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2 news. detective ryan stevenson died saturday night when sean james threw a piece of concrete hitting detective stevenson in the head. investigators say it happened over an argument over a parking spate. a viewing is tomorrow from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m. and second viewing will be held on sunday from 2:00 until 8:00 p.m. the funeral service is scheduled for monday at 11:00 a.m. new antioch baptist church. a interrogation of a suspect may not be shown in the trial. detectives questioned saunders even after he said he didn't want to talk and didn't inform him of his miranda rights. he is one of four people killing brian betts. he was found dead at his home back in april. a former student charged with the murder of a death of a frostburg basketball player has pleaded guilty l. a jury sent a note saying they were having difficulty reaching a decision. hall shot and killed the basketball player. he agreed to a possible maximum sentence of 8 years in prison. and now to a developing story. the life of a pace university football player comes to an abrupt end. 20-year-old dan roy henry was shot and killed by police outside a bar. the absolute truth has been hard to come by but police claim they had to use deadly force when henry hit two officers fleeing in his car. teammates insist he was simply moving the car out of a fire lane as instructed by officers. >> our son was filled with love and empathy for people and he put his family first. >> d. j. henry will be buried a week from tomorrow the same day he would have turned 21. in democracy 2010 tonight early voting kicked off across maryland and anne arundel county where a loot of attention is on the referendum to bring slots to the arundel mills mall. statewide early voting is estimated to cort 2.5 million to $3.2 million. voters also turned out in hartford county as well. you still have time to take advantage of the state's early voting process. centers will be open through october 28th except for sunday october 24th when they are closed. you can find the early voting center nearest you by going to the state board of election's web site. this weekend former new york city mayor rudy guiliani will be campaigning with former governor robert erhlich in clarksburg. with less than a week and- a-half of campaigning before the midterm elections president obama is still stumping for the democrats. the president made a stop in california hitting up fundraisers in silicon valley and la firing up deposition to head to the polls. democrats are struggling for the women's vote which gave the president a 13 point margin two years ago. get the latest news in our democracy 2010 section clip on the tab on our home page abc2news.com and click on the political tab. pretty much a beautiful fall like day out there this friday. what a nice way to kickoff the weekend. little breezy, but other than that nothing to complain about. let's take a look at some of the winds we're seeing this evening. it's going to be a breezy friday night as you head out and about. temperatures in the upper 50s. about as warm as we've been all day since today was a cooler day but nice as refreshing not quite as windy. skies generally clear above and the rest of the evening expecting that to hold up. we will eventually be falling down into the 40s however late this evening into the overnight into the 30s. so a north breeze fall like and a jill he one by tomorrow we'll talk about the chance for frost. game day forecast for deaf and the ravens all coming up. >> thanks a lot wyatt. let's talk about the economy. the number of available jobs rose in maryland, but the number of people looking for work rose even faster. the unemployment rate inched up to 7.5% from 7.3% in august. 7300 jobs were cut in the state in the month of august. the next time you stop in for a big mac it's going to cost you a little bit more. mcdonald's plans to raise its prices in the u. s. and europe. this is the first price hike for the fast food giant in more than a year. mcdonald's has been struggling to try and attract customers. employees at the former espn zone at the inner harbor will rally to call attention to their class action lawsuit. they filed a suit against disney change it failed to notify them before shutting down the restaurant in june. more than 150 workers were shocked to find out they would be out of a job in less than a week many learning from facebook and local news reports. marchers will march monday in front of the federal courthouse. juan courthouse. why juan williams says he should not have been fired and some are calling for congress to withdraw funds from public radio. it's a supplement that's supposed to help expectant moms. some local lawmakers are voicing their support for question 8. why lawmakers say the revenue from the slots in anne arundel county will help schools. imagine denying a pregnant woman the choice of health care providers. only one senator voted with big insurance over pregnant women: andy harris. protecting our bay? harris was the only one to vote against cleaning up toxic waste sites. he always sides with the polluters, one of the worst environmental records in the senate. and harris was the only one to vote against extending education for special needs kids. no wonder his republican colleagues think he's too extreme. we can't afford his extreme ideas. i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message oo public safety is a governor's most important job. that's why governor martin o'malley has instituted new dna and fingerprinting technology that's reducing violent crime... new, stronger domestic violence and abuse legislation... and o'malley passed new laws to better track and convict sexual predators, with even longer prison sentences. as a father of four, i know there's always more that we must do to protect our children and make maryland an even safer place to raise our families. . a touching memorial hon organize the lives lost to domestic violence was sandsized. it happened last weekend in front of the unitarian universalist church in churchville k joins us with how police are trying to figure out who did it and why. what a disturbing story. >> reporter: it's not the property damage most are concerned with here. the police report says it's upward of $200 at the most. the most disturbing here is the message this vandalism september p. along route 22 in churnville they stand every year. plywood cutouts of men, women and children all with a magazine that tells the story of their death by domestic violence. >> every year when we start putting them up it's just putting those silhouettes up and seeing the story of these people's lives and how they ended. it is very, very powerful. >> reporter: rev. lisa ward runs the unitarian universalist fellow ship church in hartford counties. they put the silent witness display for domestic violence awareness month. it is a powerful seen that often draws the right kind of attention. >> as seen in these pictures from last weekend, violence struck hard once again. >> sadness, and when we were trying to fix them again put the statue is up just a feeling of the violence. a feeling of the violence trying to destroy the the display. it was just prevalent. >> reporter: a painful irony subjecting the memory to the same kind of violence that originally took these lives. their stories once again beaten and broken. >> the thought that the vandalism did something to destroy something that had such a positive message that that church was reaching out to the community with is something we're looking into seriously. >> reporter: but in reality the hartford county sheriff's office has little to no physical evidence of who vandalized this display and made to rely on tips. the hope here is that whomever did this didn't quite understand exactly what they were defaceing. but the profiles, plaques and painful stories are hard to miss. a profound and powerful message witness to violence once again. >> it just added to the witness of these silhouettes who have already been killed. now they witness to violence that okay can you remember even from the news of their death you know. and so it's a double edged violence. >> reporter: the church says it has fixed most of the damage. it will continue to put up the display every year which we're told does draw local family members of the victim. if you have any information who vandalized the display call the hartford county sheriff's office. brian kuebler abc 2 news. >> people across maryland are asking 12 yes sir to save the lives of domestic violence victiming. abc2news.com you can read bribe k's story on the development of the questions and see what they are. head to our home page and check out the tips in the spotlight section. grants make up less than 2% of radio. still there is an outrage on capitol hill over a firing by n pr that consider a violation of free speech. >> reporter: there are calls today for congress to hold back federal funding from national public radio. after n pr nyssa analyst juan williams was fired following this appearance on foxnews where he also works. >> when i get on a plane if i see people in muslim gash i get infers. >> if you want to be a political act visit you may not also be reporter and news ant lift for nwr. >> the feelings he expressed are between him and his psychiatrist or publicist. >> reporter: vivian has apologized for for the remarks but not if for firing williams. he feared back. >> i don't know why she has to get that low. she has an argument to make that i somehow violated sojourn alice particular values of nwr make the case,. >> reporter: williams said he only admitted to feelings americans hold in the wake of 9/11. >> it's a feeling. i don't see i'm in not getting on the plane. i don't say you must go through additional security, i don't say i want to discriminate against these people. >> reporter: the three year 2 million-dollar contract from foxnews. still the firing has public figures of all political stripes. >> i don't think he should have been fired. >> reporter: lining up against nbr. >> shame on national public radio. >> reporter: in response to the firing republican senator jim demint plans to end federal funding for n pr. t. j. winick abc 2 news. lindsay lohan will go back to rehab after failing a drug test. judge threatened to send her to jail. he ordered her held for nearly a month hearing in september but another judge overturned his ruling. current legal woes are the results of drug and drunken driving charges filed in 2007. >> o. j. simpson robbery will not be overturned. the nevada supreme court ruled his appeals were without merit. he was convicted of kidnapping armed robbery conspiracy and other crimes simpson claims was an attempt to get back family photos and met tos. >> moms are eager to do anything they can to make sure their babies are as happy as possible. one popular supplement is supposed to help them as well as their developing children. a new steady creates some doubt. here's dr. timothy johnson. >> pregnant women are often told to increase their intake of dha a fatty acid found in fish and fish oil capsules. some believe dha lowers a mother 's risk of postpartum depression and improves her child's mental development. a new study found no evidence of improvement on either count. some 4,000 australian women took either dha fish oil capsules or a placebo. those who took the dha did no better than the other group on a depression scale 6 months after pregnancy. likewise, babies born to the dha moms had no greater mental or physical skills. however, there were notably few er premature birth among the women who took the fish oil capsules. they say women should continue to take 200 milligrams. dha daily since the risks are minimal and it could be of some hem. with this medical minute, i'm dr. timothy johnson. >> . >> a little chilly today no complaints for me. >> temperatures dropped, kelly but we didn't have quite as gusty, it was brea he but not the kind of winds we had thursday. kind of a push sunshine was out. >> nice set up for the weekend. >> another day like this we'll see temperatures warm up a bit. less wind gorgeous saturday. navy game coming up tomorrow. noter day coming annapolis. hope to make it tough on them. kelly, it's funny old glory was looking pretty good there a minute ago. there it goes again. that's breezy but it's not the kind of powerful winds we've seen the last few days. 57 degrees. bwi dry 33% humidity. winds west and northwest through the day. barometric pressure rising throughout the day. these temperatures really darn enjoyable. widespread upper 50s to 40s out toward deep creek lake. nice stuff. high temperatures today or high temperatures running close to 60. feeling a little cooler than that with pretty gusty winds up around 30 in philly gusting 25 in dover top of the hour we dusted to 21 in easton. want to show you current steady winds 10, 15. will be a breezy night. definitely a bit of a breeze blowing out there. your neighborhood tomorrow nice looking saturday we picked anne arundel county back through the naval academy. 69 for a high tomorrow. won't be quite that warm at kickoff though obviously will be a lot of generated heat in the stadium. kick off at noon. clear mild conditions 65 sunny light west breeze shrub good for the kickers. great day to watch navy play. satellite radar picture clear across misdemeanor. pennsylvania lot of sunshine good looking weather. there's not much new to the west right now. in fact, we're seeing a great pattern develop here for the next couple of days. gigantic area of double barreled high pressure sinking area going to keep a lot of sunshine around. dry weather will hold and those chilly north winds we've had the last couple of days those will push out to sea as the high pressure settles in over the mid atlanta. on the backside we'll get even warmer conditions next week. our future forecast clear tonight into the day tomorrow. partly cloudy and a great looking day on sunday as well. temperatures warm up above 70. chilly tonight none of that tonight. frost north and west of baltimore. up through northern baltimore counties out toward carol and beyond. abundant sunshine great looking day. tomorrow night few more clouds 48. will be a warmer evening tomorrow night as winds turn southerly and check it out towards ravens sunday man 73 degrees. nice looking day. we do warm up even more next week we bring in the chance of rain for monday right through thursday. kelly. >> all right. thanks a lot wyatt. well, we've got a few changes heading our way starting sunday you can catch good morning america from 8:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m. this week airs from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. square off comes on at 10:30 and stay with abc 2 news for evening newscast which returns at 6:30 on sundays. when your teen gets that permit or license they need to know more than just the rules of the road. coming up what your young driver should know before they event up with the keys. abc 2 news is on to go at port deposit. how the economy has flourished from the newly opened casino. . well, driving is a privilege that all teams look forward to, but before you let them get on the road. linda s has five rules that parents need to enforce for every new driver. ers first start with the basics. make sure your teen always buckle is up. >> it is clear that seatbelts save lives, in fact, according to the national highway traffic safety administration, the proper use of a lap and shoulder seatbelt reduce your risk of being involved in a traffic fatality at 45%. >> reporter: second restrict the number of passengers allowed in your teen's car. >> we always hear about cell phones and texting but a another very serious distraction is the presence of other teen passengers in the car. >> reporter: third get a grip on speeding. >> you want to remind teens speed limits are for ideal road conditions we want to make sure teens are 0 paying the speed limit and particularly reduce their speeds based upon weather conditions. >> reporter: fourth, tell your teen driver to keep their hands on the wheel and not on the cell phone. >> it is illegal for anyone under 18 with a provisional driver's license to talk on a cell phone and drive, and that is whether it is handheld or hands-free. >> reporter: limit nighttime driving. >> it's the most dangerous time for new drivers to be on the road. >> diabetes is on the rise in the u. s. >> what's behind the spike in cases. that's coming your way all new at 5:30. . >> the openings to have slots at the arundel mills mall is in the hands of voters. with voting underway county executive john leopold is doing what he can to see that question a is passed. bill fink has more. >> reporter: lines at a library are never quite like this. but the north county branch of glen burnie is one of five early voting sites in anne arundel county this election. on the ballot controversial question a a refer uneastbound do you mean that would allow zoning for a slots parlor in arundel mills mall. they pulled together local political power in an effort to convince voters to vote for question a. >> every child in this county deserves a safe and security learning environment in the >>ate-of-the-art facility.

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