Fired. 3 3 friday, december 28th 3 p 3 3 3 the severe beating oo a man on christmas night in east baltimore. Is now being innestigatee as a possible hate crime. Crime. This is what enny haw looks ike. His faae badly beaten. Shaw and his amily believe he was targeted 3 13 10055 this was outragous what type of person would do this on christmas you know when people arr supposed to be celebrating people are out there committing crimes 09 09 shaw says her son was walkinn homeefrom a corner store when a group of. 5 or 6 men. Attacked him. So far. No arrests haveebeen made. But police say they do have several leads. A baltimore man is inddctee for the murder of his. One month old son. As fox 45 first repprted. Had the state followed hrough in monitoring dionnware in 2011. He may not have beennon thh street. An ovvrsight uncovered aonlya after the murder of wares son. Probation in 2011 but nevvr reported. His probation officer should haveerequested a warrant for wares arrest buu that didnt happen until days afterrhis son was eaa. Searching for a suspect. Who reportedly pushed a man to his track. Tis is the secood time this month. Ommthing likee this has happeeed. Haapened. Take a look at the ssrveillance video of the pwoman they bblieve is the pacing on the train platform in qqeens. Taaking to seat. When the train was pulling into theestttion. She allegedly got upp. Pussed the mmn onto tte trrcks. Then ran away. Eaving many i have no woods for this. These ddys there are so mmny cant elieve these things happen in this area. Identifiee the victim. Its also unclearrii the two knew each other. 3 scientists are now lookinng intoothe dna oo the man behind the sanny hook eleeentary school massacre. For cluus s to what made him. Snap. In a firstofitskind study. Geneticists are doing a complete analysis of adam lanzas dn. They are looking for mutations associated with pental illness. That could plead to an increased risk for theres no proof that people pith those genes will copy lanzas behavior. Lanza shot and kklled 27 people. Including 20 chiidren. On samesex marriage oes into affect on tuesday here in maryland. But some clerks in Saint Marys County will not perform marriages. The clerks cite. Reliiious beliefs. But because of that. The clerks will no onger be allowed to perform any marriages. 52 percent offmaryland voters approved. Egalizing ay marriige. Voters approved it. And now gamblers are doing it. Casinos in maryland ccn stay open all night long. Long. Joel d. Smith is live at maryland live now where the first overnight gambbing session is coming too an end. Joel, how busy is it . 3 3 3 annunussal sight of generosity. At one canada buuiness. Workers at this tim hhrtons. Say it started with one cuutomers act of geneeosity. Payinn it forwarddhen. Car by car. Continued. Each customer paying it forward. And picking up the next cars bill. You would hear the shout from drive hru. My manager odd was in there. Youd hear him just scream out numbers 147 getting everyone realll pumped up and it just fillld the building with excitement. The kindness lasted for aa3 hours. aaa total of 228 cars went through thh drive thru. Paying eacc thers billl its your turn o sound off on our Facebook Page about anyttiig you want. Want. Let us kkow what on could air in our facebook se feedback seggent. Become a fan and join the to coming up. One mans unique rewardd. To the person who finds his lostt dog. Heres a hint. Ii has nothing to o with oney. What hes offering. That might have swarms of people out searching. And later. Why aasparagusa could become a favorite vegetable among americans next week. Youre watthhng 3 3 breaa 1 bump in 3 toss to weather 3 3 3 3 3 3 cooing up. Fewer americans. Getting cancer. The two reasons. That could be to bllme. We just made your daa very exciting. At least ours is going to be. Pls stop text he hereaad later. Tte runway incident. That ed to this control. Youre watthing fox 45 pmorning 3 new this morning. Retired general norman shwaazkopf. Who came toobe known as sttrmin orman. Has died. Schwarzoof passed away in tampa last night. His sister says he died of omplications pfrom pneumonia. Schwarzkf commanded us forces in the early 90s. Llading the internationaa coalitioo that drove ssddaa husseins forcee oot of kuwait in 1991. Schwarzkopf was 78yeaasold. A spooesperron for hillary clinttn. Says the secretary of state is heading back to work nnet week. Clinton has been recovering from a concussion she suffered. After fainting while fighting a stomach virus. Clintoo s expected to testify before congressional committees in the ccminggweeks. About attack in benghazi, libya. E new research by the university of miamis school of medicine. Finds fewwr pmericans are getting prevennative cancer screenings than they were 10 years ago. They disccvered that when it comes to government recommendations. Screenings aae down for all cancers, eexept colorectal. Researchers attrrbute some offthe decliie pto ongoing disagrrements over ssceennng guidelines. And drop in insurance rates. The author of popular books like shutter island, mystic river, and gone baby gooe. Is making headlines this week. Because of his lost dog. Dennis lehane says he will naae a character in his next book. After the person who finds tessa. Tessa. A bllck and tan beagle. Has been missinggsince christmas ppve. When she jumped a fenc poming up. Its nnt just contestants who get the boot. Oo the hit show he x factor. What judge Britney Speers didnt do. That has simon cowell telling her goodbye. And later. Why rocery stores might notice a spike. In the number of aaericans buying asppragus next week. And it has nothing to o witt a shortage. Youre watching fox 45 morning news. All local. All morniig. take pkg coming up. Pith tte new. What to do with those unwanteddgadgets. Thht mmght earn you some money. joel live tease yyure watchiig fox 45 morning ews. All local. All morning. break 4 bracing for more snoo. When the next break 4 3 live look inside maryland live 3 3p 3 shawan mmp 3 a major striie at 15 major east coast ports. Including the poottoffbaltimore could would affect billions of dollars of cargo along the coast. The contract between he inteenational Longshoremen Association and the us maritime alliince. Whichh and port operators. Is et to expire one minute ast midnight ec 30th. Tteeissuee . Reduce contaaner royalties. If a deal isnt reachee. A strike could stoo all container traffic aa the port. 7708 the port of baltimore is ne of marylands largess eceonice gernerators so any type of ork action hat may stoppage of work would have an effect. Morr ttan 100 organizations have urged Ppesident Obama to order an 88 ddy cooling off period but right now there is no administration will move in thattdirection. Losing the ports to a shutdown. Even ffr a few ays. Could cost the economy billions of dollars. 3 a highstakes meeting will be held in washington today. Betweenn resident obama ad ptop coonressional leaders. Leaders. Theyve got just 4 days left to reach an aageement. Before the us economy goes over the poocclled fiscal cliff. Thats when automatic taxx increases and spending cuts would take effect. Democrats wann to extend the bushera tax cuts to everyone except ttose americans making 250 thousand dollars or more a year. But many republicans remain gginst any tax increases. If lawmakers dont peach a deal by january 1st. It could eventually lead to another recession. With all eyes on thh fiscal cliff. Theres anothee deadline quickly approochinn that might have consumers concerned. The milk cliff. Its part offa stalled farm bill. That includes nearlyy35billioo dollars in cuts. F the bill doesnt make it throuuh congress before the end of the year. The government will be forced tt buu vast quuntities of milk under a trummnnera law. That could send as 6 to 8 dollars ggllon. Because the government would the wholeeale rate. Under a prefiled bill in the general assembly. Is looking to make softshell crab. The official maryyand sannwicc. The senator richard colburn. An Eastern Shore republican. So dessert. In 2008. Lawmakers passed llgislatiin tt make smith islann cake. A pmultilayered cake. The throw awaa the locks. Now the doorr will remain open all the timm at maryland casinos. So how uch more money will it the state . Ptate . Oel d. Smith is see what the casino is expecting. Joel, how busy is it . 3 3 3 the new years eve ball haa been installed at times square. And preparaaions aae uuderway foo the big night. The ball. Which has 288 crystal panels. Will drop downna 141foottall flaggole. To usser in the new year. The theme let thhre be peace. Billion people across the world arr expected to watch britney pears issgetting the boot from the x factor. An insider tells us magazine. The ssnger didnt show enough penergy. And wasnt wooth her 11milliondollar contract. That same soorcc says that judge simon cowell felt he got waated the craay britney. No cooing up. Asparagus. Whh you ight still want to pick up a buunh number of americans. Are expected to be eating it onn monday. Youre atccinn fox 45 morning news. All local. All morning. break 5 pn c 3 p3 3 3 3 3 33 3 coming up. Did a get a new gadget for christmas . Whht you can now do with your old, unwanted padgets. To earn you some money. Excitinn. At least ours is going to be. Pls stop text he herebut ext. The rrnway incident. That led to this pilots unusual call to tower control. Youre watching fox 45 mooning news. Alll local. Fox 45 morniig youre watching fox 45 morning ews. All local. All morning. break 6 have a good night. Here you go. You, too. Im going to dream about that steak. Im going to dream about that tiramisu. What a night, huh . But, um, can the test drive be over now . Head back to the dealership . [ male announcer ] its practically yours. But we still need your signature. Volkswagen sign then drive is back. And its never been easier to get a passat. Thats the power of german engineering. Get 0 down, 0 due at signing, 0 deposit, and 0 first months payment on any new volkswagen. Visit vwdealer. Com today. On any new volkswagen. New this morning. A detour. Off tte runway and into the mud. It happened just seconds after pushing away from the gate. Listen in to the humorous way the pilot tells the control tower. What just happened. We just ade your day very exciting. At least ours is going to be. We jjss taxied off the taxiway into the grass here. Southwest Airlines Says no one pwas hurt and the ppssengers were taken off he plane and boarded ontooanother jet. The faa is now also looking into some new esearch out of soutt korea. Finds aasparagusa can actually help with hangovvrs. They say asparagus extract has minerals anddaaino acids. Phich could protect you rom that ostparty headache. Eeperts in the us agree. Technologists at the institute of food in illinois call asparagus an herbal medicine. Which might help protect you from frm cancer and other illnesses. Many americans were thhilledd to receive the latest gadgets this holiday season. And many are ow asking. What do i do with my old one . Sandra endo is live in washington his morning. With a few options. Good morning, sandra. We sure love getting our hands on the latest pmartphones, tablets and computers. But with nee all the time, hat means you of gadgets taking uu closet e 3 space. Heres what you can do with them. Graphicc ssll them for cash. How much will depend n the device itself as pwell as its condition. You have hoices you can sell ttemmdireetly on websites like craigslist or ebayy or you can ssll them to companies that sell your devicee and nnxt worthhare a couple examples. Graphic ou can trade them foo creedt. A number of retailers allowwyou to turn that old device intooa pnew one. Amazon, for instance will take bacc old kindlls to help you get he newwst one. Videe games areealss popular tradein items. Grappic you can also recycle them. If your device is too old or if pits been damaged, you can recycle it rather than simply 3s chemicals from filling up landfillss sandra on cam finally theres always the there that will take our old deeice and give it to someone who needs it. 1 sandrr, f you decide to go the route of donating, whatt are some of route of donating, decide tt go the 1 sandra, if you needs ii. To someoneewho device and give it to someone pho needs it. 1 sandra, ii you deccde to go areesome of the options out there . Coming up in our hometown hotspot. Who says new years ve is pust for adults . The anoonttmma activittes being offered. Juut for kids. nats ggitzys tearing up my pants,mama. and love her r hate her. The staa of Honey Boo Boo tops a national list. Of the Top Entertainment stories of 2012. Well teel you which others made the list. Next. Youre watching fox 45 mornnig news. All locall. Excuse me, sir im gonna have to ask you to power down your little word game. I think your friends will understand. Oh no, its actually my geico app. See . I just uh paid my bill. Did you really . From the plane . Yeah, i can manage my policy, get roadside assistance, pretty much access geico 24 7. Sounds a little too good to be true sir. Ill believe that when pigs fly. Ok, did she seriously just say that . Geico. Just click away with our free mobile app. Catchy dance tunes, celebrity breakups and he tragic death of a siiging icon. They are had people talking in the hat pworld oo show business this yyer. Heres a look at some of the toppentertainment stories from 2012. 33 nats so call me mayye. the song was almost jepsens viral sensation call me maybe. It earned the young singer two grammy nominations. And countless covers online ike thhs video posted by the us olympic swim team. nats heres my number,so call mm mmybe. nats iis thee superstar relationship that has holllwood asking are they or arennt they . Chris brown, who beaa his thengiilfriend rihanna in 2000, said in october that hes rrnewed his friendship with the singgr. Friends . Song collaboratioos and vague tweets from rihanna have suggested otherwise. Guessing, aad they dont want with their relltionship to anyone in the world. The jacksons, their family drama is turning into one ig for the jjckson family lastt summer as Michael Jacksons teenage daughter, aris, katherine jackssn, was missing p foocing a judge to suspend her guardianship of michaels three kiis. Katterine jackson, shes back home,she saas she wasnttkidnapped. Michaels siblings dissuted the claims, saying their mother was resting in arizona under doctors orders. A judge later ressored katherine aa permanent guardiannof miccaels childree. nats glitzys tearing up my paatt, mama. whether it was a pleasure or a guilty pleasuree. Audiinces couldnt turn away from tlcs hit reality show, here comes Honey Boo Boo, about a child beauty pageant contesttnt aad her family. nats gangnamm ssyle rapper psy sigh wwnt from a elatively unknown pheeomennn after his, gangnam style, hit the web. nats its become the number one watched video on youtube, with more than 1 billion views new Sexual Misconduct cases agaanst the voice of elmo. In one of the most surprising stories of the year, elmo forccddto resignnfrom sesame street. After being accused lawyer says the cases are without merit, but clash still popttd to leave sesame street after 28 years. nats i love you. the cellbrity split entertainment world. After he nearly six yeers of a marriage, katie holmes filed june blindsiding hollywoods pbiggess movie star. What was pso incredible was how katie holmes sked for full custody pf their daughter suri, the amicably on the divorcee just two weeks later. Ending one of the most highprofile celebrity marriagess youure watching cnn, and the breaking news of whitney hhustons deathh. It was a ttagic end to buttoften troubled career. Ul whitney houston, who battled with drugs and alcohol for decades, died february 11th n a Hotel Bathtub at age 48. Thh night before the grammy awwrds. Houstons death was an accidental drowning with the cocaine use as contributing d factors. Nats nd i will always love you coming up in our 7 oclock hour. Oclock hour. Cooing up in our 7 ooclock hourr. Get your hands. On the ravens wildcaad playoff tickets. What imeethis go on sale. Youe watching fox 45 morning news. All locaa. All morning. break 8 and whats your name . Oh, its flo. And what do you do . Oh, i sell insurance like no one else. Oh, thats nice. Thank you. Now, thats progressive. Call or click today. More snow is on tte way. When pit could arrive and how much we could get this time. 3 and. When you can get your hands of ravens playyff tickets. 3 33 3 friday december 28th 3 3 33 3 3 city police say a woman whh called 911. Montts ago. Iss pctually the one whh killed her boyfrienn. Boyfriend. On august 30th. 211 yearoldddontt harris was ffund inna norrhwest baltimore alley. Shot n the head and the arm. According to court documents. Ssanda cure. Admitted that she and another man helped asia cutler. Drag her bbyfriends body to that alley. Wittesses say cutler first shot her boyfriend in aa bedroom. I dont have mercy for these peoppe that take guns and kill people, cause they can move on thse babies, uueless crime, senseless crime crimecutler is charged with both first and Second Degree murder. Pa altimore mann s indicted for the murder of his. One month old son. As fox 45 firstt reported. Had the state followed through n monitoring dion ware in 2011. Hh mayy pot have been on the street. An oversight uncovered aonlya after the murder of wares son. He was placed on supervised probation n 2011 but never preported. His robation Office Warrant for wares arrest but that didnt happen until dayss after his son was dead. The state reportt its first death due to hypothermiaa say that a man died in freddrick county. Sometime between december 18th and the 24th. Not much is known about least 65 years old. There were 15 hypothermiarelated deaths pconfirmed in maryland last winter. 3 scieetists are now looking behind the sandyyhook elementary schhol massacre. Snap. In a firstofitskind study. Geneticists are doing a complete analysis of adam lanzas dn. They are looking por mutations associated with mental illness. That could plead to an increased riss for violence. But experts say that lanzas behavior. Lanza shot and killed 27 people. Including 20 children. On december 11th. Connecticuts pollce union is looking for funding tt make sure ttat First Responders to the shooting can afford to take time off work forr emotional issues. Right now, Newtown Police officers get 10 paid sick days a ear. But the union argues that is not enough to copp with a tragedy of this magnitude. Workmans compensation in connecticut currently provides very little ccverage when it comes to mental and emotional issues. The union has talked with connecttcuts governor and the us attorneyygeneral. And legislative changes could be in the works. Samesex marriage goes into pmaryland. But some clerks i saiit marysscounty will not perform marriages. The clerks cite. Religious beliefs. But bbcauue of that. The clerks will no longer beeallowed to perffrm any marriagge. 52 apppoved. Legalizing gay marriage. Voters approved it. And noo gamblers are doing it. P casinos in mmryland an stay open all night long. Long. Joel d. Smith is liveeat maryyand live now gambling session is ommng to an end. Joel, how busy pis it . P p3 3 ppsreet parking in some parts of chicago just got a whole lot more expensive. Next year. Will jump by 75 cents. To rat 650 an hour last year chicagos paaking meters netted the ciiy more than 108 millionndollars. Here in baltimore. Most meeers will cost you just 2 dollaas an hour. Race nats nats and theyre off the 16th annnal weinee dog races sawwa eight dachshunds competed for a thousand ddllar prize but in the end in was oscar. From arrzona. Who crossed the finish line first. Coming up. You can buy ravens layoff ticketss. And the one place you caa et your hands on them. Them. Youre watching fox 455morning news. All local. All morning. P break 1 3 33 p3 3 p still ahead. Britney gets the boot. On the x factoo. What the judge adiint doa. That got her fiied. Youre watchiig fox 45 morniig news. All local. All morning. Watchiig fox 45 morniig news. All lsofa. Desk. Ing. You know what . Why dont you go get some frozen yogurt. I got this. Youre so sweet. You got this, right . I do got this. Let us get everything off the shelf, and to your home. Sofa. Desk. You know what . Why dont you go get some frozen yogurt. I got this. Youre so sweet. You got this, right . I do got this. Let us get everything off the shelf, and to your home. New this mornnng. Today. Police are searching for a woman. Who reporteell puuhed a man to his death onna new york subway track. This is the second time this month. Ssmeehiig like this has happened. Witnesses say the train platform in qqeens. Puuhing the maanonto thh tracks. And runniig awwy. Police have not yet identified thh viitii. Us house memberssreturn to worr sunday. Just one day before the fiscal cliff pdeadline. An aide to house pajority leader eric antor session through wednesday. The new 113th congress convenes at next thursday, january third. If congrrss doesst reach a fiscaa deal before mondays deadline. Automatic tax increases and steep spending rescue me nattct. Nats the singer behind the hit rescue me. Has died. Pfontella bass ied wednesday of a heart attack. Bass was honored with a star on the wall f fame in her hometown of saint louis in 2000. She was 72 years old. Britney pears is getting the poot from the x faator. Ann inssier tells us magazine. The singer didnt show enough energy. And wasnt wooth her 15million dollar contract. That same source says that judge simon cowell felt he got he boringbritney. And wanted the crazybritney. No ord yet rom spears people. Stiil to come. Ravees playoff ickets go on sale in just a atter of ours. The only place you can go. To buy them. Them. Aad next. Ring in the new year. At the inner harbor. Whht you need to know before you head out to celebbate. Yyure watching fox 45 morning news. break 3 . All morning. Chances are, youre not made of money, so dont overpay for motorcycle insurance. Geico, see how much you could save. Ring in theenew year with the pentire family port discovery superhero spectacular norr r moynihan from port discovery joins us for this mornings hometown hotspot. Tell uu about the ppoontime new year. Will ther be a year. Noontime new tell us about the oontime new year. What can we see at port discove . Discovery . 3 noontime new ear superhero spectacular is taking place at port discovery from 9 0 31st. To learn more log on tt Fox Baltimore dot com slash the newwyearsseve bbll has been installed at times underway for the big night. The ball. Which has 288 crystaa panels. Will droo downna 141foottall flagpole. To usher in the new year. The crystal panels have doves chiseled into them. For the theme let there be peacee pillion people across thee woold are expected to wattc the ball drop on tv. Pyou dont have to gg to new t pring in 2013. You can do it right at the inner harbor. Baltimorees new years eve spectacularrpreseeted by the Baltimore Orioles has been a tradition for more than 30 years now. This morniig. Baltimore arts and promotions is ere to llt us know what we can eepect ttis year. Whats happening . Do you need tickets . Parking . Coming up. Man proves. He deserves a best friend. Frienddhow long thii Good Samaritan wassin he freezing water helppnn a dog stay warm. Warm. Youre watching fox 45 morning news. ad lib horoscopps bracing for more snoo. When the next 3 3 3 3 3 map greenspribng map a major strike at 15 major east coast portt. Ncluding begin this weeeendd. And would affect billions of easttcoast. Cargo alonggthe coast. The contracc bbtween the innernationaa Longshoremen Association and the us pmaritime alliance is set to expire ssnnay. The key stiicing point is ooer large containers and the payments hht longshoremen get for them. Shipping Companies Pay royalties to the longshoremmn for the containers. But they want to freeze tte ayments for current longshoremen and eliiiiate them or future hhres. 3 pthe poot offbaltimore is one of marylands largest eceonice gernerattrr so any ttpe of worr action that may result in a susspesion or stoppage of work would have an aaverse effe. Effect. The ila represents nearly 15thousand dockworkers ii baltimore. Losing the ports to a shutdown. Even for a few pdays. Could cost the economy billions of dollars. 3 held in washington today. Between preeident obama and top congressional eaders. Leaderr. Theyve got just 4 agreemenn. Before the us economyygoes over the socalled fiscal cliff. Thhts when automatic tax increases and spending cuts wouud take effect. Democrats want to exxend the bushra tax cuts to everyone except those americans making 250 thousand dollars or morr a year. But many republicans remain against ann taa piicreases. If lawmakers dont reach a deal by january 1st. Mmny economists are concerned another recession. Wwth all eees on the fiscal cllff. Theres annthhr deadline quickly approaching that might have consumerr concerned. The milkkcliff. Its part of a talled farm biil. That includes nearly 35billion dollars in cutt. Iffthe congress befooe the end of the year. The governmeet will be of milk under a truuanera law. That could send consumer milk prices as high because the government would be obligated to pay atwiceaa the whhlesale rate. Under the 1949 ruless throw way the locks. Noo the doors will maryland casinos. So pow mucc more money will it mean for casinos ann then. Is at maryland live ow to see what the casino is exppcting. Good morning joel d. D. The Baltimore Police department ii chhnging up some leedership command posts. Ttis comes. As commissiooer Anthony Batts begins to implement changes. Ssme off phose chaages incluue. Thh addition of a Community Policing division and a neww enfoocemmnttgrouppfoccsing on gangs and guns. The department beginniig of many ccanges to ccme. Man becomes dogs best friend. Aater a daring pice. You can see an 11 year ol hound named bart. Stuck in the icy waters of lake erie inn michiggn. Bart fell through the thanks to his owner. He wasnt alone. The man ssayed waist deep in the frrezing wwtee keeping the pooch waam i was talking to him, i was tryinn to keep him warr. I was trying tt ub him and get trring to get some blood body. It took an hour and a half for help to arrive. Luckilyybott bart and his owner are doing ok this mornnng. 3 ravens safety ed reed gets hitt with a big fine. After hit during ssndays giants game. Game. Reed will have to pay 555thousand dollars. For this hii on giants receiver victor cruz. Reed was flagged on the pay. Foo striking the ead ann neck area. Reed had a onegame suspensson overturned in november. And hhs been vocal foo the ppst game is played. Ing the way the reed will ddal ith the finee this week. And another concern. Next year. Reeds contract ends after his season. After that hell be a free agent. Both sides maae efforts this past off seasonn fell through. The 99time pro 4 inteeceptions this yearr. Ann hhlds the leagueerecord for interception return yardss 2011 up in the ir. Ture in as the afc north champiins. Least one playoff game this season. But not everyone is bandwagon just yet. Shirtt suppliers areeactuaaly holding off on printing ravens playoff shirts until the team can make a deep run into the laaofff. Fred ffllaa, fans only t18. 1 it seems like thhee weeks three team in football. I mean, whats up with that . 18. 37 but, you know teams gee hot. If youve still got faith in the ravens. You only have a few hours to wait to get your on sale at 10 this morning. The pravens wwll play at m t ank stadium on either january 5th or 66h. You cant buy tickets atttte stadium boo office. Ticketmaster. Its friddy and that means its your turn to sound off n our Facebook Page bout whats on your mind anddyour response could air ii ouu acebook feedback segment. Segment. Ust go to acebook dot ccm slash foxbaltimore to become a fan and join the conversation. Still to come. Flight is ddlayed. The top five apps yoo can download right now. To help take the watchiig ffx 45 morning nees. All loccl. All morning. break 5 pn c beepbopboopbop boopbeep. [monotone] she says, switch to progressive and you could save hundreds. Call or click today. bump ii if yoore packing up and heading hooe this weekknd, it weather has thrown a wrench into Holiday Travel plann in mmny parts of theecountry thii week. Karin caifa has apps to help make Winter Travel a littleesmoother. Frooen runways. Mounting snow. And all it takee is a snowstorm in one art of the country, to trigger a ripple effecttof delays and canccllltions well across it. 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Cceate the perfect bar to stock uppon before your new years eve party. If you plln on staying in. Let it all out. Tell us what tt youre thinking about. And your response might ir in our facebook feedbaak segmentt youre watching fox 45 morning break 6 uestion oo day animation sounddoff about anything yyuuas want. Weve been asking you all pmorning to let us know whatss on your minddfor ouu afacebook feedbacka segment. Shawn m really hoping our Government Works hard to avoid afford higher taxes they are sspposed to be working for us us rob the fiscal cliff, it is not about the pooitics, people. Jessica that ee he p peed fine is bogus bogus denise snow, snow more snow. Bring it on on jessica wishingg eveeyone a safe and happy new pveryone. Erick keep chool and work losed just for awhile longer. Enjoying this break, dont get aother until spring break. Callerlocation coming up in our 8 oclock hour. Its a new year. For everyone. Pthe celebratioo for the kids midnight. And next. Have the ravenn been naughty or nice . This weekends big ame. In our pigskin predictions. Yoorr watching fox 45 morning news. All local. All morning. break 7 ,3 3 3 cooing up in our 8 ocllck hour. Twooreassns more aad mooe americans re skipping prrventative cancer screenings. And the oneetest that peoole arenttpassing upp. Up. Andd. Shes been offiiiaaly named the tallest how big this great dane really is. Youre watchinn pocal. All morning. break 8 [ male announcer ] this commercial is not about getting fios, its about getting fios. That moment after you finally got it that you actually get it. The difference 100 fiber optics makes and you say woah we are not on cable anymore. When online videos arent herky jerky, you get it. Or when a movie downloads in two minutes, you get it. [ female announcer ] switch to fios internet, tv, and phone for this amazing price online, just 79. 99 a month guaranteed for two years with a twoyear agreement. Plus get 300 back. 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And what you should do if you own one. 3 3 3 friday, december 28th. 3 3 p 3 3 p3 3 the severe beating of a man on christmas night in east baltimore. Is now bbing investggated as a possibl. Crime. This is what kenny shaw looksslike. His face badly beaten. Haw and his family believe he was targeted because es gay. 13 10 55 this was outragous what type of person wouud do chriitmas you know when people are supposed to be celebrating people are out ttere committing crimes 09 09 shaw says her son was walking home from a cornee store when a grrup of. 5 or 6 men. Attacked him. So far. No arrests have been have sseeral leads. Say they do first death due to hypothermia thii winter. Health Officials Say that a manndiee in freddrick ccunty. Sometime between december 18th and the 24th. Not mucc is known about the victim. But e wws at least 65 years old. There wwre 15 hypotheemiarelated deaths ponfirmeddin maryland last winter. Sammsex marriage goes into pffect on tuesday here in marylann. But some clerkssin Saint Marys County will not perform marriaggs. Marriages. The clerks cite. Religgous beeiefs. But because of that. The clerks will no longer be allowed to pprform any arriages. 52 percent of maryllnd voterr approved. The first overniggt gambling session at maryland live pmorninn. The casino is now. Open. 24 hours a day. 7 days a week. Previously. Maryland casinosswere open 8 a o 2 am sunday through thursdaa. And 8 am to 4 am hours will help pave the way for tabll gamess. Which voters approved in november. 81553 everybodys pretty eexittd, oc its prettt customers 001602 gaming 081602 the casino eet on a hiring spree to staff the facility around the clock. Their next majorrevent is a supreme ourt Justice Sonia sooomayor turns down a request. To block parttof phe affordable healttcare act. From going into effect next week. Week. Everal companies havee been fiiing lawsuits to blockk a mandaae. Which forces companies to cover contraceetives. Includinn the morningafter pill. They argue it interferes with their religious belief against pre marital sex ann abortion. Potomayor says the ccmpanies failed to meet the standard for exemmtion. The law goes into effect january first. A recall today. Involvvng a amazondotcom. Buy buy baby. And toys r us are recalling 150thousand nap nanny recliners. After reports of 5 deaths linked to the device. There have also been 92 reports of infants hanging or falling out of the nap nanny. Even when the hhrness is used. Customers are encouraged to contact the storee about a possible refund. New rrsearch by the uuiversity oo miamis school americans are getting s fewee preventative cancer screeeings than they were 10 yeaas ago. They discovereddthat when it comes tt gvernment recommendationn. Screeningg except colorectal. Researchers to ongoinggdisagreementt over pscreening guidelines. Ann a panic arises foo a vvcationnng family. When a 17foot python slithers into their it happened wednesday at Everglades National park in plorida. Park rangers say the arkansas and captured this snake on camera. Before officials were forced to kill it. The florida fish and Wildlife Conservation commissiin is expected to host a python hallenge in january. 15hundred dollars will go to the person who kills the most pythonssand one thousand will go to he person who kills the onggst pythonn they hope it will help contrrl the growing pppulation. A great dane living in arizona is ooficially named the worlds tallest female dog. Records has given this dog. Named bella. The title. He wwighs 170 pounds and eats 4 cupssof dog food evvryday. Everyday. The owners used a special certified measuring stick to find out that bella stands just over 3 feet tall while on all ffurss you meesure them frrm the froon legssfrom the ground up to the withers, the top of the shoulderr she has to be measuued 3 different distinct times in three different posstions and they have to be attleast three wwtnesses. Bellas owners say they were inspired to put her in the running for his title after seeing giant george. The pormer record holder for tallest dog ever. Pcoming up. Usher in 2013. 3 the kiifriendly new earss superherothemed. Ats youre watching fox 45 mooning 3news. All local. All morning. bump out break 1 i woke up thinking about drugs, i went to sleep thinking about drugs. I had had uncles, parents tell me, youre going to die from drugs. i believed them. I said, i know. but i didnt care. And laying on my hospital bed, i said, please, help me. Have mercy on me. Help me. and he helped me. He helped me. Enjoy a new years eve toast with juice and cookies port dissovery is posting noontime newwyear puperherr spectacular Nora Moynihan from port discovery joins us for this mornings hometoww hotspot. Tell us how are superheros involved with the new years celebration . 3discovery . Noontime new year superhero ppectacular is taking place at port discovery rom 9 30 31st. To learn more log on to mooning. 3 p 33 3 3 3 coming up. Hesshad roles in its. Like tropic thunder. N thunder. Brandontjackson joins us ive for funny friday. Mixing your own drinks. On pnew years. The mmsthave items. To create the perfect bar at home. Youre watching fox 45 morning newss. All local. All morning. 3 break 2 [ male announcer ] this commercial is not about getting fios, its about getting fios. That moment after you finally got it that you actually get it. When you see the difference 100 fiber optics makes, and you say woah we are not on cable anymore. When online videos arent herky jerky, you get it. 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All break 3 it been a long week so why not bbggn youu friday with a little laughter our comeeian guest has been on nick cannons wild n out. You haae seen him in big mommas like ffahhr,like son. And now he is here 3 comedian brandon. Jackson joins us this morning for funny friday how was your yyu have coming up . Everrgot a 3 pto check showtimes loggon to pFox Baltimore dot om lash morning. Cominn up. A sttangee letter. Found mixed in with some halloween decorations. From. And te skepticism is pits receiving. Oure watchin fox 45 mooning neew. All local. Aal morning. 3 3 3 3 3 3 city olice say a woman who called 911. Months ago. Is her boyfriend. Boyfrienn. On aagust 30th. 21 yearold onte harris was pound in a northwest baltimore alley. Shot in the head and the arm. According to courtt pdocumentt. Shanda cure. Admitted that she and another man helped sia cutler. Drag her boyfriends body to that alley. Witnesses say cutler firss shot her bbyfriind in a bedroom. I dont have ercy ffr these people that take guns and kill thse babies, useless crime,al senneless crime murder. Rrt and seeond degree p baltimooe man is iidictee pfor the murder of his. One month old son. As fox 45 first reported. Had the state followeddthrough in monitooing dion ware in 2011. He may not have been on the street. After the murder of wares son. He was placed on supervised probation in 2011 but never preported. His probation officc shouud have requested a warrant for wares arrest but thaa diddt happen unnil days 3 3a new york woman is accusee of trying to make monee off the deadly mass shooting in newtown. Newtoon. Nouel alba is accused 6yearold victim noah pozner on facebook. Police sayyshe wwote quote weve set up a funeral fund for my brother. Alba is also accused of ssnding elabbrate texts to one pf theedonoos ho fell for the scamm i look t y nieces and i th theyyre survivors of this pbi agentssssy all of the money has been refunded to the scammed donors via paypal. Alba claims someone hacked into her Facebook Page. Shes federal agents and she faces up tt five years in jail if convicttd. Instead oo a message in a bottle. An oregon woman finds a letter from china. In herrhalloween ecorations. Decorations. Julie keith says phe opened a package she bought t mart. Only to find what appears to be a describes horrible condittons at a labor camp in china. Unsigned but claims that peeple are being punishhd and portured ffr not workingghardd enough. T also claims they get paid less than two dollars a month. And begs the reader to et keith says thissis someone really put their life this. Not knowing what to do with the letterr. Keith posttd it on facebook. Her friends urged her to contact the us immigrations office. But Officials Say thhy cant verify the authhnticity of the letter. K some backlash for going ppblii and possibly puttingglives at risk. Baltimore could see he effectssof an expected longshoreman strike. As soon as this weekknd. Weekend. The connract between association and the Us Maritime Alliance is set to expiie sunday. The key Sticking Point is over large containers and the payments that shippinggCompanies Pay em. Royalties to the longshoremen for the containers. Bbt they want to freeze the pyments for current longshoremee and eliminate them for future hires. 3 the port of baltiiore ii one of maaylands largest eceonice ggrnerators so any type of p susppnsion or stoppageeof work would have an adverse effe. Effect. The ila represents nearly 15thousand dockworkers along the east and gulf coasts. Including 12hundred in balttmmre. A texassman issfed up with thh fiscal cliff talk. O hes doing omethiig about it. Hes collecting cans. It wont problems, but s he tells a point. Its about maaing 3 nats in his unheattd garage, 85 year old ataaacio garcia is working toofix the fiical cliffa ats one can at a time. rrporter how much money havv you sent the government . a little bit over 3300 dollarss three thousand, one hundred, ninety seven dollars and 88 cents, to be exact. Allltraaked on a lass three years,garcia has been paying thh government 50 dollars a month of is Postal Service peesion and moneyyfrom cans he colleets. Wwre paying absolutely too much inteeest. Too much interest. reporter bothers me because it makes no sense. Sense issssmethiig garcias wife of 59 years thinks er husband could use. Prazy . . Locoo uh huh call entire feddral office, the collects money from hundrees 3 parkkrsbbrg, West Virginia was set up by president kennedy ss citizens could pay down the national debtt this year alone, its collectedd. 7 million dolllrs inngifts, about 90 milllon since it was pestablished. But 90 million isnt that much, especially pebt is 16 trillion and deraa every ammrican would have tt pay 50thousand dollars. But garcia says you gotta start somewhere, eepecially when bickering hassbothered him since 19922 thats when garcia fiist wrote hhsscongressmmn suggesting a formula to eliminate he debt. The depression erakid and arry veteran says hes giving back to a country thats given him so much. A senne of dutt thats infectiousa nats cans at wwrk. His grandson ting drives garcia to friends cans. Garcia knows that his monthly money orddrs wont avert thh fiscal cliff. But message garcias senninn to congress. In ooder tt really solve the 166trillion national debt, you have to sacrifice. Politicians talk about kicking american as decided that road hassto end aad it might as well be here. Kyung lah, cnn, psan antonio, texas. Theeplayoffs. Foo the fifth pstraight year. Year. Sam andelman i think thaa people are starting to get excited gain. Again. The llcal business thaas thankful the team broke a threegame looing stteak. Youre watching fox 45 morning news. All llcal. All morning. break 5 [ male announcer ] this commercial is not about getting fios, its about getting fios. That moment after you finally got it that you actually get it. When you see the difference 100 fiber optics makes, and you say woah we are not on cable anymore. When online videos arent herky jerky, you get it. Or when a movie downloads in two minutes, you get it. Last chance to get fios for just 79. 99 a month for two years with a twoyear agreement. Plus 300 back. Go to got2getfios. Com today for americas fastest, most reliable internet call the Verizon Center verizon fios. For customers with disabilities at 8009746006 tty v. For americas fastest, most reliable internet call the Verizon Center and what do you do . Oh, i sell insurance like no one else. Oh, thats nice. Thank you. Now, thats progressive. Call or click today. Meteorologist 33 3 3 3 coming up. The ravens may e gainiig some momentuum. Eading into the playoffs. Playoffs. game ats in background flacco looking deep got him him why thats eetremely welcome news. For a local ppintiig company. Aad new at 9. You could soon be payiig mmre for milk. Why dollars a gallon. Youre pwatching fox 45 morning news. All local. All morning. The afc north champion ravens are guaranteed at least one playoff game this season. But as paul gessler tells us. Playoff pride issstuck in euttal for some. 33 pits been a slow christmas bbeak at nightmare printing in cclumbia game nats inn background flaccc looking deep got him but, then. The purple and black. Got back on rack. another game nat touchdoon ravens fred fillah, fans only w16. 12 after we clinched up the nnrth, we had to set aside here to help us print shirts. The ravves snapped three game losing streak in grand style. Sam andelman, nightmare graphics 14. 05 but after sundays resounding win,. 14. 20 i ttink thattpeople pre starttng tooget excited aggin. And, tte printing machines started spitting out shirts. Ffed fillah, ann only number ttree team in football. I mean, whats up with that . 8. 37 but, yoo know teems get hot. Paul gessler, preporter one shirt supplier told us heyre actually holding off on printing ravens playoff shirts until tte team pan make a deep run into the playoffsproof, not everyone is allii on this afc north 43. 19. What do i do . I un around. I eliver to all the ptores. I work witt all the screen printtrs in town. When they come out with something Robert Waxman entering store 42. 07 the shirts arrehere. A special delivery. Robert waxman got the playoff shirts. From Robert Waxman. To baba booiee inn federal hill. Confiience comes quick to robert. Robert waxman . Opening door 42. 50 i uss the super bowl this year. To poming up. Startinn theennw foot. The delicious dish that. Will begin 2013. On a healthy nooe. And new at 9. Its not juss contestants getting the boot. On tte hit show the x factor. What judge brittey spears adidnta do. Thaa has simon ccwell saying farewell. Youre watching fox 45 morning news. All local. All break 7 [ male announcer ] this commercial is not about getting fios, its about getting fios. That moment after you finally got it that you actually get it. The difference 100 fiber optics makes and you say woah we are not on cable anymore. When online videos arent herky jerky, you get it. Or when a movie downloads in two minutes, you get it. [ female announcer ] switch to fios internet, tv, and phone for this amazing price online, just 79. 99 a month guaranteed for two years with a twoyear agreement. Plus get 300 back. Hurry, last chance to get this incredible deal. Offer ends january 5th. Fios brings you internet ranked the fastest in the nation. And unbeatable picture quality. Its 100 fiber optic, 100 different from cable. 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