willie wood graduated from armstrong high school.ty for the green bay packers during the '60s. "n" street now bears his name between first street and new york avenue. >> one of a kind. you'll probably not see his likes come this way again. willie wood was the man. what's up? final check. >> what's up right now? nice evening. tonight is going to be great. i think tomorrow should be pretty good. friday is going to be spectacular. then we head into the weekend. >> whatever. >> early clouds, afternoon sun during the day tomorrow. possible showers. maybe a rumble of thunder or two. don't expect a lot of rain tomorrow. kind of like what we saw today. a few showers around and most of us stayed dry. 73 to 78 degrees. friday however look at this. 82 degrees. some areas i think will get into the mid 80s. it could be the warmest day we've seen so far this year and then we have the system out west coming into the area. it will sit across our region for two days and on sunday if it plays out the way i think it might we could be inhe low 50s most

n street between new york and first avenue is now called willie wood way. l of fame football player who grew up in the ekington woods disstrichlkt he went to college for southern call before starting as a free safety for the green bay packers in the 1960s. he was the fi first african quarterback to play in the pac-10. congratulations. >> beef products sold at safeway store will soon be free of the pink slime. it's the cheap filler that comes from leftover meat sprayed with ammonia. safeway is one of three major grocery chance phasing out beef. they're allowing schools to opt out of serving pink slime in the cafeteria. >>> starbucks is getting into the energy drink businesses. the drinks called refreshers will be made with mostly a flavorless extract of green coffee. >>> resident his will have a new area code to memorize. the area code 667 will be added to 16 counties added to anne arundel, calvert, and howard counties. only new customers will get this area code. it will not affect never who has a 410 or 013 area cold and it will not be be any change in the r

. >>> today a stretch of n street northwest was renamed willie wood way. it's between first street and new york avenue where he grew up. wood graduated from armstrong high school before beginning a allegedary career with the green bay packers. he was a standout free safety in the 1960s until his retirement after the 1971 season. >>> some people have been complaining the ipad 3 may be too hot to handle. testers with "consumer reports" found the newest tablet can heat up to 116 degrees when plugged in and running certain games. 10 degrees warmer than the ipad 2. apple says the new device has a much larger battery life and it operates well within its thermal specifications. the company does recommend, however, not using the ipad in environments above 95 degrees. >>> and if you suffer from sinus infections put down those meds. new guidelines released by the infectious disease society of america find 90 to 98% of sinus infections are triggered by viruses. researchers say if you take antibiotics it could cause side effects and add to treatment costs and increase

bruce willis, elijah wood, dan ackroyd. $50 million movie. it was this a big to-do with the big premiere in hollywood. i flew my parents out from florida. it was the greatest night of my life. then the next morning, the reviews came out. i do not know how many of you remember roger ebert's review of "north" or carry it with you in your wallet -- [laughter] >> to keep you humble. " but to refresh your memory -- i hated this movie. hated, hated, hated, hated this movie. hated it. hated every audience-insultingh moment-ated the sensibility that thought anyone would like it. hated the implied insult to the audience by its believe that anyone would actually be entertained by it. now, -- [laughter] on the surface -- [laughter] this may seem like an unfavorable review. but if you read between the lines, i think he sort of like it. i just love this one goes a little bit better. that is all. >> although it is hollywood. we had these conversations with the people that have bought the rights. they buy a book, and and then they tell you all the things th

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willie. let's tell the truth about golf writers usually. they're sycophants. >> for the last 15 years, tiger woodstially been the only thing that matters in golf. so if you lose access for at least the prospect of access to tiger woods you kind of have nothing. over the last couple of years he's been weakened and the game has moved on to such a degree that i think the golf press is probably more emboldened than it was in the past. >> i don't think that was emboldened, it was a simple question. >> and it's interesting. >> and i don't think that's something to be embarrassed about. >> no, it's a good thing. mama mia, there was a soccer game yesterday too, wasn't there? >> yes, there was the kicking game where you can't use your hands. >> what are you talking about? >> this one. the guys without the hands, the shorts. >> used to play kick ball. >> come on, this is the united states against italy, italy one of the greatest teams on the planet. and -- >> that's not -- >> usa scores, why do you hate america? why do you hate america? >> i love america. >> scoring there and roger bennett tweeted this, i w