wendy rieger has a look. >> reporter: welcome to the shadow.f a play of light. in this monument at exhibit, he takes a shadow, which is nothing and makes it something. >> he says it was a shadow in his office. we are not sure of the origin but the idea that is brilliant. >> reporter: it's made of 102 panels, no two alike, aligned along the sweeping curve of the circular walls. it's stunning like a streak of light heading into infiniti. because of the sweeping walls, all 102 panels can be shown together. it is a powerful thing. >> take the experience to be in something that is 450 linear feet. that's the experience we hope they take away. >> reporter: after you feel the shadow, head to the east wing and read the news warhol style. it shows the nexus between art and life. tabloids telling us stuff that doesn't matter. >> he's pointing our attention to the fact we are the consumers of the news. the headlines are a label on a package that we'll be enticed to buy. >> he found his life screaming from the newsstand and he loved it. >> absolutely. he w

. >>> i'm wendy rieger.t 5:00, criminals in halloween masks and costumes rob people of cash and jewelry. it happened in a place you least expect. we are going to find out why getting a parking ticket could mean a hit to your credit score. a major retailer offerin >>> the vice president's daughter is taking a walk down the aisle. ashlee biden is now engaged. she's engaged to a physician in philadelphia. they have been engaged since september, but it was kept hush-hush until the vp made a reference to his future son-in-law last week. >>> an expectant mother says a grocery store went too far when it arrested her and had her child taken into protective custody. the woman forgot to pay for a $5 sandwich. she ate it because she felt dizy and put the wrapper in the cart. she had every intention of paying for it and forgot. the grocery store has no comment. tonight, the parents are out of jail and have their child back. they are facing fourth degree theft charges. >> when we come back, new developments in the >>> ba

i'm wendy rieger in for doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim vance. wendy?e going to the republican race for the whouchlts the candidates will be in new hampshire for the debate. perry needs a comeback, romney, a win. steve handelsman has the latest on this. >> thank you. perry saids say he's resting and no doubt, feeling the pressure. romney is plugging along and seems to be working fine for him in a state he calls his second home. in his key primary state, new hampshire, mitt romney campaigned mostly against

. >> and i'm wendy rieger. starting tomorrow getting caught with a cell phone while you are driving will mean a point on your license. drivers can not send or read text. it does not mean if you are in motion or stopped at a light. but there are questions about thousand thou law be enforced. let's get the latest live from darcy spencer. >> reporter: as you know, cell phones have many features now. you have your calendar and contact list. you have photographs. how does a police officer know you are texting and not using a feature on your phone? this law be virtually impossible to enforce. you see people texting everywhere you go whether walking on the sidewalk or driving a car. >> i have texted while driving at time. it is a matter of convenience and i try to get away with it. >> reporter: starting saturday will the be illegal to send or read a text message while behind a wheel or stopped at a red light in maryland. >> i believe that texting while driving is dangerous. >> reporter: cops will be allowed to pull yo

wendy rieger is off tonight.e at a retirement community are dead today in what police are calling a murder suicide. it happened this morning at the village of rockville on veers road. pat collins is live in rockville at this hour with the latest on this story. pat? >> pat, the rickville couple involved in the incident identified as an 80-year-old and his wife sandra, 74 years old say she was seriously injured

wendy rieger is off tonight. news coming out of rockville.d a not guilty verdict for a teacher. she was charged with grabbing, scratching and choking the students at green castle elementary earlier this year. >> she took the stand saying she might have taken a student b

wendy rieger is off tonight. >> i'm jim handly. those stories in a bit.l eyes are on the skies today as the first real chill of the season is on the way. >> doug kammerer is in the weather center with a look at frost and winter weather coming our way for the weekend. doug? >> you saw the bottom there. the first flakes of the season as far as snow is concerned. it's a definite possibility. i'll go over that coming up later. first, let's look at what's coming up. we have the rain associated with e

. >> good afternoon, i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm pat lawson muse in for jim handly. the arrest in the murder of a 12-year-old girl. jessica was killed in her home last may. her stepfather is responsible. chris gordon joins us from outside the court where he went before a judge today. chris? >> reporter: this court document charges david with first degree murder

. >> i'm wendy rieger. rebel forces in libya killed the man who held their country hostage for four decades. moammar gadhafi is killed. president obama says his death marks the end of a painful era for libya. >>> prince george's county firefighters found a body inside a burning vehicle overnight. it was located inforestville. police weren't able to identify the victim. they couldn't tell gender or age. they are waiting for autopsy results. >>> since president obama's jobs bill stalled in the senate, democrats have a different strategy. they are trying to pass it piece-by-piece. first up, taxing millionaires. republicans say that plan will not create jobs and will hurt employers. >> the uncertainty about europe led to more swings on wall street. the dow gained 27 points to close at 11,541. the nasdaq was off five. s&p 500 gained five. >>> the prosecution is expected to rest their case today in the trial of michael jackson's doctor. they used their last witness to butt a dagger in that michael jackson killed

i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm jim handly. tonight, closing arguments are under way in the carmen della rosa trial. she through her granddaughter from a bridge in tyson's corner. her attorneys argue she's not guilty by terms of in

i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm jim handly.ng up but we begin with the wet weather out there. >> this could be the beginning of a pattern of wet weather. doug is in the storm center with the latest. >> not the best pattern for a couple days. we have the shower activity. we saw heavy rain come through about an hour to two hours ago. that rain moved up. now, it's light

. >> i'm pat lawson muse, wendy rieger is off tonight. we are following developments in a murder case that took the life of a howard university student. he was found shot to death yesterday across the d.c. prince george's county line. jackie bensen is live with the story. jackie? >> reporter: the campus community is mourning the 24-year-old's death. there's a lot of mystery surrounding his murder. he's a former marine. it's why he didn't become a freshman until 24 years old. very fit. it's not clear what happened in this robbery, attempted robbery according to police where he was shot to death. >> the 24-year-old was a freshman music major who enrolled in the fall of last year. he was remembered in a vigil on campus last night. the circumstances surrounding his murder are unclear. all we know is that just after midnight, in the 4200 block we are not sure if he lived there, he was confronted by a man with a gun during what the mt. rannier police chief described as a robbery gone bad. he was shot, transported to the hospital where he dies s

i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm jim vance.italian appeals court ordered the immediate release of amanda knox. she was set free moments after she was sent back to the jail where she's been t

. >> i'm pat lawson muse in for wendy rieger tonight.begin with the happy ending for a six-day search for a missing boy in virginia. robert wood jr. was found

. >> i'm wendy rieger. jim vance has the night off. the frantic search continues for the 11-year-old boy whose mother was murdered. she was beaten and stabbed to death. her husband is the prime suspect. new details emerge about his criminal past. family and friends return to the crime scene. tonight, no sign of her 11-year-old son, william. >>> pat collins is live outside the police headquarters. pat? >> reporter: from the medical examiner tonight, jane mcquain was beaten and stabbed to death. investigators looking into the possibility that her killer

wendy rieger knows about all of them.show the app. >> there's a cool app that you can do all your hot stuff. it's called social streams. it is following all the celebrities. right now, it's on the top 20 celebrities. there are thousands loaded on this. it is so cool. let's look at ash ton kutcher, or charlie sheen but aren't they the same these days. you can see what's going on with him. oh, dear, his alleged one-night stand is breaking her silence. read about that. go to their twitter account. he's the guy that got 1 million on twitter the first couple days there. or follow them on facebook and you can see their facebook account. this is cool. there's another feature called what's hot? it shows what's going on in hollywood with various people. i know i'm old because i don't recognize half the people that are hot. who are you? it tells you, arnold schwarzenegger has a hollywood comeback with "expendables 2." you can do a match up. if you have a couple celebrities you love to follow. right now, there's an example. you can

good evening, i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm jim handly. emotions are running high.ng free. an appeals court threw out her murder conviction. aaron is live in the news room working the developments for us. >> after 11 hours of deliberations by an eight-person jury and plea for freedom, they decided the young woman who went to identitily to study was wrongly convicted. she's about to be released from prison. me

. >> wendy rieger will be there. thank you so much for coming in and telling us about your program. thank you. >> thank you. >>> still ahead on new"news4 midda midday", will dollar bills be a [ female announcer ] did you know nine out of ten growing kids don't get the recommended amounts of whole grain and calcium? that's where their favorite cereals like trix and cocoa puffs can help. general mills big g has the only leading line of kid cereals with at least eight grams of whole grain and a good source of calcium. look for the white check on the cereals they already love... like cinnamon toast crunch and lucky charms. help them grow up strong with general mills kid cereals. ♪ >>> a new proposal by a representative from arizona would phase out the paper dollar bill in favor of a dollar coin. millions of worn out or damaged bills are pulled out from circulation and threaded every year. it could save $5.5 billion over 30 years, because coins last an average of 30 years compared to 18 to 40 for a dollar bill made out of paper. >>> new york city mayor, michael bloomberg, visited protest

i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm jim handly. we begin with the latest on that terror plot. government are accused in a plan to kill the saudi ambassador to the united states. >> we have team coverage tonight. we're going to begin with nbc's justice correspondent pete williams who is live in detroit where he's covering yet another terror trial today. pete, thanks for joining us. how is thwas this going to go df

i'm wendy rieger. welcome to news 4 at 5:00. >> i'm jim handly. we have reports of damage, folks. there's a tornado watch in effect in our woods, close to home. let's go straight to doug kammerer in the storm center. what is the latest? >> watching that one storm that had the tornado touchdown. down around mineral, that is in louisa county. this is an area that's been hit very, very hard. there's been 42 some aftershocks after the earthquake. yesterday, a 3.0 aftershock, today the possibility of a tornado touching down there. the tornado includes most of northern virginia, fauquier county, prince william and fairfax county. toward the district and southern maryland, anne arundel. we have those thunderstorms