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borrowed. the iconic carmaker has pulled off a massive u-turn, posting its first steady profits in six years, trimming the workforce, and building better cars. and of course, the taxpayers getting a little bit of a benefit, a bit of money paid back to them today. >> but the iou to uncle sam is still huge. >> the government will still have some say now the company is run, but there is reason to be optimistic. before bankruptcy they said they made about $4,000 per car and today they make...

9news now. a detention hearing for a third officer accused in the case, corporal kim, was also postponed today to give lawyers more time to plead their case. investigators with marylands officer trying to determine how much untaxed alcohol a club sold. today, officers rated baltimore avenues cross roads nightclub. members were also on hand and they prompt to revoke the club easterly kor license. 10% of metros escalators had a problem with its brakes. thats the latest find. a syst...

nine more arrests in a sweep that may not be over yet. it is a political scandal that has not been seen in this region indicates. they are charged with extortion and drug trafficking and their arrests are linked to the arrest of jack johnson and his wife. >> with just about ready talking about the widening, far-reaching public corruption and probe, the next county executive was talking about anything but that. >> monday night, the county executive elect called a press conference in the...

fox 5s wisdom martin begins our big story team coverage with how it all went down. >> federal agents executed 13 search warrants on various sites and the johnson home today before arresting jack johnson and his wife, newly elected council member leslie johnson, but the investigation actually started in 2006 with allegations of the county exec receiving payoffs for favors from developers. investigators say they tapped his phone from september, 2009 to now and based on what they heard th...

good evening. im jim vance. >> and im doreen gentzler. authorities say todays raids and arrests are just the beginning and mo public officials could be charged. as it stands, the top official in prince georges county face federal charges related to a multi-year multi-agency bribery operation, and his wife, who was just elected to the county council, has also been caught up. we have a phone conversation in which authorities say the jo johnsons tried to hide huge amounts of money with th...

meteorologist chuck bell live in the studio. >> how are you two doinghis morning? >> wonderful. another chilly start to the morning but it will warm up. >> we cant get away from the fact that will be chilly this time of year becae the nights are so long anymore but what a nice day it will be outside today. plenty of sunshine on the way. sunrise still about 50 minutes or so away. well have to wait just a little while lonr. already predawn glow in the eastern sky. temperaturesre in the 3...

climate of fear and intimidation within d.c. fire and ems. today they are leveling serious allegations of widespread racism against fire chief dennis ruben and his top brass. dozens of black d.c. firefighters filed into a federal courthouse and filed a class action lawsuit against the city and d.c. fire and ems. veteran firefighters say since 2007 and under the leadership of fire chief dennis ruben they have experienced institutional racism in the department. >> its a hurting feeling b...

we have a little breeze out of the north. and good news, well have sunshine for friday. bad news, breezy and cool for the start of the day. lets get to the satellite and radar. the form system is cranking up to our north and east. old-fashioned noreaster, bringing heavy rain to new england this hour. out to the west, rain showers and gray and clouds in eastern ohio and west virginia. that will slip in later today. it will not be a perfectly sunny day. well have a partly sunny afternoon...

mohammed walked up and tried to go inside. when he was told no, for some reason he returned holding an object. >> after he was denied entry he returned to the club and threw a rock or a brick or something through the club window. at that time management employees, employees and associates of the club chased mr. mohammed, chased him down the block. >> reporter: authorities say the group of men chased mohammed to ninth and u, about a block away. they pushed him to the ground where chief ...

if you live in maryland, youve heard about blue crabs, a chesapeake bay icon. but scuttling along the salty shorelines of marylands ocean beaches and coastal bays are as many as 35 other kinds of crabs youre unlikely to meet in a crabcake. jim casey was fisheries biologist for 37 years with the department of natural resources fisheries service. he emerged from retirement just to help find some of these crustaceans beyond blue - from tidal marsh to ocean surf. >> jim casey: with the typ...