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3 3 ravens playoff fever may be having an impact on baltimore politics.there appears toobe a ticket tiff between the mayor and city council president jack young. young.there's word that mayor stephanie rawlings-blake took back two skybox tickets to attend last weekend playoff game against houston... that she had given to young.it happened... shortly aater younggpublicll called for an end to the baltimore grand prix.we called the mayor's office to see if there was a connection between the race

and the ticket take back... but we never got a response.as for young... he tried to downplay it all after yesterdays city's board of estimates meeting. 20:45:27"i really want to move forward, i mean we have a lot of important things that we have to do for this city and to talk bout tickets and sky boxes is not something i want to deal with right now" now"young did find a way to &pget to last weee's sold out game though.he was able to get box eats from ray lewis.young now says, he will be paying ray back. he says he wants to follow the ethics law the city council approved a few months ago that bans gifts. baltimore fans are known for supporting the ravens with their hearts, their voices... and their wallets. wallets. the most recent rankings have the ravens fan base in he top ten in merchandise sales..... and that number is certainly going up this week. joel d. smith is live in owings mills to see the hot items, still availiable to make your game day as purple as possible.

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3 the mayor will be meeting with boston's mayor today to make their predictions for sunday's big gaae. game.stephanie rawlings-blake is at the u-s conference of mayors work and opportunity winter meeting in d-c this week.that's where she plans to meet with boston's mayor to share their predictions for sunday's a-f-c chammionship game.((ááááad libáááá)) 3 here's a prediction... team.check out their purple g -

pride....this is shawn junior... janessa... and sky-lynn.their grandmother... says these kids are true ravens fans. fans.show us your purple pride. you can uploaa photos and videos toous through purple -at -foo baltimmre -dot- com. some good nees... and bad news... when it comes to next year's fiscal budget.there won't be an increase in maryland's sales tax this year. but governor o'malley's budget ... could still cost the governor wants to double the annual flush-tax for homeowners...from 30-dollars... to 60-dollars. he also wants to shift half the cost of funding teachers peesions'...to the counties. and the governor wants to reduce or eliminate income tax deductions and exemptions for higher income residents.a family of four earning 150- thousand a year... would pay almost 200-dollars more.

(governor) "of the unpopular choices thht all of us wish we didn't have to make, this is the fairest way to go about thi" this."(pipkin) "this is tax, tax, tax and then spend, it's an outrageous budget even by annapolis standards." standards."the governor is also expected to call for an increase in tte gasoline tax. but details of that plan... won't be announced until next weekk no ore surprises when checking in at the airport.a new rule from the department of transportation goes inno effect today. it protects passengers frommbuying tickets.. then dealing with hidden fees.one of the new rules requires airlines to include all mandatory taxes and fees in advertised fares. bag fees and other optional charges don't have to be they need to be better disclosed.passengers will also have 24 hours to hold reservations and the ticket price can't be increased after purchase. you can "like" just about

anyyhing you want on facebook. but now... you can dd more ttan that.the social network has added the ability for you to post about things you "bought".. "read" .. and "want."the new ability is available to facebook users who sign up for certain applications that then publish information about their online activities. you're certainly going to look at this polar bear cub... born on new year's day...this little furball is hospitalized in china after being rejected by her parentss parents.zoo staff is now feeding her by bbttle... and keeping her in an incubator until she gets well enough to head back to the zoo... for it's an annual traditiin in

baltimore... but some say it's coming to an end. end.why the edgar allen poe birrhday celebration coold be over.... nexx in our hometown h. hotspot.plus... what looks like a man in a costume... turns out to be something quite delicious.the storm you're watching fox 45 good day baltimore. i just had it with cable. it just got more frustrating and frustrating. a lot of times, the picture would break up. for the amount of money that i am paying,

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the details on this morning's hometown hotspot for the poe toaster to come, but tonight there will be a birthday observance--people from around the country and the world will converge at the poe monument to honor him --costumed performers playing people that knew poe and

will pay tribute to poe and s read selected portions of his poetry and prose--a tribute to tte poe toaster will be given by curator jeff jerome--3 people selected through a contest will be invited to --a wreath laying ceremony and a procession will end the progrm prograa poe's birthday observance is at the poe

monument tonight at 8pm.for more information, log on to fox baltimore dot com slash morning. 55 pounds of marshmallows... help make one delicious treat. treat.from the eggs to the icing... what it took to make thisslife size storm trooper cake. you're this. this star wars cake was -

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for the wii.. and will be entered for the grand prize drawing. one of the stars of a new show on fox issa big fan of a certain baltimore raven. raven.(((our huddle talks fire up))which raven michael clark duncan is sending a message to... and why he wants to get together with the football star. plus... fox45's own baltimore idol ... is about to make her national debut... when you can see our hometown contestant on american idol next. you're [ female announcer ] back to school means back to busy mornings. that's why i got them pillsbury toaster strudel. warm flaky pastry with delicious sweet filling my kids will love. plus i get two boxtops for their school. toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat.

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get to see the new show, the finner.candace is here with a preview. tonight's american idol is a big deal for s here in maryland.. we will get to see national spotlight. nats:46:40-hallie sing-theres a fire starting in my heart... reaching a fever anddits brining me out the dark dark hallie day made it to the american idol auditions in pittsburgh after winning our fox45 baltimore idol contest. ww gave her a pass to skip the line and try out in front of the producers.hallie was shocked by the amount of people who came out for a shot pt fame... but she said it was an incrrdible expeeience. 10:42:08-we got here just in time, it was smooth and im so thankful to fox that we did not wait in that line linehallie did make it past

producers and later tried out in front of the judges. you can see the auditions in pittsburgh on american idol tonighttat 8 right here on fox4. fox45.i want to hear what you think of the competition.i the show.just log on to our facebook page.. facebook dot com slash fox baltimore andd click on inside fox45 to join the conversation at 8. 3 so after americannidol we will get to see the new show, the finder. in tonight's episode, bullets, a former prissn warden enlists tte help of the a man with a special ability to find things. i just met up with the stars of the show, acttrs geoff stults and michael clarke duncan in hollywood.they told

me the speed a lot of time working on set.. but they make sure to find time for football. in fact, michael clarke duncan is a big fan of our own number 52 and he wanted to send this message to ray lewis before this weekend's big game. 3 59:12-ray lewis, ou come out like i would come out, thats how you are suppossd to come out, that's how you are suppooed to energize your team,, your huddle talks fire me up, i start dooing push ups at home.. f you ever need a workout parter, please call your boy michael clarke duncan..the only problem is he woull get tired 10 seconds in.. yeah i would...hold on guys.. you know what me and you gonna race in the 40 one day. you will see 3 ,3

you can see the finder at 9 oclock tonight here on fox45. talk of football certaanly puts us in a frenzy... but it's nothing like this. ((:40 don't be so mad at tom brady. i hate him though. :44)) :44))one kid makes his feelings for the patriots' quarterback known... and another fan breaks down after the packers lose. lose.((:43 i wanned he packers to win tte superbowl,, megann :46)) :46))all the tears ... caught on camera... coming up. up. you're watching ((break 4))

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fiber map in harford county...a man faces charges... after police say he opened fire... in a fit off"road rage."it happened yesterday afternoon, around 44 o'clock, on i -95 , near mountain road.police say nicholas hider fired shots at another driver... fortunately no one was hurt.troopers eventually found hider in his home.he faces assault and wreckless endangerment charges. rising gas prices leads tt crime at an annapolis car dealership.that's where crooks are siphoning gas from cars! cars!workers first noticed the missing gas on tuesday afternnon at koon's toyota on west street. investigators say someone drilled holes into the gas tanks. and they don't think the thieves are selling &pthe gas on the black market. 3&iq: they may need itoq: someone who's on the road all

the time dangerouspolice are still mely tryinn to find the person who did it. fox45 has teamed up with the mosttpopular crime mapping website on thh internet. "spotcrime" tracks criminal activity in your neighborhood. you can also get emails when crime happens.sign up by going to our website... fox- on "spotcrime" in the "hot topics" section aa the top of the screen sometimes it's hard to tell who's more excited for the ravens game this weekend... the fans, or the stores selling that purple pride day and night. joee d. smith is live in owings mills where t &pshirts are just the beginning good morning joel d. 3 3

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it's time to do some trash talk. talking.our sister station has the audacity to think the patriots will beat the ravens. ravens.so you want to get baak at them... here what ou do.go to facebook ot com... slash w- g-m-e 133.. to let those on sunday. speaking of trash talking.... we've got one little kid that hassa problem with a certain patriot player. player.((:21 why don't you like tom brady so much? cause he's mean? no i hate him! :27)) :27))why this kid is so upset w. and cloudy skies.. could mean snow is on tte way. meteorologist stevv fertig has a look at our chances... right after the break. you're watching fox 45 good day baltimore. ((break 5)) the summer of george! it's time to captton this!

this!today on our facebook page we posted a picture of a kitten face first n a bowl of food.here's what some of you captioned it.royce says, "just....one....more....bitt"" tiff says, "the morning after a wild night of partying." partying."mark says, "and they say turkey makes you drowsy?" drowsy?" hers some of your other captions...((áááad libááá)) if you want to play along... join us on our facebook page at faccbook dot com slash fox baltimore.

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can be time consuming. consuming.sometimes you don't have the time to try everythiig on... or you cannt track down a sales personnbut

this morning... karen caifa shows us how retailers are aiming to create an &pexperience... to make it easi. easier. --reporter pkg-as follows -- imagine trying on a wardrobb from blouss to shoes without ever stepping into a ddessing room, or interacting with a store associate. if it sounds like the shopping xperience of the future, the future isn't so far off. it's the premise of ciscc's styleme. whattthey want to do, what would be fun, and what would actually encourage them to buy new stuff ann that's what the bbainchild behind styleme is. retailers know consumerr like certain features of online and mobile shooping, like product information and ser-generated reviews.this year's national retail federrtion expo in new york showed off technology that integrates a lot of that with the in-store experience. it really enables the consumer to reaaly drive the experience, and get all the data they would get from, typically, an online shopping experienne, but get it in the store.intel developpd this in-store kiosk with macy's, giving customers freedom to explore roducts on their own,, &pwith a sales asssciate to hel

make the sale.theeinnovation responds to discerning coosumers who have more options than ever to research a purchase.the customer is telling us, you have thii techhology, so don't just show me the technology. use the technology to give me a better experience when i'm in the store. and in a still sluggish economy, a happy customer makes a happy retailer too. for consumer watch, i'm karin caifa. this next irl thinks she may have picked the wrong outfit for the bii game. game.((:51 i said, let me wear my aaron rodgers jersey and you said no :57)) :57))why this girl has a meltdown over a football game... and why one little boy is reduced to tears over tom br. brady..(:40 don't be so mad at tom rady. i hate him though. :) :44)) you're watching fox 45 good day baltimore. ((break 7)) 3

it is time for caught on camera... ann today we're starting with a ccuple of football fans thattcan't handle a loss. loss.first... we have a girl the packerr loss to the giants week.((:49 and i wore my clay matthews jersey and i said, let me wear my aaron rodgers jersey and you said no.. wear clay matthewss (crying) 1:02)) p:02)) the girl's name is casey.

casey's sister took the video after they left the bar... following the pllyoff game. so that's a packers fan... we know ravens fans won't be weekend. but since we're pllying the patriots... we couldn't resist showing you this little boy... showing us how he feels about tom brady. brrdy.((:06 why re you so mad at tom brady? because i hate him! (crying) :12)) :12)) this video was captured by a a game between the eagles and the patriots.little christopher was very upset at the patriots... and tom brady in particular.he spends his time on camera repeating how much he ccn't stand the quarterback. 3

moving on froo football now... to another sport... snowboardin. snowboarding.only this isn't your every day snowboorder... check this out. out.it's a crow.... he snowboards down a rooo in russia.. using a jjrrlid as a snowboard. 3 3 snowboardd a pug that wants to take an a-t-v ride... won't take no for an answer. answer.instead... he throws aat. tantrum.((:17-:22 natssof screa)

little atty wanted to hitch a ride on a nearby four-wheeler with her canine ppl....so he screams... until he gets his way. &p we've shown you the adooable dog videos... so we better thrown in a cattone. one.here's a cat that's ppetty light on his feet. &pnats))pause for music nats)))- this cat seems to be twirling to the music as it winds his way up the stairs.at one point he even has his tail in his outh.makes me dizzy! there's talk of flurries in the forecast.

&pforrcast.meteorologist steve fertig has your 7-day forecast after the break. you're watching fox 45 good day baltimore. ((:21 why don't yyo like tom brady so much? cause he's mean? no i hate him! :27))

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