in... the... final hours... of the session.../ the... house and senate... passed ...separate bills... to... overturn... ... court decisson.../ declaring... pit bulls... "inherently danger/ dangerous"...//lawmakers... compromise... on concerns... about liability... for dog owners..../. so... the bill died./. .and... the court ruling... stands. 3 the... mud- slinging... continues... for... president obama... and... mitt rooney. romney.both... campaigns... have also become ... combative... over... medicare plans ..../ each... accusing the other... of... attempting... to gut the program..../// /analysts... say... it... sounds... more like october than august..../// romney's... fundraising... in... north ccrolina and alabama... today....//president... obama... and the first ladd.../

campaign again in iowa. 3 many... voters... are... shakiing theirrheads .../ over... the... lateet comments... from... vice presiddnt joe biden..///.. jeff abell... shows us ... why... his... latest words... are... drawing complaints, jeff.... 3 critics call it a calculated case of race-baiiiing..... before a largely african american audience in virginia yesterday, this is how vice president joe biden characterized mitt romney's budget plan. (biden) "romney, he said in the first hundred days hes gonna let the big banks write their own rules.....unchain wall street....they're gonna put ya'll back ii chains....." (18:08:35) (vatz) "the point that mitt romney and paul ryan are racially discriiminatory without giving any evidence ii a cardinal example of u sing the race card....." the presidents campaign is standing behind biden....saying the comments were similar to those about the need to 'un-shackle' the middle class. jeff abell, fox 45, news at five....

here's... our question of the day. do you think vice president joe biden's comments were racist? go... to... fox- baltimore dot com .../ tell us... what you think.../. sounn... off... thru... facebook.../. send... us... a tweet.. at ffxbaltimore.../. text... your answer to ...45-203..../ nter... fox45a for yes.. / mayor... stephanie rawwinns-blake... speaks out... for thhefirst time... since ... baltimore's... board of ethics ... announced ...plans ... to... investigate her admin. administartion. members... voted... in favor of... the inquiry.../ after... ii... was revealed... the mayor ...received... hundreds of free tickets... to showss...at... st mariner the facility... is it's... operation... is contracted...// here's... what... the mayor had to say.../ 13:11:15 hhving made ethics a prority of my administration i welcome the review of the long standing policy regarding the baltimore arena. it's a practice that goes back several decades and several adm. administrations. currently.../ there ... are... no regulations...

governing... how theee tickets ...should be... doled out ...by the mayor..../// port deposit,... nestled... on the shores... of the susquehanna ... is... usually evacuated ...ffr flooding reasons...//. but... kathleen cairns... fear... of fire... and explosions..../. after... a... propane ...tanker crash... that ... led to... the latest event... there. 33 3 3 & the storm... still causing

problems tonight... for... light rail... riders..../ todayy... loads... of materials... to... deal with ... track erosion...// this... after ...heavy rain... washed away ...the ballast... supporting... the rails...

&pbetween... newbury and bellona stations...//.a... from ... the... north avenue station ... to... hunt valley... until repairs are completed. the storm ...was strong - enouuh... to sweep this car.... into a ditch... on... loch raven boulevard...///.it... crashed... thru... trees,.../ plummetiig... down a slope....// it... was balancing ...on its front end, when crews arrivvd today... to... pull it out... with a tow truck..../ no... the... - car... was... parked in a... parking lot... when it was carried... into the ditch... by heavy rain. baltimore's ... aging... dealt... another blow ...// ...//paul essler ... joins us live... from the ...latest ...major... water main break... / in... southwest.... baltimore baltimore the middle of frederick avenue is buckled ffom astnight's break.neighbors describe the break lastnight as a big boom. they said it sounded like someone's tire blew.crews have repaired the 10- inch main..- city was working on seven -

active breaks.they average main frederick and brunnwick was fixed llte this afternoon. it wiil be patched up tomorrow. the buckled road will take a little longer to settle the soilland evel the road. neighbors say the bbeaks are happening all too frequently. kelly maaone, baltimore: "they're putting bbnd aids on it. that's all they're doing is just putting band aids on it. and, then when they put one bbnd aid, then another one'' gonna open up a mile down the street. patth work." back heee at frederiik avenue, reporting from southwest

baltimore, paul gessler, fox45 news at five. how are the roads looking tonig? tonight?brandi proctor has our traffii edge reeort. report. mapbelair fibeewilkens395map

a... pennsylvanii judge... refuses ...to block... the... state's... new... voter identification law... from taking effect...//.how... the polls... a frightening scene in nashville... how twooplanes ended up on top of each otherr and new tonight on the news at 5:30... bge foes before the p-s-c to answer questions about their response during the storm at the end of june. 3 --adblib weather tz--

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the... justice epartment ... is... investigating... the way pennsylvania electioos officials... aae... doling out... voter i-d's... to... see... if... it... complies... with federal law. a... bizarre sightt.. out of nashville.two planes... collide on thh runway... / after... one... breaks loose... from the tug... while... being towed ...on a raap....// no... passengers were... aboard... either plane... at the time....///the... f--a--a... is... noo investigating .../ estimate... damagg... is... 100- thousand dollars. a... giil ... is... almost kklled... when... she falls... onto the rails.../ as... a train... pulls... into the st. station. transit workers ... are being called heroes tonight,... action...///. they... saw... the girl... fall... in the gap ...between cars ... and... onto the active track...///.

bobby... jackson,... a... transit worker... the child....// his... co-workers ...were close 3 "he wassheroic today he three seconds he got that baby." baby..." "they moved so quickly and so efficiently, that it was it made me wonder how often does ttis happen . clearly they train for it." the girl ...had some scrapes and bruises,.../ to go to the hospital...//. sse's... safe at home tonight. 3 big brother watching your shopping habits.the new technology facebook is ussng and what t has to to with faciaa recognition features. --adblib weather tz-- the car on the left was filled up with

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mayor... stephanie rawlings blake... speaks out... regarding... ethics innoffice...// crime... and... justice reporter ...joy lepola ... explains... how... the... mayor's respoose.../ is called... into question.../ prior to the board of into the mayor's use of free tickets ... the mayor appeared annoyed when questioned about the topic..going aa far as alling the issue ... trivial. the board of ethics certainly didn't find it trivial as members voted in favor of examining the practice and the agreement that permits it. unlike her candid remarks last week, the mayor read from a prepared statement this morning. ((wipe-sot)) 13:11:44 the event tickets are not paid for with taxpayer funds and none of this is nnw or out of the orddnary.butt bite12:05:41so i think ttat there are other issues on ethics