you spoke, verison listened. better yet, you listened and verison backed down. siting customer feedback, it is dropping the plan to charge a fee for paying bills on the phone or online. verison had planned to start charging its customers $2 for each transaction. opposing that fee. >> a $5 million lawsuit over an 80-cent refund is making the u.s. chamber of commerce. coming in at number 3, some young adults who sued their mom for sending cards without gifts and playing favorites. number two was a man who illegally brought a gun into a bar, got injured and sued the bar for not searching him for a weapon. at the top of this list, a convict who sued the couple he kidnapped for not helping him evade police. you can take a look at this entire crazy list at wusa9.com. just click on the buzz. >>> still ahead, they raised from the ridiculous to the remarkable. a look at the top videos that had us heading to youtube in 2011. first, let's get a preview of the cbs evening news. >> almost half of all iowa caucus voters are still undecided. we'll tell you about the last scram

yesterday, verison announced the plan for what it called convenience fees.teer customers to automatic payments, which are cheaper and more reliable. customers were outraged and started an online petition against the fees. today verison posted a statement on its website saying customer feedback led to their decision to eliminate the plan. >>> breathtaking views and posh pools. >> hotel websites promise you paradise. how far stars to one person can be a dump to another. >> it was just a big shock. it was a lot different than the website. >> laura expected to get the finest modern amenities with old world elegance in the heart of los angeles. that's what it says on their site. instead of the promised charging hotel. >> it felt really grows and dirty. >> this is what she got. >> beds didn't even have covers on them. they had a piece of flowered sheet. >> her photos show ripped up carpet, exposed electrical switches and from her 12th story room. >> you can open the window and reach right out. no safety screen, nothing at all. >> and when a cbs camera went inside,

yesterday, verison announced the plan for what it called convenience fees. hoping to steer customers to automatic payments. customers were outraged and started an online petition. verison posted a statement saying customer feedback led to their decision to eliminate the plan. >>> breathtaking views, pools, hotel website sometimes do promise you paradise. on the consumer watch, julie watts shows us four stars to one person could be a dump to another. >> it was just a big shock. it was a lot different than the website. >> old world elegance at the mayfair hotel in the heart of los angeles. instead of the promised charming historic hotel. >> it felt dirty and gross. >> the bed didn't even have covers on them. they had a piece of flowered sheet. >> her photos show ripped up carpet, exposed electrical switches and from her 12th story room. >> you can open the window and reach right out. no safety barrier. no safety screen, bars, nothing at all. >> and when a cbs camera went inside, it revealed damaged base boards, ripped up wallpaper and an unhappy customer on th

. >>> number four, verison is taking on netflix. it could be out in 2012. no word yet on what movies would be available. verison has been working on this deal for two years. >>> number three, union stations main hall is getting a facelift. the ceiling was damaged in the august earthquake and has to be restored. today crews gave a look at the restoration techniques including a moving scaffolding. virginia inked a deal in the northern part of the state. a private contractor will finance 90% of the project and recoup its investment by collecting tolls. the state would foot the rest of the bill. construction could begin in the middle of next year. and there will not be a teen curfew in montgomery county, at least not any time soon. the council decided to table the proposed bill. it can be reconsidered at a later bill. anyone younger than 18 to be out of public places by midnight, weekends and weeknights. that's tonight's fox 5 top 5. >> coming up. >> my lips and my face was on fire. >> the routine surgery that nearly cost that man his life. we'll hear from the

>>> this is the verison 9news now at 11:00 p.m. rundown. verison, a network ahead. >>> right now, topper is tracking a chance for flurries in the weekend forecast. >> plus, a health alert on a popular stuffy nose remedy after two people die from brain eating parasites. >> but first, a two-year-old child given a massive overdose of chemo at a local hospital. >>> this is 9news now. >> 200,000 americans every year killed by preventable medical mistakes. >> researchers estimate 1.5 million of us are injured. only on 9 tonight, bruce leshan has a troubling case. a two-year-old daughter of an iraq war vet allegedly hit with a massive overdose of chemotherapy at walter reid army hospital. >> i have leukemia. >> you have leukemia? >> yeah. >> other than a tube in her chest, three-year-old shows little sign of all that she's been through. >> who do we go visit on your make a wish? >> tinker bell. >> a year ago, doctors diagnosed her with leukemia and recommend add three week course of the potent chemotherapy drug. in one short 15 minute dose, medica

verison, a network ahead. >>> this is 9news now. >>> the rescue turned into a search tonight for the last missing person from a capsized boat. hello, i'm bruce johnson. thanks for joining us this saturday. a tragic accident on the chesapeake bay. a sailboat capsizes, sending three people into the cold water. one of those people still missing tonight. lindsey mastis has the latest. >> it was a 20-foot sailboat that capsized and likely sank into the chesapeake bay. moments later, one of the victims called 911. >> this cell phone call came from one of the occupants of the boat who was then in the water. >> rescuers from all over worked together and pulled the first victim from the water. a 25-year-old woman. >> she is doing okay. she has been transported to the medical center for hypothermia. >> then they pulled out a 40- year-old man. >> he was not conscious. he was under cpr at the time. >> another young man about 25 years old is still missing. >> the fire department dive team has supported a sonar unit and they are actively searching the bottom of the bay. >> there's been no sign of

also the classic at verison center. it is a great event. looking at clouds coming in on monday.rs and rain monday night into tuesday. a little bit cooler on wednesday. i did raise the temperatures from yesterday. we'll say 50 with morning showers on wednesday. >> that's not too bad. >> all right, let's get to our weird news file tonight because my name is santa and i do chimneys well. ropes, however, apparently not exactly my thing. to palm beach garden mall. he's on that rope doing a cool move dropping down to the food court, or at least he thought he was. the beard is caught in my gear. i can't get down. i'm swinging and flailing my arms and the crew is in crisis mode and a system actually led the crowd and singing a christmas carol, hoping that song might con deer get some magic. after a while, you can hear him singing a christmas carol. not helping. santa is still struggling. some point he has to take the beard off and shimmying his way down and he gets down and says i'm an elf, i'm not santa. he had practiced the move before, but not with the beard. >> the good news is it w

verison, a network ahead. >> there is no way all these people have been involved in se tannic cults.bizarre loss as a woman goes to a hypnotist and comes out a satanist. >> plus, we are checking out your weekend forecast. including a warmup on the way. >> but first tonight, another local councilman raided by the feds. this time it's harry thomas and the hot water he's in just started boiling. >>> this is 9news now. >> the decade long history of corruption allegations in d.c.  government just added a brand- new chapter today as irs and fbi agents raided the home of dc councilman, harry thomas jr. >> thomas is one of three city leaders including the mayor who are the subject of criminal or ethics violations. today's raid lasted for more than nine hours. gary no, on what agents were looking for and what they took. gary. >> reporter: remember, that d.c.'s attorney general sued thomas earlier this year, claiming he diverted for personal use from the thomas charity that runs sports programs for the city's kids. the ag then alerted the feds and today's raid is solid evidence they are takin

. >> the capitals host the maple leafs tonight at verison center. the last time these two faced off it was a forgettable night for washington. toronto blew them out 7-1. it was the caps worst of the season. >> it's always in the back of your mind, but bottom line is, you're going to go out and every game and work your tail off. it's just because you got beat last game and definitely want to rebound a good game. so you know, expect good things. >> boxing back in d.c. tomorrow night the city will host a junior title bout against peterson. peterson 140. two quick notes. le'ron landry is out for sunday's game. traded to tigers for perry. and the wizards open up their training camp tonight. >>> brian, here's another look at that forecast. the weekend is going it be chilly. we keep temperatures below normal. next chance of rain next thursday. >> enjoy your friday night. we're back here tonight at 10:00 for the news edge at 11:00. we hope you will be, too. how's it going? good afternoon. don't feed that meter. this meter's on me. with all the hundreds i've

players are able to work out at facilities and that's exactly what is happening over at the verison centerk it out, getting ready for training camp and looking forward to season 2. >> it's great, man. really see the guys and get to play with people getting in shape. i was just coming here and working out together. >> look forward to seeing him. a couple notes. maryland, terrell named acc player of the week. he averaged 28 players per week. and big east player of the week. averaged 17 points in three games. all right, time for our game of the week poll. hey guys, it's basketball season. check out these games, thomas edison, stevens, st. agnus. dunbar, that's the girls game. and osbourne versus hilton. that's also a girls game. >> all right. exciting game. >> a lot of stuff going on. >> that's it for us. the cbs evening news is next. good evening, everybody. >> pelley: tonight, what the dictator doesn't want you to s see. clarissa ward gives us a rare first-hand look at the revolution aimed at syria's bashar al assad. the protesters have a message for him. >> leave now. you've got enough of

wizards fan fest today at verison, interactive game give aways and this scrimmage featuring all the things the wizards would have liked to have done last night. six turnovers and embarrassing 25 point butt kicking. what do they learn from watching that game film today? >> yesterday was a disgrace to us and the coaches taught how we play. we have to play every night. >> very quietly, the georgetown hoyas bolted up to number 16. the only blemish, a november loss. au not expected to stop the train today. jeff jones and the eagles have landed at the phone booth. charles, nice little two guard doing it with the bounce and the pop. the eagles are 16. he is averaging 22. tied at halftime. jason clark, basketball ninja. there he goes. hoyas open the second half with a 16-9 burst and thompson -- georgetown pulls away 81-55. >> no matter who the team is. when you're scoring, the defense gets a lot better. and we were able to -- we have some buckets in the second half that we weren't getting in the first half. >> georgetown came out in the second half and came right at us. and obviously we didn't res

it all happened last night at 7:30 down here in chinatown in front of the verison center along the 700 block of f street. it's an area that is usually packed with people. the female victim had just left a parking garage when according to police, a man forced his way inside her car. he held her at gunpoint and forced her to drive away to an unidentified spot before raping her. he did it in front of her 15 month old son. >> that's a random occurrence. >> here's what is so shocking about the allegations. a woman was taken from this area at this same time last night. take a look and see how packed it is right now. these folks are here for a hockey game, but told yesterday the streets were just as packed for people showing up to watch wrestling. >> that's extremely scary. >> i would have expected someone to notice it and help her. >> the brazen act caught the attention of not only those who frequent the area, but police right now say they have very little suspect information to go on. >> the description we have is a black male wearing dark clothing. a mustache and medium complected. he talk

this is directly in front of the verison center. as you can see, this is a highly populated area.s packed. police say that woman was taken from this spot and then was sexually assaulted. police say the man forced himself into the woman's car while she was stopped with her 14 month old son in the backseat. detectives then say the man held her at gunpoint and made her drive to an unidentified neighborhood in d. c.'s

.  >>> this prime time snapshot is brought to you by verison.  >>> you won't have to about traffic in virginia anymore. the department of transportation is adding electronic signs displaying your travel times. the signs are going up at seven locations from dc to fredericksburg. you'll see the travel times from 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. monday through friday and 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on the weekends. finding a parking spot in d.c. can be tough, but new york city takes it to a whole new level. and so does this driver. he squeezes his into parking spot there. the car is in -- this is in the brooklyn area. you can see here pushing the cars in front of him and behind him trying to get into that spot. the car owners may not be impressed and as you know, a closed circuit tv camera captured the parallel parking expertise. thanks for joining us tonight at 5:00. the news edge at 6:00 starts right now. >> this is fox 5 news edge at 6:00. >> leslie johnson is going to jail. fox 5 was in court today for the former prince georges county councilwoman's sentencing on conspiracy charges

sprint came in first, verison came in second.ile came in third, and at&t right at the bottom with a customer satisfaction rating of just 60. >>> all right, today's toy pick of the day is all about satisfaction. it's going to make you smile. there's a cranky toy for the two cranky guys. always have something to say about my toys. this is the thomas and friends track master cranky save the day. and it works. >> it does. >> look at this. >> we'll wait and be the judge of that. >> the trains are moving. >> we like this. and then check out cranky. watch what cranky can do. cranky picks up the load. he can take it up. he can bring it down. go cranky. he can turn around. >> can he load it in the back of the truck? >> he can, but i'm not going that far because i'm not pushing my luck. this toy needs a will the of batteries. you need 8 aa. it's hard to put together. it's for 5 and up. it is fun once you get it up. it's supposed to sell for $76, but we found it for $56. >> but the batteries makes it pricey. but the toy works, but it takes

. >> on verison, the bionic gets high marks. and if you're an at&t customer, the samsung top the ratings. >> one real selling point for the iphone 4s is its compatibility. you can get your pictures and music easily from one device to another. >>> this is our last hot holiday toy feature of 2011. this is for these off the beaten path kind of gifts that you can get if you move fast. we see alex ovechkin on the ice, but you can take him home. he sold for $21.99. these wind up toys with the redskins jersey and a ball. you know, they won this week. you might enjoy giving those away to folks. >> good stocking stuffer. >> all right, now let me tell you about these things called fire flies. you are supposed to spin them and pull it and see how you create your own light show? that's fun, fun, fun. you can find these on amazon.com for $4 to $7. lots of fun. for the patient child, these are called grow ems. you build a garden and this is for a garden that grows broccoli, carrots, and peas. >> healthy. >> anita would like that. >> you can g