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someone, laiming to be with the city's tax collection office... is makiig these phone calls... calls...(eyler) "she wanted me to go to the bank...." bank...."78-year old betty eye-ler says she got a call on thursday.the persoo n the other line said eye-ler owed more than 16-hundred dollars in property taxes.... which isn't true.she wws tood to give the monny to a sheriff's deputy that would be at her home in about 45 minutes... or be evicted. (eyler))"i almost lost my mind. i went outtand screamed in the middle of the street and the neighbors and all came out and they said, they can't come down and put a lock on your door in 45 minutes.. ttat's all she kept telling me." me."police believe eye-ler is among at least three victimss of this scaa.in one ase, things turned violent for a 95-year old man in soutt baltimore. find out what haapened to him when someone actually came to his home... coming up next half hour.i'm mmgan gillillnd,
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fox45 morning news. also first on fox... a baltimore city sheriff's deputy wounded in the line of duty, then fired for speakiig may get his job back.gation... - back.bacc in 2008, deputy james lane was serving a suspect, when things turned - violent.another deputy fired at the suspect and one of the bullets struck lane in hiss face and neck.lane always believed the bullet was from an officer's gun, but his superiors accused him of lying. when they tried firing him... he shared his story with fox44. &pthe sheriff did fire him.sinc then... lane has been fighting to get his job back...now a city judge says the sheriff muut re-hire him... with full benefits. point.">the sheriff can
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appeal the udge's new ruling within 30 days.but deputy lane is hoping they'll just ppt him back in uniform. a baltimore man is shot and killed byypolice in north carol. carolina.shots fired shots fired subject down subject down that was radio traffic from police......right after they shot darryl wiggins sunday niggt.it happened at this apartment complex in smithfiell, north caaolina... about half an hour south-east of raleigh.neighbors called police... because they heard gunfire while 2 mee were fighting.wiggins was holding a gun when police arrived.he refused to drop it... and that's when police opened fire. marylanders get a chance to sound off... on how b-g-e responded to massive power outages after a surpriseestorm. ssorm.on monday, dozens of people attended one of the four publii hearings by the maryland public service commission.residents shared concerns over the company's week-loog response to the derecho storm that caused more than 700-thousand customers to lose power at the end of june. "my neigbors being that we're
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on a dead end treet eventuallyytook a 12-foot ladder and a 2 by 4 and went out and prop the wires up so we were no longer trapped on the streett" -butt to- "oq: voice of the custommr " "baltimore city's meeting is tonight... at the war memorial building on gay street at seven.a hearing for altimore county will be on august 6th at the baltimore county office building at 7 p-m. many homes in the histooic oliver community in east baltimore... have a new looo. look.last night... mayor a álighting of the leafá ceremooy... thanking residents,,volunteers and community partners for their efforts in renovating homee in the community. the mayor says it alsoossmbolizes the area's rebirth.... and ressdents say i. pthere's still alot of work to do but i think we've come a &plong way in which the community and i use that word lightly people arr coming
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together to say enough is enough and they're taking ack the community stteet by street." street."the mayor says renovations ... like the oliver community... will help in her goal of growing the city by 10-thousand residents in the next ten years. usually... we hear stories about the dog chasing the mailman.but a new video that's gginn viral... proves that's not always the case.. take a lookkthis dog not only greets the mailman at the end of the driveway... he also retrieves the mail!this video was uploaded to youtube last week... and so far it has more than 4-thousand hits. arr you our biggest fan? 3are yoo our biggest fan?then
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the day! everyday we'll pick one of our viewers from our facebook page... and feature them onn fox45 news at 5.to ecome a fan just go to our facebook page... facebook dot com slash foxbaltimore. coming up... history could be made today... in the world oo flying. flying.the new plane the ir force will be testing out... and what engineers hope it can do... over the course of just &p5 minutes. you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all mmrning. ((bump out)) ((brrak 1)) [ female announcer ] can your body wash nourish this deeply?
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new this morning... today begins ddy 9... in the drew peterson murder trial.the former chiiago police sergeant is charged with killing his back in 2004.her body was found in a bathtub and áoriginallyá ruled an accidental drowning.but peterson become the focus of a police invessigation... after his fourth wife... stacy peterson... went missing.this week... prosecutors will call a forensic pathologist to testify. today a judge will decide whether to delay the trial for the fort hood shooting suspect. major nidal hasan is the army psychiatrist... charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder... and 32 counts of
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attempted murder... forrthe 2009 attack at the texxs army post.if the trial is not delayed... jury selection is scheduled to begin monday. hasan faces the death penalty or life in prison if convicted. &p"v-h-1" is pulling the plug o chad johnson's reality show... following saturday's arrest. johnson... also known as "ochocinco"... is facing allegations of domestic violence.he was schhduled to debut his new show "ev and pcho" next monthh"v-h-1" says due to unfortunate events... and the seriousness of thh allegations... the network has no intentions of airing it.on sunday... johnson was also &preleased by the miami dolphins. imagine flying from new york pity to london... in about an hour.that's the kind of speed the u-s air force will be testing today.it will be the third test of the hypersonic x-51-a "wave-rider"... you're seeing here.the 25-foot-long unmanned vehicle will be dropped off the wing of a
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conveeted b-52 bomber off the coast of alifornia.engineers arr hoping it will able to travel at six times the speed of sound... for five minutee. if the test is successful... generation of missiles and military aircraft. the c-d-c is out a list of the states with the highest rates of obesity. we'll tell you where maryland of the state is considered the olympics may be over... but they're still on the minds of many.wait until you see what one man discovered... you're watching formation.3 social media is shedding a
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little light on the suspect aacused in monday's shooting in college ssation, texas.it appears nearly half of his facebook profile photos... are &pof guns.and as andrew spencer explains... the mother of the suspect is now speaking out. out. it happened in college station texas... blocks away from texas a-ann-m university. police say a constable went to serve an eviction notice on 35-year-old thomas cafall. according to police... caffall opened ffre.. leading to a ssandoff.. and shootout.after 30 minutes.. ended.dead.also killed... the constable serving the eviction nooice,,, and a male bystander. three other police officers and a female
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bystander were wounned.the university used its emergency &pnotification system to alert people to avoid the area because of a report of an "active shooter."i heard two bullets whiz right by my room. this is mostly college students living here, it's not something you would think would happen.we started hearing more sirens and then a fire trucc and officers yelled at us to get inside.a facebook page purported to belong to caffall includes several photos of rifles. he lists as inspirational people --- firearms designers colt, browning and kalashnikov (kah- lahsh-nee-kawf).the suspecttd gunman's mother issued a statement through her thoughts and prayers go to the families of the deceased and the woundeddvictims...(pause) he had been ill. it breaks our hearts his illness led to this."i'm andrew spencer reporting. coming up... are the nutritional supplements you're taking... doing more harm than good?a look at tte most troublinn finds... made by consumer reports. you're watching fox
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fiber map 3 &pfiber map 3 3 first on fox... first on fox...a scam targeting the elderly... forcing them to pay fake tax bills or face eviction. eviction.in one case... police say it turnee violent.megan gilliland is here with more on what residents need to be looking for. good morning guys...police say there are at least three victims that they know of right now... but they are warning everyone out there... to be cautious. cautious.especially if you get a phone call from someone... claiming to be with the city's
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tax collection office.in this scam... police say the caller will tell you that you we hundreds of dollars in property taxes.and that you need to pay the money in cash to a sheriff's deputy headed to your home... or be evicted. for a 95-year old mannin south baltimore... it turned violent... when someone showed up at his home... assaulted hii and then robbed him. right now... investigators are working with a vague description of the suspect. (guglielmi) "a wwite male responded to the house. this individual was dressed in civilian clothing. he's described as being in his 20's.. approximately 200 to 220 poundd.." pounds.."police and the city tax collection office... say they're investigating.but so you know... according to the collection office... no one in that office makes telephone collection calls to homeowners. they always correspond through onnthe phone... that's a red flag.i'm meggn gilliland, &pfox45 morring news. the man accused of killing phyliciaabarnes... won't go to trial until next year.
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year.mmchael johnson's trial was supposed to start monday, but prosecutors and defense attorneys requested it be re- scheduled for january.they say... they're still sorting through evidence.johnson was arraigned in juue on first degree murder charges. 3 the house of delegates will resume debate this morning on a bill o expand gambling in ma. maryland.a house committee votee to amend the bill... phich would include table games and another casino at the national harbor in prince george's county.delegates are considering lowering the tax for operators of "maryland live"... at arundel mills and a future casino in baltimore.the move is aimed at offsetting the eccnomic impact of the national harbor casino.but the session is still causing controversy among lawmakers. the republican leader in the house is worried aboutt presssre being placed n those delegates who are still undecided on the issue. (o'donnell) "these special deals being cut for special &pconstiuencies is not the way to make good publlc policy and yet that's what i sense is going on here in annapolis right now in order to assemble the constitutional number of votes required to pass this bill and that's very unfortunat" unfortunate." the house is scheduled to
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convene at 2 this afternoon. the house is expected to vote on a measure impacting owners of pit bulls today.the bill they're onnidering is a much narrower version of aasenate it would essentially overturn ddclaring pit bulls as "inherently dangerous". lawmakers want owners of áanyá type of dog... legally responsible for bites. new jersey governor chris christie is scheduled to deliver the keynote address... at this month's republican national convention. convention.the keynote is one of the highest profile speaking slots during convention week. the convention will take place over 4 days... beginning august 27th, in tampa, florida... where romney will officially receive the g-o-p presidential nomination. history is over the baltimore skies this week. week.the b-17 "memphis belle" arrived at martin state airport monday.thh 'flying
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footess' is one of only 13 b-17's still operational.it is cared for by a non- profit raising money to keep it in the skies.the liberty foundation spends more than one and half million dollars a year to keep this plane going.they say it's to honor world war two veterans and their sacrafices. keith youngblood, liberty foundation: 14..8.33 "it's not so much about the plane,,it's about the 10 guys who flew in the plane, so that's what we try to keep alive."warren dorfler, wwii veteran: 13.53.04 "i'm glad they're still flying. i'm glad they're still flying. i was hoppng they'd keep them going...so thht the present generation in."the liberty foundation took fox45 for a ride.they are paking donations this weekend to take you for a ride, too! 4-hundred-50 dollars gets you a 45- minute flight on the world war two relic. the olympics may be over.. but the olympic spirit is still in the air in michigan. michigan. as the camera zooms in you can see the olympic rings and "u-s-a 2012" written
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in rocks. a man found it while exploring a pooular tourist spot with his family. they're taking it off.. for charity.the f-d-n-y's 2013 calendar of heroes is now on sale.each month hows a shirtless fireman in front of a big apple landmmrk.the calendars cost 15-95 -- and all sales fund fire safety for kids and families. the calendar raised 150-thousand dollars last year poundatioo.r the the f-d-n-y fo. 3coming up... coming up... keep a close eye on yoor bank a!
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account!3 new bank fees... being tacked on for thousands of customers.and what you can do... to avoid paying them. a fabulous start to the early morning ride on 795 at franklin boulevard.. we'll take a trip around the beltway coming up in just minutes.you're watching fox 45 mooning news.. all local.. all morning. ((break 5)) ((bump in))
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natsyou can hear the wind whip through arrzona... in a town just two hours south of las vegas.folks were sentt scrambling for cover... as a dust storm rolled in.it forced the evacuation of neaaly 5-hundred people... from a city park. nobody was hurt... and city officials say the storm blew ouu just as fast as it blew in. (toss to weather)) 3
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coming up... &pgas prices are climbing... a penny a day.but experts say... relief ii in sight.when prices at the pump... could finally go own. and 12 states... with obesityy rates over á30-percent.áwe'll tell you if maryland is one of them...and what percentage of our population is ccnsidered obese... next.you're watching local.. all morning. all -
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3 new this morning... watch out for rising bank fees.according to a new survey from "money--ates-dot-com"... banks are increasing monthly service fees... a-t-m fees... and overdraft fees.and that's not all.the requirements to avoid monthly service fees are getting harder to meet.the average minimum balance needed
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to avoid fees... jumped from about pearly 45-hundred dollars this year. if you've filled up lately... you've probably noticeddgas prices are back on the riss. that's according to tte atest "lundberg survey"... which finds prices have been climbing about a penny a day. over the pastt2 weeks... prices have gone up 18 cents. that's the biggest two week jump of the year.the nationwide average for regular stands at 3-dollars-69-cents a gallon. but according to should be some relief at the - pump once the school year gets underway. a new survey finds a dozen u-s states... have obesity raaes that topped 30-percent last year.weighing the most... are residents in mississippi... with an obesity rate of nearly 35-percent.louisiann comes in second... followed by west virginia, alabama and michigan. colorado had thee lowest obesity rate at just under 21-percent. here in maryland... our obesity rate is 28-percent.
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a arning this morning, for parents.ii your child snores often and loudly... it could bb a sign of bigger health problems.that's according to new research by cinciinati children's hospital medical center.research finds that chhldren who snore loudly at least twice a week at the ages of 2 and 3... have more behavioral robbems than children who don't snore. researcc also finds that breast-feeding seems to persistent snoring.. barnes & noble just slashed prices on its nook tablets. alison kosik explains... the e- reader wars. --reporter pkg-as follows -- if you've been holding off on getting an e-rrader, now may be the time to buy. &pbarnes-and-noble just cut prices on its nook tablets by as much as 20-percent. the nook color dropped to 150 dollars. the 8-gigabyte nook tablet- which is lighter and has more memorr than thh color- was reduced to 180- dollars. and the price tag on the 16-gigabyteeslashed to 200- dollars. after speculation that amazon will launch a new kindle fire. competition in the e-reader world is ierce, as e-books in popularity. since may of 2011, amazon has sold print books-- by a ratio of 105 to one! the currrnt version of the 8-gigabyte kindle fire will run you tablets caa run even higher-- esppcially if you than just readdif you're lloking for bluetoothh cameras, or more basic samsung galaxy tab 2 will put you back 250-and of course there's apple's stripped-down version costs 500-dollars. n what ou want and how much you're illing to spend. could be a good excuse to caach up on your i'm alison kosii ii new york. -----end-----cnn.scriit----- cnn.script----------end-----
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stock up on pizzas from his childhood pizza place... "town spa pizza."he stocks up on hundreds of pizzas and shares them with his eight siblings. it gets them all excited too. they're all like...wwen i get homee they are llke you guys they are all in the driveway waiting for me to pull up and they're like oh yeah...there's nothing wrong with these, they're great! last year, schuler these, they're great! last year, schuler took homm 150 pies... this year it's 250. he says the trip takes him about 20 hours each way. &pcoming up... 3&they're supposed to áimproveá your health... but according risks of taking nutritional supplements... may outwwigh the benefits.the most troubling findings... next. and get all the credit... without doing all the work.how one local business is changing the way we do family meals.
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for the perfect moment. enjoy the new oreo coolatta and donut today. america runs on dunkin'. more than half of american adults take nutritional supplements. they're not without risk. the food ann drug administration has reccived more than 6-thousann reports of serious adverse events in the last 5 years. consumer reports has important advice you should heed before taking any supplement. 33 (v/o)dina khader has been pdvising people about nutrition for morr than 20 years. she says she's seen many casse of misuss of khader)"people start to take tteir own supplements without really checking if they really need it or if it's something that would benefit them in any way."(v/o)a consumer reports investigation found many surprising dangers in vitamins and supplements - largely unregulated products. and moreover, there's increasing evidence there mmy be few, if any, benefits. (sot)"there waa a study published ii june that showed that calcium supplements increased the risk of heart attack by 86 percent compared to the group who didn't get them. on the other hand, that same study showed protect your heart."(v/o)a recent study f antioxidant supplements showw that high doses of some may iicrease cancer risk" and not reduce it. (soo: nancy metcalf)"even more troubling - some supplements prescription drugs like viagra and cialis that were not on the label." v/o)the fda says supplements spiked with prescription drugs are "the largess threatt to consumer safety. there have been more
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than 400 recalls of such products since 20088 (sot: nancy metcalf)"even with uncontaminated vitamins and minerals, the labels don't tell the whole story because generally, the fda does not require manufacturers to include warning labels."(v/o) wwen consumer eports checked out the labels on more than listed possible adverse reactions.(sot: nancy metcalf) "in some cases, the potential risks of supplements can we consumer reports way to go. 3 consumer reportt says for
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those on a restricted diet or with certain medical conditions... there aae some supplements you may need to take. of course, check with your doctor firss. coming up in our 7 o'clock pour... wwbster is adding 4 new woods to it's dictionary... nd one of themm.. may leave you in shock.what it is... and the reason behind it. pluss.. a new reason to embrace your chocolate &pcravings.tteeimportaat health benefit... itts being linked to.you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all ((break 8))
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a warning on a new scam that tries to steal your cash. who it targets and how youucan avoid becoming a victim. four new words.. are going inn the dictionary.but the one controversy thissmorning. oneehint.. it's not safe for t-v. and... chocolate might be bad for your waistline... but it's good for another pprt of your body.what part of you benefits the most from your sweet tooth. 33 3 3 ttday is tuesday, uggst 14. 3
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pay fake tax bills or face eviction.megan gilliland is here with mooe on a story good morning guys,police say someone, claiming toobe with the city's tax collection office... is maainn these calls...(eyler) "she wanttddme to go to the bankk..." 78-year old betty eye-ler says she got a call on thursday.the person on the other liie said eee-ler owed more than 16-hundred dollars in property was told to give the money to a sheriff's deputy that would be at her home in about 45 minutee... or be evictedd 3(eyler) "i almost lost my mmnd. i went out and screamed in the middle of the street and the neighbors and all came out and they said, they can't come down and put a lock on your door in 45 minutes.. that's all she kept telling me." mm." police believe eye-ler is among at least three victims
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of this scam.in one case, things turned violent for a baltimore. find out what happened to him when someone actually came to his home... coming up next half hour.i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. also first on fox... a baltimore city sheriff's deputy wounded in the line of duty, then firrd for speaking out about the investigation... may ggt his job back. back.back in 2008, eputy james lane was serving a search warrant on a murder violeet.another deputy fired at the suspect and one of the bullets struck lane in his face and neck.lane always believed the bullet was from an officer's gun, but his superiors accused him of lying. when they tried firing him... he shared his story with fox45. then... lane has been fighting to get his job back...now a city judge says the sheriff must re-hire him... with full benefits.
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officer had no fault in what happened to him... in through asking for answers, he ended up on the wrong side... beginning to right that injussice at this point."> point.">the sheriff can within 30 days.but deputy lane is hoping they'll just put him back in uniform. a baltimore man is shot and killed by police in north carol. parolina.shots fired shots fired subject down suuject down that was radio traffic from police......right after they shot darryl wiggins sunday night.it happened at this apartment complex in smithfield, north carolina... about half an hour south-east of raleigh.neighbors called police... because they heard gunfire while 2 men were fighting.wiggins was holding a gunnwhen police arrived.he refused to drop it... and that's when police opened fire. police arrest the former owner of the senator heater.this is tom kiefaber ... getting visibly angry at a ciiy "board of estimmtes" meeting about 2
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years ago..e was arrested at the theater monday morning... after he made threats and refused to leave the property.the current owners previously had a peace order against kiefaber but it &pexpired.kiefaber is chargee with trespassing. sounddoff... on how b-g-e o responded to massive power outages after a suuprise storm. storm.on monday, dozens of people attended one of the four public hearings by the maryland public service commission.residents shared concerns over the company'ss week-longgresponse to the derecho torm that caused more lose power at the end of june. "my neigbors being that we're on a dead end street eventuaaly took a 12-foot ladder and a 2 by 4 and went out and prop the wires up so we were no longer trapped on the street." //butt to//" oq: voice of the customer " " baltimore city's meeting is tonight... at the war memorial building on gay street at
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&pseven.a hearing for baltimore county will be on august 16th at the altimore county officee building at 7 p-m. someone threw a bottle of acid at this muslim school in illinois, sunday night during evening ramadan prayers. worshippers heard a loud crash outside and found glass bottle filled with acid and other materials. an islamic group is calling on security through the fasting period of ramadan, which ends on august 19th. police are investigating. a new survey finds a dozen u-s that topped 30-percent last yea. year.weighiig the most... are residents in mississsppi... with an obesity rate of nearly 35-percent.louisiana comes in seeond... followed by west virginia, alabama and mmchigan. collrado ad the lowest obesity rate at just under 21-percent. here in maryland... our obesitt rate is 28-percent. a warning this morning, for parents.if your child snores often and loudly... it coull be a sigg of bigger ealth
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probbems.that's according to new research by cinciinati &pchildren's hospital medical center.research fiids that children who snore loudly at least twice a week at the agee pf 2 and 3... have more behavioral problems than children who don't snore. research also finds that breast-feeding seems to protect toddlers against persistent snoring. if you don't like snakes... &pyou're not going to like this story. this is the largest burmess python... áever foundá in the florida evvrglades.it's about a foot wide.... 17-ann-a-half feet long... and just over 164 pounds. rrsearchers at the university of florida are hoping to studyyits carcass... snake's reproductive the capabilities. that might help them stop the spread of hat is considereddan invasive predators. with no known - "we found that the burmese python had eaten at leass one bird we also found that it contained 87 eggs. so, 87 eggs that werr in the ova-ductal pggs, which will now beat the record in florida by two." will now beat the recorr in florida by two." 3
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the burmese python is native to southeast asia... and was first found in the everglades in 1979.they were determined to be an established species in 2000. the olympics may be over.. but the olympic spirit is still in the air in michigan. as the camera zooms in you can see the olymmic rings and "u-s-a 2012" written innrockss a man found it whiie exploring a popular tourist spot with his family. chocolate... does the body good! good!researchers say... it helps the brain.the three things... it helps the major organ do. do.and make it a "date night"...where you can have a delicious meal prepared for you..next in you hoemtown
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man admits to posing as a diplomat from the domincan republic... in a fundraising scam in new york.prosecutors say the 43-year-old solicited vehicles to the domincan republic... but the vehicles didn't exist.on monday, francisco calcano pleeded guilty to scheming to defraud. a new report by an independent commission finds the bomb and gun rampage that left 77 people dead in norway last summer... could have been avoided. the suspect... anders breivik... is on trial for the bombing in entral oslo and a deadly shooting spree at a youth camp.the repprt criticizes norway's ggn controls as "inadequate"...
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and suggests a failurr to understand that one person could cause so much devastation. eating cocoa could help yyu think in the future. a new study suggests antioxidants in cocoa can help with memory, language, and judgement. buu before you rush out to buy a bunch of chocolate, don't forget to consider any potential bias. the study was funded by mars, inc.... which makes the cocoa powder used in the study, as well as m&m's and snickers. 3 it's the perffct date night..perpare a meal together aad then enjoy chocolate cake. "let's dish" is making that all possible. emily gracey joins us live for this mornings hometown hotspot. - what is date night? - whht type of dishes cannpeople &pmake? up? &pup? 3 date night is the third friday of a flex start time from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. for more information log on to fox
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date night is the third friday of every month with a flex start time from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. for more information log on to fox baltimore dot com slash morning. charging you..for keeping your . money.how much more... banks are raising their monthly service, a-t-m and over draft f. fees.but first..a maryland man
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helpfrom the public -can pressure meantimefamily do in the -what does the seriously the tape seriously-what does the family do in the mmantime -can pressure from the public help 3 phylicia barnes' suspected killer won't go on trial.. trial..until next year.find out the reason behind the delay. delay.delay. delay.reason behind the find out the until next year.won't go on trial.. trial..suspected killer phylicia barnes' 3 help-can pressure meantime family do in the tte tape government take look aa this only group to that the right and investigating ... isshelp family go to for -who does the the scenes in a going on behind .. what has been -it's been one yeer this morning college .. joins uu community arundel institute at anne criminal justice security and the homeland and director of ... former fbi agent siiuation like this?happens in a so what demands.obama agreed to
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unless president would be killed weinstein aad he may where released an al-qaida year. rockville .. was worker from weinstein is an aid old warren weinstein is an aid worker al-qaida released an undated video in may where weinstein said he would be killed unlees president obama agreed to the group's demands. so what happens in a situation like this? dr. tyrone powers ... former fbi agent and director of the homeland security and criminal jjstice institute at anne arundel community college .. joins us this morring-it's been one scenes in a case like this-who does the family go to for -the fbi is that the right and only grouu to look at this-does the the tape seriouslyfamily do in the meantime-can pressure help
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3 phylicia barnes' suspected killer won't go on trial.. trial..until next year.find delay.a new scam that tries to steal your cash.who it targets and how you can avoid becoming a victim. you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all morning. ((break 4)) 3 the gambling debate in annapolis.the odds that the special session won't end on time..tonight on fox 45 news at five. a clean mouth.
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forcing them to pay fake tax bills or face eviction. eviction.in one case... police say it turned violent.megan gilliland is here with more on what residents need to be looking for. good morning guys...police say there are at least three victims that they know of right now... but they are warning everyone out there... to be cautious. cautious.especially if you get a phone call from someone... claiming to be with the city's tax collection office.in this scam... police say the caller will tell yyu that you owe hundreds of dollars in property taxes.and that you need to pay the money in cash to a sheriff's deputy headed to your home... or be evicted. for a 95-year old man in south violent... when someone showed up at his home... assaulted him and hen robbed him. right working with a vague description of the suspect. (guglielmi) "a white maae responded to the house. this individual was dressed in civilian clothing. he's deecribed as beeng in his 20's.. approximately 200 to 220 pounds.." 3
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pounds.."police and the city tax collection office... say they're investigating.but so you know... according to the collection office... nn one in that office makes telephone collection calls to homeowners. they always correspond through the mail.if you hear from them on the phone... that's a red flag.i'm megan gilliland, fox45 orning news. the man accused of killing phylicii barnes... won't go to trial until next year. year.michael johnson's triall was supposed to start monday, but prosecutors and defense attorneys requested it be re- scheduled for january.they say... they're still sorting through evidence.johnson was arraigned in june on ffrst degree murder charges. one man is dead while another is still fighting to survive thhs morning... following a double shooting early friday morning. today, the police department will hold a candlelight vigil at the washington monument in mount vernon.... to raise community support in looking for the shooter. over the weekend police passed out flyers with the victims'
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get some information. 16:42:35 were looking for anyone who may have been in the area in the mount vernon section of the city to contact police with infoomation if you saw something suspicious if you know anyhting detectives really need your help :45 :45 one of the victims died from his injuries. the other victim ... larry peterson, who many call the "unofficial mayor of mount vernon"... remains in the hospital this morning. 3 the house of delegates will resume debate this morning on a bill to expand gambling in ma. maryland.a house committee voted to amend the bill... &pwhich would include table games and another casino at the national harbor in prince george'' county.delegates are considering lowering the tax for operators of "maryland arundel mills and a future casino in baltimore.the move is aimed at offsstting the economic impact of he national harbor casino.but the session is still causing controversy among lawmakers. the republican leader in the house is worried about pressure being placed on thhse delegates who are still
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undecided on the issue. (o'donnell) "these special deals being cut for special consttuencies is not the way to make good public policy and yet that's what i sense is going on here in annapolis right now in order to assemble the constitutional number of votes requirrd to pass this bill and that's very 3unfortunate." unfortunate."the house is scheduled tt convene at 2 this afternoon. tte house is expected to vote on a measure impacting owners of pit bulls today.the bill they're considering is a much narrower version of a ssnate bill pushed through last week. it would esseetiaaly overturn a court of appeals decision declaring pit bulls as "inherently dangerous". lawmakers want owners of áanyá type of dog... legally responsible for bites. republicans in connress are suing attooney eric holder, n prder to obtain documents related to "fast and furious..."the otched operation designed to track illegal guns to mexican drug cartels.holder and the justice departtent say they rrleased documents to the house committee...but republicans say holder didn't turn in material that would disclose
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what he knew about the program. in june, the house voted holder was in contempt of congress. an attorney for george zimmerman plans to file an appeal this week... after the down.last month... the judge do. stated he had probable cause to believe zimmerman commiited contempt f ourt... for not disclosing donations he received online...ever since that hearing... donations have decreased. zimmerman's attorney claims the judge stepped over his bounds.he is now requesting a self deffnse immunity hearing... which ssems from the "stand your ground law." a self-defense immunity trial would put zimmermans fate in acts as judge and jury.who zimmerman is facing murder charges for the fatal shooting of trayvon martin back in february. today a judge will decide phether to delaa thh trial for the fort hood shooting suspect. maaor nidal hasan is the army psychiatrist... charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder... and 32 counts of attemptee murder... for the 2009 attack at the texas army post.if the trial is nnt
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delayed... jury selection is scheduled to begin monday. hasan faces the death penalty or life in prison if convicted. watch out for rising bank fees. fees.according to a new survey from "money-rates-dot-com"... banks are increasing monthly service fees... a-t-m fees... and overdraft fees.and thaa's not all.the requirements to pvoid monthly serviie fees are getting harder to meet.tte average minimum balance needed to avoid fees... jumped from about 8-hundred-56 dollars... to nearly 45-hundred dollars this year. skies this week.the baltimore arrived at martin state elle" airport monday.the 'flying fortess' is one of only 13 b-17's still operational.it is cared for by a non- profit &praising money to keep it in the skies.the liberty foundation spends more than one and a half million dollars a yyar to keep this plane going.they say it's toohonor world war two veterans and their sacrafices. keith youngblood, liberty foundation: 14.58.33 "it's not so much about the plane, ii's about the 10 guys who flew in the plane, so that's what we try to keep alive."warren dorfler, wwii veteran:
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13.53.04 "i'm glad they're still flying. i'm glad they're still flying. i was hoping they'd keep them going...so that the present generation could see what we were in." in." theeliberty foundation took fox45 for a ride.they are taking donations this weekend to take you for a ride, too! 4-hundred-50 dollars gets you a 45- minute flight on the world war two relic. webster is adding a few new words to it's dictionary...and one of tem.. will probably have you scratching your head. head.ttey are "f-bomb"... "sexting"... "energy drinn"... and "life coach."dictionary editors say they traced "f- bomb" back to 1988... in a "newwsay" ssory that had mets catcher, gary carter talking about how he had given up profanitiis. that brings us to our questiin of the ay:should the f- bomb be in the dictionary?phone
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lines are open now..4100481- 4545. you can also go to fox-baltimore dot com and tell us what yyu think... sound off the sunshine...will be gone for awhile. awhile.meteorologist steve fertig tells us.. .when we can expect to see phunderstorms... and how long they will last... next in yoor skywatch weather forecast. forecast. you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all morning. ((break 5))
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3 webster adds four new words to their classic dictionary. dictionary.and here they are.. the "f bomb" ... "sexting"... coach."but the first one is cootroversy."that brings us to oor question of the day.should the f- bomb be in the dictionary?our phone lines are 481-4545. you're watching fox 45 mmrning news.. all local.. all morning. ((break )) ((question of day animation)) four new words are added to 3
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webster's dictionary..the first one on your screen... is stirring up controversy. controversy.that brings us to our question of the day.should the f- bomb be in the dictionary?our phone lines are judith -bmore -bmore 3 geo "perhaps ttey should just print a slang dictionaay for those who need to use slang."
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slang." sherry "it's unnecessary." unnecessary." angelina " nn, it should not be put into the dictionary. how crazy is this world?" world?" veronica "yup add it!" it!" james "yes it's a word used by a lot of aaericans, so why " not?" edwin "to be honest, with all the craziness that's going on in our wwrld, i'm not even surprised at this. there seems to be very few, if any,, standards anymore. everrthing is negotiable and nothing is off the table --- even soothing as deplorable as this."
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fear into the hearts of beachgoers everywhere is now availableeon blu- ray. as ashley dvorkin explains.. the makers of "jaws" are discussing the movie magic behind the famous thrillee. going into the ocean was never the same after millions made "jaws" tte first summer blockbuster back in 1975 and whole new generation can blu
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experience the fright. gottlieb says "with jaws, you come up behind anybody in a swimmiig pool and go dah dahm and they go like that because its literacy." daruty says "released in 1975 before there was ever a summer blockbuster it literally made a footprint on being a summer blockbbster, put steven on the map." director and his crew created a mechanical shark, that failed more times than gotttieb says "it had been
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built and tested in fresh water, it had never been deployed in salt water, saat water is the everything in the ocean issout o eat your boat." the shark to come up, clap it's jaws, rolllhis eyes and sink back, 12 levers in some kind oo synchronized manner, horrendous technical challenge." and while filming one of the most iconic scenes in tte film... man to make movie magic. alvez says "we put a two pylons and a rope and a pulley and had 3 guys on each rope and i steven said pull to the right, pull to the left and we would run up the poor susan and i said the poor girl was just beat." ashley dvorkin, fox news.. 3 fox news. 3 coming up in our 8 o'clock hour.. the c-d-c is out with a list of the states with the highest rates of obesity. we'll tell pou where maryland falls... and what percentage of the state is ccnsidered obese. you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all morniig. p(break 8))
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to get mad just into our pewsroom... 9-1-1 calls from the night chad "ochocinco" johnson is accused oo headbutting his wife.what else the tapes reveal about whatt happened that night. it's costing you more.. to save your money.three things you're paying more for at your bank. :18 nats of growling growlingand... kitties.. caught on camera.what percentage of cats in one study.. were caught cheating on their owners. 3 3
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3 a warring this morning about a &ppotential scam targeting the . elderly.someone is calling people trying to force them to pay fake tax bills or face evic. eviction.tom rodgers is here with more on the story you're seeing fiist on fox plus your other top stories of the &pmorning. police say someone, claiming to be with thh city's tax collection office... is making these phone calls. calls.(eyler) "she wanted me to go to the bank...." bank...."78-year old betty eyler says she ot a call on thursday.the person on the other line said eye-ler owed more than 16-hundred dollars in property taxes.... which isn't true.sheewas told to give the money to a sheriff's deputy that would be at her home in about 45 minutes... or be evicted. (eyler) "i almost lost my
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mindd i went out and screamed in the middle of the street pnd the neighbors and all came out and they said, they can't comeedown and put a lock on your door in 45 minutes.. that's all she kept telling me." me."police believe eyler is among at least three victims year old man in south baltimore was assaulted him and robbed when someone actually came to his home. police are investigating. the man accused of kklling phylicia barnes... wonnt go to trial until next year. year.michael johnson's trial was supposed to start monday, but prosecutors and defense aatorneys requested it be re- scheduled for january.they say... they're sttll sorting &pthrough evidence.johnson was arraigned in june on first degree murder charges. toddy begins day 9... in tte drew peterson murder trial.the former chicago police sergeant is charged with killing his third wife, kathleen savio... found in a bathtub and áoriginallyá ruled an
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accidental drowning.but peterssn become the focus of a police investigation... after his fourth wife... stacy peterson... went missing.this week... prosecutors willlcall a forensic patholooist to testify. "v-h-1" is pulling the plug on chad "ochocinco" johnson's &preality show... following his arrest saturday on domestic violence charges.now... just into ur newsroom.. we have obtained the 9-1-1 calls from that night. night.off top: :00 911 what is your emergencyi have someone ttattwas in domestic dispute with husbbnd and we need a police officer talk to hhr herin the call.. you hear a neighbor call 9-1-1 after finding johnson's wife... evelyn lozada... sitting outside his house.evelyn is in the background answering questions about what happened. :42 physiccl or verbal?she has a cut on her forehead foreheadd46 howd she get the cut any weapons involved?he
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hit her with hhs head head1:07 let's not make a big scene about it until the police ggt here because we're worried he's going to get mad and he's a high profile person. person.johnson was schedulld to debut his new show "ev and ocho" next month."v-h-1" says due to the seriousness of the allegations... the network has no intentionnsof airing it.on sunday... johnson was also released by the miami dollhins. marylanders get a chance to sound offf.. on how b-g-e responded to massive power outages after a surprise storm. storm.on monday, dozens of people attended one of the four public hearings by the mmryland public service commission.residents shared concerns over the company's week-long response to the derecho storm that caused more than 700-thousand customers to lose power at the end of june. "my neigbors being that we're on a dead end street eventually took a 12-foot ladder and a 2 by 4 and went out and prop the wires up so we were no longer trapped on the street.. -butt to-"oq: voice of the
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customer " "baltimore city's meeting is tonight... at the war memorial seven.a hearing for baltimmre county will be on august 16th at the baltimore county office building at 7 p-m. imagine flying from new york city to london... in about an hour.that'ssthe kind of speed the u-s air force will be testing today.it will be the third test of the hypersonic x-51-a "wave-rider"... you're seeing here.the 25-foot-long unmanned vehicle will be dropped off he wing of a converted b-52 bomber off the coast of california.engineers are hoping it will able to travel at six tiies the speed of sound... for five minutes. if the test is successful... generrtion of missiles and military aircraft.
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3 a family in arizona manages to pull off a mega wedding that's so big... it's making national . headlines.that's because it wasn'ttjust one daughter getting married... it was á3 daughters and 2 brothersá. brothersá.the waldde family held their joinn receptton in an airport hanger museum. dependiig on which wedding party you viiited... there were signs pointing you to the right part of the room.in the end... the 10 newlyweds say it was the perfect wedding.and the dad? he saved quite a bit of money too. coming up... call it the "walk of shame." shame."what a new study reveals... about the secret
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3 coming up... you don't have to have a gym membership... to get a good workout. workout.the exercises you can do foo free... just by stopping by your neighborhood p. playground.plus... have a question about fitness?we're taking your calls now... at 410-481-4545.you're watching foo 45 morning news.. all local.. all morning. ((break 2)) çia÷ 3
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shaquille - "do diet pills work effectively for weight loss?"dr. tarik harris is joining us during good day baltimore to show us a few new exercises and to answer more of your questions.in the meantime... you can send us a tweet or post your question on our facebook page. page.and if you'd like more information on working out with playground equipmmnt... log on to fox baltimore dot com slash morning.
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coming up... gas prices are climbing... a penny a day.but experts say... relief is in sight.when prices at the pump... could finally go down. favvrite place to go was down in the storm seeer. now i know what storm sewer looks like." and the secret lives of cats... revealed.the most shocking findings... from a national geographic study. news.. all local.. all morning morning. ((break 3)) 3
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brandi proctor is here withh the juice... first chad johnsoo gets arrested...then he gets dropped from the miami dolphins...now his reality show check is going to stop coming in!!! vh1 is puling the plug on their reality show, "ev and ocho," which was scheduled to premiere in septem. september.the network released a statement saying, "due to the unfortunate events ovee the weekend and the seriousness of the allegations, vh1 is pulling the series from its schedule and has no current planssof airing it."the internet is split.. a lot of people say her violent outburts on the show have people questioning her side of the story.. but she did run to
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a neighbors house for help.. and the police say she had a pretty large gash....we all say hitting a woman is always wrong.. but one of her enemies is actually gloating about this. and taunting her online. ex best friend... eric williams.. ex husband to her frenemy jen was being so rude on twitter. making jokes about her injuries... "she had a 10yr career n the nba &got hurt 1st game in the nfl." lots of people debated with him but the attention only made it worse... he has now made the word knnt trend on twitter... the whole thing is sad... theyve only been married a month... beyonce is really letting her fans in on her private moments with this new website.. she &pupdates pretty often. the mso recent pics are her int exas.. posing on a range...goofing
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off with her girll.. and showing how baby blue represents for ehr daddy jayz...but one f the most powerful pics she posted was for a good cause. world humanitarian day... just last week harry bblafonte said that she and jay z had dodged their social respionsibility... it seems shes trying to do something good ann asking her fans to join in... her message is inspired by her song..i was here.. shes asking others to help somebody that day. there's a bunch of stars involved... they are hoping to get a biilion ppl to pprticipate on august 19th.. michael phelps can now add model to his resume... shots from a new louis vuitton ad were released yesterday... the first one shows him rather dapper in a three piece suit... the second one has us all looking at our golden boy
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a littlee ifferently!go michael!steamy shot in the tub... with goggles on...not sure what theyre elling here...shout out to him for the olympic record of course... but louus vuitton spokesman is actually a big deal. coming up... you might want to keep a close eye on your bbnk account.the 3 &pnew bank fees... being tacked on for thousands of customers. and what you can do... to avoid paying them. (last sot) "i feel like one of these women on talk show. my husband has two wives. my cat has two families." anddthink you knnw your cat? think again!the eye-opening findings... ffom a national geographic study.and wait until you hear what a majority of cats feast on... in the wild. wild. you're watching fox 45 morning you're watching fox 45 morning we gotta sell the car. where start?
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3 3 the house of delegates wiil resume debate this morning on a bill to expand gambling in maryland. with more on the progress re - being ade in the special session... and the controversy among lawmakers.good morning, tom. a house committee voted to amend the bill... which would include table games and another casino at the national
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harbor in prince george's count. county.dellgates are considering lowering the tax ffr operators of "maryland live"...at arundel mills and a future casino in baltimore. the move is aimed at &poffsetting the economic impac of the ational harbor casino. put the session is still caasing controversy among lawmakers.the republican leader in the house is worried about pressure being placed on those deleeates who are still undecided on the issue. (o'donnell) "these special deals being cut for special constiuenciee is not the way to maae good public policy and yet that's what i sense is going on here in annapolis right now in order to assemble thh constitutional number of votes required to pass this bill and that's very unfortunat" unnorrunate."the house is scheduled to convene at 2 this afternoon. the house is expected to vote on a measure impacting owners of pit bulls today.the ill they're conssdering is a much narrower version of a enate bill pushed through last week. it would essentially overturn a court of appeals decision &pdeclaring pit bulls as "inherently dangerous". lawmakers want owners of áanyá type of dog...
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legally responsible for bitess many homes n tte historic oliver community in east baltimore... have a new ook. look.last night... mayor a álighting of the leafá held - ceremony... thanking residents,,volunteers and community partners for their efforts in renovating homes n the community. the mayor says rebirth.... and residents say it's a step forward. "there's still alot of work to do but i think we've come a pong way in whichhthe community and i use that word lightly people are coming together to ay enough is enough and they're taking back the community street by street." ssreet."the mayor says renovations ... like the oliver community... will help her goal of growing the city by 10-thousand residents in the next ten years. watch out for risinggbank fees. fees.according to a ew survee from "money-rates-dot-com"... banks are increasing monthly service fees... a-t-m fees... and overdraft fees.and that's not all.the requirements to
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avoid monthly service fees are getting harder to meet.the average minimum balance needed to avoid fees... jumppd from about 8-hundred-56 dollars... toonearly 45-hundred dollars this year.from paying more at your bank to paying more at the pump.... if you've filled up lately... you've probably noticed gas prices are back on the rise. that's according to the latest "lundberg survey"... which finds prices have been climbing about a penny a daa. over the past 2 weeks... prices have gone up 188cents. making it the biggest two week jump of the year.the nationwide average for regular fuel stands at 3- dollars-69-cents a gallon. but according to "gas-buddy some relieffat the pump once the school year gets underway. a new survey finds a dozen u-s states... have besity rates topping 30-percent last year. weighhng the most... ressdents in mississsppi... with an obesity rate of nearly
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35-percent.louisiana comes in second... followed by west virginia, alabama and michigan. olorrdo had the lowest obesity rate at just under 21-percent. here in maryland... our obesity rate is 28-percent. 3 there's a new study... about the secret lives of cats.and lot more than just sleep, eat and purr. purr.jeanne moos unlocks the secret lives of cats... with the help of kitty cams. ever wonder wwat cats do when they think we're not
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looking...me neither. ut thanks to kitty cams hanging oof their necks, now we know...they're jumping over fences...(nats)they're they're hiding under cars and growling at dogs.(nats of growl) university of georgia researchers teamed up with national geograppic to put critter caas on 60 pet whiskers. the video was eye opening for the owner off booker t."i knew booker t's favvrite place to go was down in the storm sewerr now i kkow what storm sewer looks like." &p and when booker t stopped for a drink you ould almost taste it. then there was the cattthat stumbled on a tree stump full of chex mix to chew on. but the most popplar prey for cats in the study...lizards..that's a lizard in his mouth. turns out there as a lot of bird "birds accounted for only 12 g. percent of the creatures
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killed." the study resulted pn cat-calls ranging from virtual killing maahines to secret orld of slaughter though only 44 percent f cats did any hunting when left outside."they brought home an average of two prey iiems per week." that probably doesn't count the cat that attacked an theecat's home.(nats of ose to - scuffle) chief researcher kerrie anne lord said most cats left their prey after they killed it..."rather than pring it home as a gift for the owners." it doesn't take a kittycam to know that cats turn up in weird places... ceiling of the university for - peace in costa rica. but one of the most common places they hang out seems to be under cars. one of the cats gave the undercarriage of this truck a ploser look than most mechanics would."perhaps the most emotionally devastating evelation from
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the study, say it ain't so, 4 of the cats werr found to be leading double lives, cheating on their owners." archie the tabby wws caught on kittycam in a neighbor's house. these two timers are getting..."not justtfood but also love and affection and a place to sseep during the day." as for the owner..."i feel like one of thhse women on talk show. my husband has two wives. my cat has two families." get youu minn out of the seeer. jeanne coming up... w york. one dog's encounter with the
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coming up... don't just do the same old hht dog... spice things up a bit! up next... how to prepare sausage and peppers... just in time for ootball season! and recognize my co-anchor here?nope... it's not patrice! it's marlon... from the wayan's brothers.we'll explain why he and shawn are in town... mi 3
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