fact a victim of blunt force trauma. >> reporter: woman's bones do give some clues. she was beneath construction debris, and that type of dumping stopped about 20 years tack. deep ravine is located behind the good year retread plant. 20 years ago there are land records that there was a trailer park here. she wonders if there was a young woman there who may have been a runaway. >> what this simulates is the skin and the muscle that is underneath, actually sits on top of the bone, and about how far it protrudes off the skull. >> a baltimore county police forensic expert shows how she can determine what a person looked like when they were alive. he she's developed two sketches of what the female murder victim probably looked like. >> how her hair lacked in real life, i don't know. if she had had tattoos, piercings, that kind of stuff i can't tell off the skull. >> she was 18 to 28, about 5' 1" with a petite build. both investigators are sure of one thing.

. >>> an unidentified man's death off paradise island. crews pulled his body from the water 5:00 last night. he was pronounced dead at the scene. police want to know how he ended up in the water. >>> turning to sports the orioles wrap up game three against the tampa bay rays. three solo shots, that's all it took for tampa to beat the orioles who have now gone 8-24 after the all-star break. rays were already up 2-1 in this one. when upton had the solo shot adding to another lead. rays win 3-1. >>> the nationals assistant gm getting a promotion. two people close to the deal say assistant general manager mike rizzo is getting the teams gm job. >>> nflshop.com says joe cool jerseys cracked the top 20 most sold jerseys list. jay cutler gets the top spot followed by troy poll malu and then roethlisberger. >>> i'm emily schmidt in washington. strong storms mean more clean-up today with more worries about what is in store. >>> and we have a reality tv contestant now at the center of a murder investigation. his wife's body found in a dumpster. >>>

they say it is possible but sometimes with colossal risks the unidentified woman was to give birth naturally. they say that is impossible. >>> the clock is ticking and the nats only have a few hours to get the top draft pick. >>> all right. we'll update big haynesworth status and plus, tell you why it is rough to be a rookie at redskins park. the news edge at 6:00 continues. fiber one. i'm looking for some fiber. this bar is an excellent source of fiber. there's no fiber in this. tastes too good. there is fiber. [ chuckle ] no. i cacan't taste the fibr in this chocolate. they have % of your daily value. hmm. oh, samples. hmm. autobahn. wackenschdol. fiber one chewy bars. cardboard no. delicious yes. the redskins had one practice today. 90 minutes of efficiency. they will resume two a days tomorrow with 8:30 a.m. practice and see what happens there. which means haynesworth will only practice once tomorrow. the redskins free agent prize does not do double days because of soreness in his knee. a knee that he says is good enough to play but requires maintenance. hanes worst did not play in the p

the unidentified suspect remains hospitalized tonight. police draw up a string of charges against him. this is news at 5:30. >>> okay jeff. 1,000 dollar reward is being offered tonight after a kitten is set on fire twice according to police by children. kathleen joins us from the baltimore animal rescue and care shelter with the latest on this story tonight. kathleen. >> well, jeff, sadly there are hundreds of cats here right now waiting to be adopted. take a look at some of the cats that are here. these were just born one day ago. this shelter received 7 86 new cat cases in the month of july alone. and during that same time period there were 5 reported keys of severe cat abuse. 4 of them died. one is in critical condition. but improving. on garrison avenue residents are keeping pet indoor after the attack on gabriel hit with rock and brick and then set on fire twice. the city animal abuse kavbing force is hoping witnesses will come forward. they are concerned about the recent rise in cat attacks. >> as long as there are kids stoning and

the unidentified man there had been shot multiple times.h men were taken to the hospital. >>> just before 1:30 this morning we had a young man found lying right in the middle of bell street in northeast baltimore. police tell us he had been shot in the head. he's at the area hospital now. no word on his condition and police have nothing, no motive or suspect to go on. >>> howard county police are looking for at least 100 people including 18 in our state who are victims of a huge identity theft scheme. police say their financial and personal information were found at a hotel in elkridge. it was last monday police were called to the best western on dorsey road after a housekeeper found suspicious documents in the hotel room trash can. four people from florida are facing theft charges. one suspect is facing assault charges for running into three county police cars trying to flee. and police plan to file more charges in connection with the thefts in columbia and also in ellicott city. >>> the life expectancy in this country going up. babies bor

that unidentified 51-year-old held up this sign reading death to obama, death to michelle and her two stupid kids. no word if that man is being charged with anything. >> why on earth are you producing health care bills that have so many pages in it and such complex wording that we can't understand it? >> that was just one of the questions tonight at yet another town hall meeting on health care reform. this one hosted by the senator. the question shorp and to the point. -- sharp and to the point. but the atmosphere not nearly so heated or confrontational. >>> new tonight at 11:00, the faa is taking disciplinary action against two employees in connection with last week's mid air collision over hudson river. they are an air traffic controller who was handling the small plane that collided with a sight-seeing helicopter and the supervisor on duty. at the time of the crash the controller was having inappropriate phone conversations. the superadvisor wasn't even in the build -- supervise or wasn't even in the build zing well, gentleman, if you saw a man pointeding a gun at your -- pointing

witnesses tell our overnight photographer pete "on the street" o'neill someone found an unidentified laying in the street before 11:00 last night. crews say he died at the scene and police are talking to witnesses trying to get a positive id on this suv. >>> trial is set today for a teen accused of killing a classmate. 15-year-old timothy oxendine is charged in the stabbing death of 15-year-old markiel williams. the two were students at lambiel middle school, lamell middle school. >>> more than two months after his death michael jackson will be buried in the great mausoleum at forest lawn cemetery. the ceremony will be limited to family and friends, takes place august 29th which would have been his 51st birthday. >>> mark mccloud, the suspect accused of stalking miley cyrus made a brief appearance in court yesterday in georgia. police arrested him twice on misdemeanor charges in june and again this month. both times police say he came looking for the 16-year-old as she filmed a movie. police say he told officers he was secretly engaged to miley cyrus. >>> robin wright and her husband

witnesses tell our our overnight photographer pete "on the street" o'neill that someone found an unidentified lying in the middle of the road and crews say the man died at the scene. >>> neighbors tell police in the -- help police arrested a suspect. sources tell pete "on the street" o'neal a 52-year-old man was shot on homewood avenue 2:00 this morning. witnesses led police to the man they say did it. the man is expected to be be ok. >>> police in anne arundel county ruling the death of a 3-year-old a homicide. they say charles branly's caretaker took him to the hospital more than a week ago and said the boy fell down steps. the staff called police because the injuries were not consistent with falling down steps. the boy died five days after being in the hospital. police say the medical examiner's office has ruled the death a homicide. no charges have been filled. >>> a 76-year-old fisherman was beaten up yesterday and one of the men arrested has a long criminal record. this is the story about the color of one's skin and why police are calling this a hate crime. abc2 news sherrie johnson. >>

the sheriff's office turned the unidentified 51-year-old man over to secret service agents on wednesdayderal prosecutors say two men have been sentenced in a plot to steal the cash treasury checks. he was sentenced to more than six years in prison. theodore terrell of washington was sentenced to just under four years for this. >>> if you are riding the metro, expect delays on the red and orange lines because of track maintenance. the red line trains will not serve the fort totten station. trains will operate between shady grove and brooklyn in between glenmont and tacoma from 10:00 p.m. tonight 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 mo

he was not hurt in the crash but a unidentified woman was taken to the hospital as precaution. he was cited for not having a maryland license and his license for michigan expired. >>> an update on the search for someone where police came up empty. bell's boyfriend said he left her body in their search area. >>> a news conference was called to talk about abortion. he says it's not a priority in his campaign but says it's his obligation to draw distinction between he and his opponents. >> women sounds pretty good to me. >> reporter: supporters cheered his stand on abortion rights at a news conference. >> i trust women to make these choices. i'm not afraid to say so. >> if a man has opportunity, someone else to choose what goes on with their body, they would be in an uprise. >> every year we go to richmond and fight between 15 and 30 anti choice bills. i don't think the people understand that birth control is one of the main topics. >> reporter: his opponent he says has tried to restrict abortion rights. >> i don't know that it's a bold step. i'm not the one who spent my legislati

the army national guard is trying to figure out why the unidentified contractor had the data in the first place. the guard is working to notify all the impacted soldiers personally. >>> you should have heard some of the reactions in our newsroom today about the fact that twitter was down. the social networking service was attacked by hackers all day long and that kept people from sending and receiving their 140 character updates all day long. facebook says it also had some problems when all the people who usually tweet turn to their other accounts. cyber security experts say change your password, and update antivirus software and make sure you're protected. >>> also on the technology front they've become common place, cafes where you can have a cup of your favorite brew and surf the net for free via wi- fi. some cafe owners are ready to drop the connection because people come in and surf and surf and surf without spending. it is a losing proposition. digital correspondent paid one wi-fi hot spot a visit tonight. >> reporter: think of it as overstaying your welcome. table for hours, busy o

police say the unidentified suspect had carjacked someone earlier, and members of the regional auto theft task force spotted the car on lexington street, but were ordered not to speed after it. but members of the victim's family are left with an agonizing question: why if police were instructed not give chase, was the suspect traveling so fast in that vehicle? >> no, i don't believe the chase because they couldn't have arrived at the scene that fast, and if they would have chased and had the suspect going as fast as they claim he was going, he should have been able to bail out of the car at an earlier time. it was ten blocks away. >> reporter: the family is prepared to wait for an investigation into the incident to take its course, and members are balancing their grief with their frustration over how the case has been handled thus far. they say the family didn't learn of her death until five hours of the accident. and they are angered that they have not been permitted to identify her body. >> you don't know for a fact that it's her even now? >> no, i don't know other than the fact they ga

witnesses say they found an unidentified man lying in the street there. and police say the man died there at the scene. >>> neighbors help police in the eastern district arrested a suspect in an early morning shooting in east baltimore. sources say that a 52-year-old man was shot on homewood avenue around 1:00 this morning and witnesses led police right to the man that they say did it. the victim is expected to be ok. >>> police in anne arundel county are now ruling the death of a 3-year-old boy a homicide. they say that charles brantley's caretaker took him to a hospital a week ago and said the boy had fallen down steps. staff at johns hopkins called police because the injuries were not consistent with falling down steps. the boy died five days an being hospitalized. the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide. no charges have been filed yet. >>> police in prince george's county make an arrest in the double stabbing that we told you about in college park. police say 45-year-old roberto cruz of college park is now charged with second degree murder in

the unidentified woman is in critical condition tonight at shock trauma. she is identified as a light- skinned black woman, 18 to 25 years old, with dark curly hair. she has a tattoo of a pit bull on her chest with a name bishop underneath. anyone with information about the woman should call anne arundel county police at 410- 222-8573. >>> and now for a look at tonight's top stories. shirley foulkes never thought she would get shot, let alone in her own home, but she was shot by a stray bullet last night and rushed to the hospital. miss foulks is back home today, talking with city leaders and family friends who called to check on her. >>> in new york city a prayer service was held today for five italian tourists killed during a mid-air collision over new york's hudson river. grieving relatives attended today's service before the caskets were carried to waiting hearse to begin their trip home to italy. police divers have also removed the bodies of the last two crash victims as investigators begin inspecting the wreckage. >>> maryland continued its health ca

police say the unidentified suspect had carjacked someone earlier, and members of the regional auto theft task force spotted the car on lexington street, but were ordered not to speed after it. but members of the victim's family are left with an agonizing question. why, if police were instructed not to give chase, was the suspect traveling so fast in that vehicle? >> no i don't believe believe the chase because they couldn't have arrived at the scene that fast, and if they were to chase and have the suspect going as fast as they claimed he was going, he should have been able to bail out of the car at an earlier time, maybe ten blocks away. >> reporter: the family is prepared to wait for an investigation into the incident to take its course. and members are balancing their grief with their frustration over how the case has been handled thus far. they say the family didn't learn of her death until five hours after the accident. and they are angered that they have not been permanented to identify her body. >> you don't know for a fact that it's her even now? >> no, other than the fact they g