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reporter: 14-year-old anna stickle and a friend were taking a popular short cut across these train tracks. when a speeding train approached, anna didn t hear it in time to get away. i ve lost my daughter. i ve lost my best friend. she truly was my best friend. and she s gone. reporter: with her daughter s funeral behind her, tara stickle turned her attention to wjz, about these tracks, where trains, like the one that killed her daughter, speeds by at 100 miles an hour. you can t hear it. it s too late, once they are on the tracks. they are fast and the kids don t realize it. reporter: the track separates several neighborhoods from the local schools. and even today, our cameras spotted kids crossing them. this is the worst possible place for railroad tracks. we can t move the tracks. we can t move the homes. but we can offer these kids an alternative. and that alternative is anna s bridge. reporter: she proposes a bridge be built over the tracks, giving kids a safer alternative. she is taking her fight on facebook, where anna s page already has more than 1,000 supporters. she has written to congressman dutch ruppersberger. we have to look into it if it means saving a life. if anna s bridge would save one of her friends lives, she would want that. logistically, this would be difficult to try to get a bridge over like that. it could be difficult. that, it could be. but i think it s worth it. we can send a man to the moon. we can put a bridge over these railroad tracks. i can promise you, i m not going away. i m going nowhere until this bridge is built for her. reporter: on wednesday, tara sickle says she plans to start a massive door-to-door campaign, passing out flyers to homes and businesses t in the area, trying to get more support to build anna s bridge. in middle river, i m derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. congressman ruppersberger s office says it is going to be researching the issue and contacting the proper agencies to inquire about a bridge and train track safety in the area. a police standoff has put people on edge. the incident started with a shooting this afternoon. denise? reporter: kai, this all began around 1:00 this afternoon. police say that is when one man was shot near the 500 block ofer cumberland street. investigators believe they have all the suspects involved in custody, but they are waiting to make sure there aren t any more suspects in that home. a lockdown at gilmore elementary ended just movements just moments ago. the man was taken to the hospital. there is no word on his condition. just moments ago, a protest got under way at city hall, with people angry that outgoing mayor sheila dixon will keep her generous pension. and this is one of the issues the mayor will take up during the transition at city hall. mike hellgren has new reaction from stephanie rawlings-blake and the man who organized tonight s plotest. protest. reporter: about two dozen people showed up here for the protest. not a huge crowd. many made homemade signs. the organizers speaking into a bull horn there. they re very passionate about the mayor not getting her pension, which is tied to the current mayoral salary and could grow in the future. reporter: growing outrage over mayor dixon s tension, which gives her more than $80,000 taxpayer money is changing life at city hall. i certainly understand the frustration of people. having councilman cole look into the pension issue, particularly around elected officials to try to find out best practices, and we ll be taking some action. reporter: the frustration reached a fevered pitch on facebook, where josh dowel created a group lashing out at the mayor. i felt there was a widespread, deep-seeded anger, in giving $2 million in public money to a thief. certainly the baltimore city council has it within their power to change that law, probably at any time they want. reporter: and there are those who believe, despite dixon s troubles, she should get the cash. i mean, she made a mistake. everybody makes a mistake. people are human. she deserves a pension. she put in years of service. the biggest message i d like to send is that the people who lead us should live by the same rules that we do. reporter: and you re looking live again at this protest that is under way outside city hall. again, this is that group that does not want the mayor to get her pension. the reason why mayor dixon is eligible for this pension is because she is getting probation before judgment. so there won t be an official criminal record, once she completes her probation. reporting live at city hall, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. stay with wjz for complete coverage of the transition at city hall. and wjz is always on. for complete coverage and backgrounds on this story, log onto wjz.com. a live look outside right now, shows us a crisp and cool night. but by tomorrow, we will be enjoying some temperatures that are just a bit more comfortable. bob turk and meteorologist bern get det woods are bernadette woods are tracking how much warmer it s going to get. i wouldn t get out the bathing suits yet. but it s getting warmer. clear conditions all around the region. temperatures down to 31. yes, we re down below freezing again. west winds at 9. making it feel more like the mid and upper 20s. barometer is rising. bernadette has a look at where those warmer temperatures are now and when they re going to get here. reporter: as you re saying, not so much a warmup, just the fact that we are thawing out from a deep freeze around the country. a lot of people suffering from that freeze. look at the turnaround. one of the ones we pointed out. bismarck, up to 61 degrees. on saturday, the high was minus 18. in the 50s now in denver. and back up above zero in kansas city. so at this point we re cutting off that connection with the arctic. temperatures will rebound back to and above the average of 41 degrees. so that s our warmup. closer to 50, actually, by the end of the week. but this is still just a thaw in the middle of winter. and we ll have your forecast coming up. all right, bern. thank you. while the temperatures are warming up, so is ravens fever. we are moving closer to play- offs. has all of baltimore going purple from the fans to the players. wjz has complete coverage of the showdown in indianapolis. the ravens success is having a huge impact on baltimore, in ways you wouldn t really expect. weijia jiang has that story. but first, we begin with sports director mark viviano who is live tonight at ravens training complex in owings mills. mark? it s a chilly night here in owings mills. but players are practicing indoors at the facility. they ll be wrapping up their practice in just a few minutes. we will be catching up with coach john harbaugh and the players. they are at this moment, preparing for another high- profile meeting. the indianapolis colts await them. since the game is saturday, today meant the first practice to prepare for indy. and during the play-off win at new england, baltimore managed to create its own version of home cooking on the road, with thousands of ravens fans making the trip to massachusetts. the ravens became the first team ever to beat the pats in a play-off game at gillette stadium. and those fans made the difference. they were cheerping throughout cheering throughout the game. and i think they got louder because the opposing crowd got quieter. in the end, to go over and shake hands with those guys and to turn toward the tunnel and see that throng was really cool. reporter: and a number of ravens fans, you know, will be making that trip to indianapolis. interesting to note, the ranks in their history are 6-2 in road games. that winning percentage is the best in the nfl in the last 50 years. pretty incredible. the ravens don t mind the road at all. i won t mind getting inside to warm up a a little bit and i ll check in with practice. and then we ll check back with you later on. mark, get inside and warm up. we ll check back with you later. weijia jiang has more. reporter: hi to everyone. we have been shopping with ravens fans all day long. and there is one thing for certain. you cannot put a price on purple pride. since i hit the floor today, it was ravens, ravens, ravens. reporter: donald disney, the santa claus of ravens gear. as soon as the game is over, they start printing shirts. reporter: he loads t-shirts up and delivers them to dj liquidations all over town. we just got some flacco jerseys in. reporter: where fans can t keep their hands off. i came, and they said, they re just pulling out boxes. i m going to get one. why not? we are number 1. $37.10 altogether. reporter: of course, it s not just clothing people are buying. it s any and everything purple. whatever they can fit in their budget, they re buying. it s a raven. it s a baby raven. my glasses are purple. i got the flamigos. just about everything is purple that i can see. and i got the ear ring. the purple pride translates into much-needed help. reporter: here at poor boy s in dundalk, it s the same story. they have everything purple. the hat, the glasses, the beads, the boa. but their best seller, definitely these purple flamingos. it s took over our store. so the more we get into it, the more we sell. reporter: and what s a game without the food? at roman s sausage factory, ravens fever equals lots and lots of links. meat sausage for this weekend s party. meat sausage to put on the menu. no problem. as soon as you come in, boom, ravens won. reporter: since they got a taste of victory, all everyone wants is more. reporter: and you know, even though there are so many different t-shirts out there, one viewer wrote in and said, he wants to see, what does colts stand for? count on losing this saturday. we are live, weijia jang. i like that. that s clever. reporter: i do, too. crews spray-painted the team logo on the sidewalk this afternoon. and this afternoon, another purple bird popped up outside the front door here at wjz on tv hill. not sure if that was a freebie or we had to pay for that. logos are going up across the city as purple fever continues to spread. don t forget, this saturday, wjz is the only place you can catch the ravens face off with indianapoliss. that will air at 8:00. you know someone is printing up t-shirts as we speak. like hot cakes. i like that. count on losing this. driving while distracted. one group wants it to be taken as seriously as a d.u.i. a new study shows a toxic chemical is found in some children s jewelry sold at popular stores. i m an andrea fujii. that story is coming up on wjz eyewitness news. i m alex demetrick. and coming up, helping farmers help the bay. that story as eyewitness news continues. prepare for some relief from this cold weather. the updated first warning forecast, with bob. if you have high blood pressure, like me, and get a cold. .you need a cold medicine with a heart. only coricidin hpb has a heart, right here. it s the only cold and flu brand that won t raise your blood pressure. coricidin hpb. first, it was lead. now, another toxic chemical was turning up in products made for children. andrea fujii has a warning about a dangerous substance in kids jewelry. this little bracelet looks cute, but don t let it charm you. scientist migreen found michael green found it is 35% cadmium. i would never let my children touch this jewelry. they add this to the list of the 275 most dangerous substances. it can also cause cancer. and in children, it can hinder brain development. it s mind boggling. one, that a company would make this. and two, that we don t have any regulations that spell out that this is illegal. the items were found in wal- mart, claire s and others. 12 trinkets were made with cadmium. but a few, like this rudolph, were nearly all cadmium. wal-mart has already pulled the items from their shelves. in china, there s a lot of recycling of the waste, the electronic waste, computers, for example, from here in the u.s. and other countries. that waste finds its way to china, where it s dumped. but then some of that metal in those products are used for making other things. reporter: green says the problem is, it s not illegal to sell jewelry with cadmium in the u.s. it also appears chinese factories are using cadmium instead of lead. because lead is now restricted by the federal government. reporter: the pruct pruct consumer product safety commission has launched an investigation into the cadmium problem. and they plan to issue a stern warning to china. i m andrea fujii, wjz eyewitness news. the metal most used as a replacement for lead is zinc, a safer alternative to cadmium. let s check in on the roads now with sharon gibala. she s live at wjz traffic control. we cleared up a lot of our major problems. that accident on the west side, at 70, is gone. we still have that accident, though, on the northwest side, on the inner loop, at reisterstown road. that is block the left lane. no major delay, though. watch for an accident on 70 eastbound at u.s. 29. one in crofton, on crain highway. another on 175 in jessop, at cellner road. 95 slow between polaski and the beltroad now. there s a look at your drive times and your speeds for the beltway. 36 miles per hour on the slowest spot. 37 miles on the west side, between 95 and 795. there s a live look at the top side. seeing some brake lights there at green spring avenue. this traffic report is brought to you by subway, introducing new big, hot subway sandwiches. fresh tomato, melted cheese. pick one up today. sharon, thank you. the save the bay, federal epa is passing out. maryland farmers are stuck right in the middle. the keys family has farmed near havre de grace for nearly half a century. raising livestock is enough pressure. but there is always a lot of pressure on us to do a better job. it should be. the chesapeake bay is a treasure. and it s close by and near our doorstep. reporter: so keys has stopped planting fields fields to feed his cattle. rotating them. electric fencing makes sure cows don t foul streams, keeping nutrients like nitrogen out of the water is the goal. we look at farms. we want to keep the nutrients on the ground, so it s not rupping off in the bay running off in the bay and feeding the algae blooms. it leaves massive dead zones in the bay. but helping out isn t cheap. they cost $100,000 per project. and there s just no way a farm could offset those costs. reporter: so congress, which has funded soil conservation of the past will spend $4 million to help farmers clean water. which will help farmers throughout the chesapeake bay water shed plan implement conservation practices to improve water quality, restore wetlands and enhance wildlife habitat. reporter: federal health comes as the epa promises tighter controls. reporter: it could be coming to smaller farms. it s a tough business to be in. reporter: even if the future means carrying caring for farms and the bay. alexalex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news. money and technical advice for farmers is being provided by the u.s. department of agriculture s natural resource conservation services. it will be nicer to be outside the next couple of days. that s for sure. we have warmer temperatures headed this way. i think by friday, you ll be happy. at 31 now. still below freezing. west/northwest winds alt 9. barometer on the way back up. come back and take a look at that warmup, beginning tomorrow. right after this. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, all right. that is beautiful. now we just need the warmer temperatures to go along with that. it starts to melt somewhat, we think in the next few days. we ll see sunshine. and temperatures are going to get, believe it or not, above army average. tomorrow, about normal. and after that, going to warm up even more. let s take a look at temps around the region. with clear skies. around just about everybody. 28 in brer land. incumberland. 18 in oakland. they had been primarily in the teens and the low 20s about the last 6 to 7 days. they really haven t warmed up there at all. and really quite a bit of snow in garrett county. great skiing out there. they ve had a terrific month of skiing out there. 14. the air is still pretty dry. this is chapstick kind of weather. 36 in bel air. some folks down here in a.a. county picked up about a half inch of snow or more overnight. very, very localized. eastern sections of a.a. county, from about severna park, down to about south of annapolis. almost three quarters of an inch of flurries. winds now out of the west/northwest. they re beginning to calm down. down to 9 now. earlier today, we were at 50 and 18 15 and 18 and 20. now, wind chills are in the upper 20s. so it s not that severe. some moisture down there in texas may bring us a little rain or snow late sunday. maybe. for the time being, generally clear to partly cloudy skies, still a few snow flurries to the south across portions of kentucky. warmer air is going to start moving in our direction. it does tend to create warmer clouds. it s going to cause this nice warmup to bring milder temperatures for our region. high pressure over missouri to the east. cold air retreats to new new england as warm air starts to move in from the west/southwest. a little warmer tomorrow. even warmer thursday. even warmer friday. friday may get to 50. right now, denver is low 50s. with warm air out to the west. small craft advisory through late tonight. west winds on the bay, at 5 to 10 knots. should be a major breeze. it will be a little warmer. 35 is your baytem bay temp. tonight, pretty clear. tomorrow, a little warmer. yet tad warmer will be visiting the area with sunshine and a light, light breeze. high of 40, won t feel too bad tomorrow. and by thursday and friday, you ll be breaking out the bermuda shorts. well, not quite. and the long black socks. it will be a little warmer enemy there s the that s an attractive look. dangerous carry-on. one man gets ammunition on board a flight. now it s being called another major security failure. i m kellye lynn. could a standard approach to handling emergency patients do more harm than good? a local study answers yes. i ll have that story coming up. i m ron matz, at meadow mill athletic club. if your new year s resolution is to lose weight, you are about to meet a baltimore man who might be your inspiration. , i calculate my own payroll. it works. pretty well. right, guys? announcer: there s an easier way. do your payroll with intuit online payroll. just enter employee hours. it calculates all the taxes and creates paychecks. get a 30-day free trial at intuit.com. it is 5:29. 31 degrees and clear out there right now. good evening, everybody. thanks for staying with eyewitness news. here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. there is a new push focusing on the dangers of driving while distracted. new statistics show one in four are caused by drivers on cell phones. and as i found out today, that is enough to spark a movement by those calls. reporter: joe would have been in college, had a woman talking on her cell phone not driven through a red light and killed him. we lost joe as a result of a phone call. and you think about that today, and it seems so senseless. reporter: david teeter is part of a new movement to educate drivers about the dangers of talking on cell phones. in 2008, the number of distracted drivers by cell phones soared to 1.6 million. the movement is pushing toward complete cell-free driving. they are saying when you start your car, turn off your phone. ultimately, what we envision is a day a few years away, where we will say, boy, remember when we used to talk on our phone while driving. wasn t that stupid to do? reporter: there was a close call here with this driver, trying to back out of the parking space. this driver admitted to me, she was too distracted backing up while talking on her phone as we pulled in. i definitely do it. but i do not recommend it. it will probably cause an accident. as you can tell. reporter: cab driver glen clark tells me story after story about distracted drivers on the road. are people worse drivers when they re talking on their phone? most definitely. because i m out here. i see accidents like you know, at least three to four times a day. the u.s. transportation department is backing this new effort to educate the public. the new movement is called focus-driven. and it is modeled after m.a.d.d., mothers mothers against drunk driving. a mother who gave birth to a child inside a port-a-potty and left the baby inside, pleads qualitiy. guilty. candy mcnery is pleading guilty to second-degree child abuse. she gave birth to a baby in a portable toilet and dropped the baby into the waste holding tank. she was found to be suffering from a mental disorder that made her a danger to herself and to others. she has spent sometime in mental health facilities. the baby girl did survive and is now in the custody of the department of social services. denise, thank you. the plea allows mcnery to avoid any more jail time. she has since been in prison since july 1st. anne arundel county police are investigating one of their officers. authorities say two officers saw two men in an suv while responding to a call in the 2,000 block. the vehicle drove toward the officers and struck one of them but not before he fired at the vehicle. the suspect then fled and one of them was later caught. the officer was taken to the hospital where he was treated and released. police say they ve arrested a man responsible for a deadly shooting just outside of atlanta. three people were killed and at least two others wounded in the shooting at a penske truck rental facility in suburban atlanta. the shooter was reportedly dressed completely in camouflage. a pen credit ske the penske spokesperson said it was a former employee. another airport security breach has surfaced, this time in milwaukee. karen brown has the latest. reporter: flight 1669 was pushing back from the gate in milwaukee when the pilot told passengers there was a security problem, a gun dealer on board had alerted flight attendants he had mistakenly carried on live ammunition. doesn t give you a real warm and fuzzy feeling. reporter: passenger doug bell says the dallas-bound jet returned immediately to the gate. the unidentified man told transportation security, he had forgotten that he had shotgun shells in his carry-on. he was rezened and allowed to board rescreened and allowed to reboard the plane this. comes on the heels of umar farouq abdulmutallab s attempted bombing in an airliner bound for detroit christmas day. i thought it was rlings. why? we ridiculous. why? we just had a gentlemen put explosives in his underwear. and here a man walks on with carry-ons, with shotgun shells in his bag. he texted his wife from on board the plane. i was like, you have got to be kidding me. reporter: the screener who missed the shells has already been given additional training. midwest airlines, which operated the flight, has declined to comment. reporter: after the bombing attempt on christmas day, president obama ordered enhanced screening and more bomb-sniffing dogs at airports. but the security breach in milwaukee has left passengers on board that flight wander wondering wondering what it will really take to secure the nation s airports. karen brown, cbs news. the tsa says it will not release the name of the man who brought the ammunition on board. and they have no further comment about the incident. president obama spresident obama s poll numbers are on the decline. for the first time, his approval rating has dipped below 50%. issues at home, to jobs to healthcare are driving his numbers down. experts say to turn his approval down, president obama must work to fix the nation s economic picture. the federal census bureau opens an office today. and the questionnaire will soon be in the mail for the 2010 count. the form is now much shorter and easier to fill out than in the past. reporter: on april 1, 2010, our nation will be counted. reporter: public service announcements are out for the 2010 census. addresses have been collected. and forms that ask question like who lives in your household, will soon be in your mailbox. maryland s senior citizens, encouraging people to fill them out. if you want maryland to get its fair share, that if you pay the taxes to washington, you get them back in services of maryland, fill out that census form. reporter: the last census in 2000 asks 50 different questions. this time, it s down to just 10. but since the results are used to determine how federal tax dollars are distributed, based on population and other factors. reporter: disaster and emergency services. healthcare services. schools. transportation. libraries. senior centers. reporter: the mayor of philadelphia has a saying to encourage the people to fill out their form. it s 10 questions, 10 minutes, and it can affect your life for 10 years. reporter: maryland s governor says better technology, the internet, and social websites could help improve the 2010 count. i hope that that means we have a better count this year than we did even 10 years ago. because every person that is counted is an additional $1,000 a year in community investments that come to our state. reporter: a census office is open today for counting east baltimore. 1500 temporary workers are to be recruited. the senator says sit citizens shouldn t worry that their private information will get out. many people say, i m worried about government. i don t want them in my business. reporter: by federal law, census information is private. and it is also federal law that people must fill out the census form. suzanne collins, wjz eyewitness news. you can see the new census form at wjz.com and find a link to other census information. in tonight s wjz flu watch, officials are looking into the possibility that they ordered way too much of the h1n1 vaccine. at first, there wasn t enough doses. but a slower flu season means fewer people are interested in getting the shot that is now widely available. health officials say the h1n1 virus is still out there, and they re encouraging those who haven t been vaccinated to do so. in healthwatch tonight, immobilizing severely injured patients is common practice. but does doing so help or hurt? healthwatch reporter kellye lynn is here with new research that indicates the practice could be putting patients at risk. placing trauma patients in an x-ray sent on a backboard is intended to make them safer. now, a johns hopkins study finds doing so could actually worsen their chances of survival. [ siren ] reporter: it s a familiar scene. trauma patients strapped down and braced before they re placed in an ambulance. the paramedics will take the cervical collar, which is that plastic hard collar that goes around their neck. hold their neck still and immobilize the rest of the patient s body. told to be perfectly still so more no more damage can be done. but could it pose a risk to patients? a johns hopkins study reaches a startling conclusion. we found that patients are twice as likely to die these are only penetrating accidents, twice as likely to die if they have their spine immobilized before they get to the center. they analyzed records of 45,000 patients with pen straight traiting pen straighting penetrating. they had the higher risk of dying when their spine was immobilized. i think the main thing has to do about time with time. the quicker patients get there, the quicker they can get the definitive care they need. reporter: and emergency room doctors like sinai s doug frankel agree that in cases like serious injury, every minute counts. anything that we re going to do that could potentially delay the cure of patients and put the patient at risk is is a problem that needs to be evaluated further. reporter: the author of this study hopes the research will change in the way change the way shooting and stabbing victims are assessed here in maryland. spine immobilization has been proven to be effective in saving lives and limiting injury for victims of car crashes. how maryland-based mutual funds performed in the 40 quarter of 2009. a recipe for a lighter version of the philly cheesesteak. and how matt silver s season has taken him from mr. mom to being with his team on saturday. remember to look at the updated forecast from wjz s first warning weather team. a lot of you, probably mike likemy colleague mary, made a new year s resolution or resolved to do something different in 2010. so did one teenager. ron matz has more on an extraordinary young man who has become an inspiration. five more to go. let s do it. you re looking good. reporter: kenneth smith is looking good, too. he once weighed 260 pounds. now he s 205. shedding 55 pounds in just 6 months. it was something i wanted to try. because i was like overweight. i wasn t healthy. so i tried it. and it went well. he did it with the help of personal trainer john cap lin, through caplin s be more fit program, at med on meadow mills athletic club, helping at- risk youth. ages 18 to 21. that s one of the most rewarding things of working in the industry. and when kenneth really got into it and was so focused. he was determined to take the weight off and really be successful. if i get on the treadmill every day, what else do i need to do? you can do stress training. reporter: so successful, kenneth now works as a certified fitness trainer. he exercises five days a week, changed his lifestyle and diet, giving up fast food and soda. just not drinking soda. and then i just drink a lot of water and gatorade, stuff like that. vitamin water. that s the type of things i drink. and i eat salads and stuff. reporter: it s a remarkable transformation. amazing his family and friends. they like the new me. i like the new me. everybody likes the new me. so it s cool. he s doing great with the body pump certification. and he has a real future in fitness. and he s a fit accident advocate who is going to make a difference in baltimore. reporter: hey, congratulations. lots of luck. reporter: ron matz, wjz eyewitness news. good story. kenneth smith is workinga as a trainer at the ymca and will graduate high school soon. for more information on be more fit, log onto our website, wjz.com. he s got this incredible career ahead of him. inspiring, isn t it? and ron looks good, too. stolen luggage. airport employees accused of stealing from passengers. hair draima. one boy drama. one boy suspended for not cutting his long locks. i ll have the exclusive five-day forecast. first, here s a look at today s report from wall street. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, all right, clear skies out there. number 52. that s what that is. all righty. there he goes. let s go, ravens. let s take a look at tomorrow s forecast. tad warmer will be paying us a visit. bernadette has the details. tomorrow morning will be colder than it was this morning. as we head through the afternoon, we are warming up, close to 40 degrees. sunny to partly cloudy skies. for the rest of the five-day, here s bob. look at that. 44 with sunshine on thursday. 48. maybe 50 on friday. saturday night, sunday. increasing clouds. there s a slight chance, only about 30%. we might see a little rain or snow mixture. an infant s cries may have saved has life after being left outside in the freezing cold in illinois. turns out his father, sleepy after several shots of whiskey and a sleeping pill, mistakenly left a 7-month-old outside their home. the baby is in good condition. but his father has been charged with endangering the life of a child. five baggage handlers are accused of stealing from passengers at bush intercontinental airport in houston. police say the thefts were part of an ongoing scheme, with screeners stealing laptop computers. they don t know how long this has been going on or how many might have been stolen. each faces a prison sentence of up to 10 years if convict. check in with eyewitness news tonight on eyewitness news at 4:00. open investigation. washington rizzards star, gilbert arenas, suspended for having guns in his locker. i m mike schuh. these brown pelicans used to be in maryland. now they re fighting for their lives here. check in for these stories and all the day s breaking news coming up at 6:00. but now back to kai and mary. kai? thank you, denise. the texas school board is standing behind its ban that kept a 4-year-old boy out of school. taylor pew has been under suspension because of his long hair. officials say he violated the district s grooming policy and will remain alone in the school library with a teacher s aide. taylor s father says the hair policy should be changed. his hair doesn t affect his education by any means. the regulation is 40 years old. mes keet needs mesquite needs to update and realize not all children are the same. reporter: the school board ruled last night that taylor can return to the classroom if the boy wears his hair in corn rows. but the boy s parents disagree to that and say he will continue to go to school with a ponytail. tonight in owings mills. cold and windy outside. the players just wrapped up their indoor practice. had a chance to catch up with the team. we ll hear from coach john harbaugh, as they get ready for boss: so word s gettin out that geico customers could save even more on their car insurance by signing up for other things - like homeowner s or renter s insurance. nice work, everyone. exec: well, it s easy for him. he s a cute little lizard. gecko: ah, gecko, actually - exec: with all due respect, if i was tiny and green and had a british accent i d have more folks paying attention to me too. i mean - (faux english accent) save money! pip pip cheerio! exec 2: british? i thought you were australian. gecko: well, it s funny you should ask. cause actually, i m from - anncr: geico. save even more with our new multi-policy discount. mark is standing by live at the ravens complex. i ll tell you what, the ravens player the got it right this weekend. three are indoors and one is in san diego. and i m outside in the cold. you have to give us the program. ravens just wrapped up their practice here. we had a chance to chat with coach harbaugh. we ll be hearing from him coming up. they ll be playing against the indianapolis colts saturday night. second straight high-profile post-season game for ravens on the road. just a couple of days ago, they made history. by beating tom brady in new england. they forced tom brady into four turnovers. becoming the first time ever to do this. colts peyton manning has never never lost in indy. coach john harbaugh says there is little to be gained in comparing one to the other. every week stands on its own. these two guys are different. they re as well similar in they re similar in the fact that they re both great quarterbacks. hall-of-famers. the offenses are completely different. how they run their offenses are completely different. we know what s going to be coming up next week in indy. we know that s probably the best quarterback in the last 10 to 20 years. bottom line. what a challenge it is for the ravens. and their play-off climb takes them to indianapolis. saturday night. our coverage comes your way at 8:00 saturday night. you know that ravens owner steve bisciotti is a big terps basketball fan. he ll have his eyes on the first conference road game. maryland plays at wake wake forest. meanwhile, they made their conference road debut, against rival virginia last night. terps not ranked taking on a virginia team. maryland got a big game league from senior. she take its for the team high of 20 points. this game would come down to final shots in the final second. virginia with an inbound play. down by 1. three seconds on the clock. monica wright attempted the shot. but it was blocked. no foul was called. virginia rather upset about that fact. the play stands and the game is over. and the terps win on the road. 61-60. they improve to 13-3. cavaliers finally feel robbed. finally, a pair of hockey fans go to the extreme of going green. two guys known as force and sully do their best to distract players and especially those in the opposing penalty box. anything to give that home field advantage. speaking of ice, i m feeling it out here. we ll have more coming up. back to you for now. there s a nice fireplace in that complex there, isn t there? might want to go warm up. that s where i m headed next. okay. still to come tonight on wjz s eyewitness news. tension backlash. i m mike hellgren, in north baltimore, with the outrage over mayor dixon being allowed to keep her generous pension. ,, coming up now on eyewitness news alt 6:00. out rage that mayor dixon gets gets to keep her pension, despite corruption charges. what the future mayor is saying about the controversy. purple pride is turning into green dollars, as people flock to get their ravens gear. i m weijia jiang. that story is next on wjz eyewitness news. it s been a week since a teenage girl was killed on these train tracks in middle river. i m derek valcourt. coming up on eyewitness news, i ll tell you about her mother s bold plans to make sure it doesn t happen to another kid. warmer temperatures moving this way. don t miss the updated first warning weather forecast. check in for these stories and all the day s breaking news, with denise and kai. eyewitness news at 6:00 starts now. tragedy on the tracks. a teen killed by a train in baltimore county. tonight, her mother fights to make sure another family doesn t suffer her heartbreak. hello, everybody. i m ni