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3 baltimore city police bust a suspected dog fighting ring. police say it wwa operating out of a home in northwest baltimmre.megan gilliland ii here with a story you saw first on fox. good morning patrice,police say it started with a drug investigation that uncovered a dog fighting operation. operrtion.after getting a tip from nnighbors... detectives home aaong silver hill avenue. but inside investigators discovered much more thhn drugg... they found training equippent and medications typically used in dog fighting. phey alsoofouud fightingg the basement with wounds s in -

consistent with fighting. (sgt. nock) "we don't want to see these dogs hurt. ii's somethinn that can lead to additional.. maabb individuals being hurt. yoo know when these dogs are mistreated, and potentiilly hurt someone el" &pelse."police have charged johnnie taylor, who ives in the home, ith 8 counts of animal cruelty... dog ighting as for the dogs... we know that animal control has rescued them.right now, they're at the baltimooe animal rescue care center for megan gillilaad, foxx4 morring news. the city aggees to pay 155- tthusand dolllrs as part of a settlement surrounding the city police offiiers. officerr. documents show in 2008 ... police strip- searched a man they thought was concealing drugs.ittturns out he wasn't ... but the strip ssarch took place in front of the maa's two childrennand their mother. &:41:06 when yyu conduct a full body search you'rr not supposed to do it out in thee

:14city solicitor george pilson ays a jury verdict could have been been a lot higherr... if the case wass't settled out of court. a bbil hearing wwll be held today for a canadian man accused of posinggas justin bieber online to lure yoong gir. accuse this man... lee moir... of posing as justin bieber to lure a 12-year-old girl from new jersey ovvr the internet. prosecutors say moir iifshe didnnttperform ex aats ppssibll victims. for other rs tte battle over the bottle tax innrease.. hhts city hall. hall..t wws a pacced house at last niggt's city ooncil rawlings blake wants to - cents.she says this could fund sshhol conssruction and plan has to ggt out of committee. iq: they are shortoq: ttat's &pthe falloff from the 2 cents... whats going to appen bill... its foo our kidss - iq:pass his bill... its for -butt to- pq:ppss this bill... its for

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the u-s secret serviceesays 3 &pof its agents will leave the ageecy over an allegee prostitution scandal in the south american country of colombia.one is being allowee to retire... another has resigned.an officiil says the third is beeng pushed out... put he's fighting it.as mary ellen hopkins explaiis... another 8 agenns are on

administrative leave witt their security ccearances suspp. suspended. the agents are accused oo bringinggprostitutes to a hotel in colombiaa.. aheaddof llst week's summii visit by presideet obama. a nnw york times reporter says he interviewed one of the alleged prostitutes.she says she met up with a small group of ameeicans in a iscothhque them was essentially hitting pn her and said he wanned to pe with her, she says that she told him well that's great but pnd he said how much is the gift? and shh says she told him 880 dollars.the next morning the woman asked for her payment, the guy says, he became angry, and he said i was drunk, you can't expect me to pay that, and she insists and he alls her names and gets angry and ttrow her out of the room.the weighed in on c-n-n's "erin burnett outfront."clearly they're ll toast, one way or aaother.it's not that secree service agents are typically annmal houss people, just thh opppsite, most of them are so people, just the opposite, typically annmal house serrice agents are it's not thaa secret one way or nother. cleerly they're all toast, putfront."burnett outfront." clearly they're all toast, onn way r nother.it's not thht secret service aaenns are

typically animal houseeppople, just the opposite, mosttof them are so overworked and are forced to dd so much overtime thee rarely have nyylife whatssever, but i think it is a symptom of the management culture of laxness and cornee- cutting.in most cases, soliciting prostitution is but u-s governmenn ources say pt'ssconssdered a breach of the secret service code of conduct.according to one official, some of the agents sayythey didn't know the women were prostitutes.i'm mary ellen hopkinn reporring. coming up... disturbing new video... of teens playing "chhcken" on some ew york subway tracks. pow the m-t-a... is now reeponding. &p((megan live tease))city police bust a suspected dog fighting ringgwhere it pappened and how they found ((joel live teese)) you're watthing fox 45 morning news..

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while serving a warrant in northwest baltimore... pollce make an un-expected discovery... a sussecced dog fighting ring inssde the ome. mmean gilliland isshere with a story you ssw fiist n fox. good morning pptrice,police say it started with a drug investigation that unnovered a operation.after gettiig a tii ffoo neeghbors... ddtectives exxcutte a warrant for this home along ilver hilllavenue.i discoveree much more thaa just drugs... ttey found training typically usee in dog fiihting. manuals... ann 8 pit bulls in the bbsement wiih wounds consistent with fightingg neighbors say thee didnnt realize how deep it went. (ms. winn/neighbor) "i had o

idea, i just really didn't i wouldn't imagine that it would happen round here at least. because we've ever seen any eviidnce of t." it."police have charged johnnie taylor, who lives in the home, with 8 counts of animal cruelty... dog fighting and druggpossession. as for the dogg... we know thaa animal control has rescued them.right now, animal rescue care center for obserration... pending the outcome of the investigatiin. megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. 3&disbelief and utrage... after some new yook city ttenagers are caught playing a game of phiiken with an oncoming subway train in brooklyn. a video showssthe teens caaually as people on thh plattorm look on in dismay. one teen stays lights of an approaching train beeome visible... jumpiig onto theeplatform with onll seconds to spare.unfortunately the m-t-a says t caanot quote "ouulaw stupiditt."

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more than 5-hundred urvivors were injured.timoohyymcveigh and terry nichols were mcveigh claimed he targeted the building s revenge for waco, texas.he was executed in 2001.nichols remains in federal prison with a ife a new judge is taking over the george zimmerman case n florida.judge kenneth lester wassassigned to thh case after judgeejessica recksiedler recused herselffthursday... at phe defense's request.the with mark nejame, a ccn-n ks legal analyst who was representing zimmerman.lester is takiig over theecase in time for tomorrow's bond hearing.zimmerman is charged &pphe february shootinggdeath o trayvon martin. a new study finds a majority offwikipedia's articles abbut companiis... have factual &perrrrs..hat's according to th publlc relations society of america.the p-r group says 60-percent of the online entries had factual errorr...

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do-ittyourself medical tests are becoming more popular. they let pattents test for a slew of ailments from high cholesterrl to hypertension - home testsscan be veryylth 3. - hellful... otherr aren't a goo. (v/o)steppanne paulmeno takes a blood gllcose reading every stephanie paulmeeo)"i think that the hhme tests are so you're regglatinggyour own s you blood ssuar..(v/o)glucose its po manage diabetes at home are useful. sooaae blood-pressure moniiors, and doctors encouuage people with hypertension or borderllne but consumer reports says other tests could lead you astray - like this kit to let e 40s and 50s might inttrpret lonner need birth control, and that could result in an unwanted pregnancy."(v/o))ther home tests have questionable vaaue, incluuing ones that

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discovered much orr than drugg... thhy found training equipmmnt ann medications typically used in dog fighting. they lso found fighhing manuals... and 8 pit bulls in the baseeent with scars conssstent with figgting. (sgt. nock) "we don't want to see hese dogs hurt. it's ssmething that can lead to addittonal.. maybe individuals being hurt. you know whhn these dogs are mistreaaed, &psometimes they can get loose and pptentially hurt someone el" plse."police have charged &pjohnnie taylor, who lives in animal cruelty... dog fighting and drug possession. &pbarcs right nno pendinn he outcome of the investigation. health... a little bit shy.but pe're old there is a good chance they could be availlble for adoption.megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. the city agrees to pay 155- thousand dollars as part of a settlement ssrroundinn the acttons of three baltimore city police officers. officers. documents show in 2008 ... they thought was concealing

drugs.it turns out he wasn't ... but the strip search took place in front of the maa's two children and their mother. 1:41106 when you conduct a full body search ou're not supposed to do it out in the public streett :14 :14city solicctor georgee &pnilson says a jury veedict couud have been been aalot higher.... if the case wass'tt settled outtof court. the battle over the bottle taxx increase.. hits city hhll. hall.it was a packed house at last night's city council meeting.mmyor stephanie rawlings blake wants to increase tteetax from 2 to 5 centsssheesays his could fund up to 300 million ollars for &pschool construction and renovattons.but ffrst.. the plaa has to et out of committee. pq: thhy are shortoq: that's the 2 cents... whattsgoing to happen next-bbtt to-iq:pass this bill... its for our kidsoq:do not want mm kids

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northwesttbaltimore... police make an un-expected discovery... a suspected dog fighting ring inside the home. megan gilliland is here with a story youusaw first on fox. 3good mmrninn patrice,police say it started ithha drrg investigation that uncoveree a dog fighting operation. operatiin.after getting a tip &pffom neighbors... detectives executtd a warrant for this inside investigators l avenue..- &pequiimenn and medications they allo found fighting manualss.. and 8 pit bulls in the bbssment withhwounds consistent with fighhiig. neighbors say they didn't (ms. winnnneighbor) "i had no idea, i just really didn't i wouldnnt imagine that it would happen around here at least. we've never seennany evidence - of it." it."police have cchrged johnnie ttylor, wwo lives in the home, with 8 counts of animal cruelty... dog fighting

and drug possession. as for the ogs... they're t baacs right now pending the we're told they are in good we're tood there is a ood chance they could beeavailable for adoption.megan gilliland, fox45 morninn news. an essex communnty is fighting men involled n a home or the iivasion continuus.&aao ... on around 11 o'clock in the morning. police say a faaher anddhis 2 young irls were about to leave ... when the father noticed 2 masked men in had a handgun.the father and his children weree forced to the grounn, duct taped and thrown into a closet.the until thhy found a safe on the second floor.they loaded it into tte ictim's minvan and droveeawaythe car was laaer founn less than a mile away.

confident........this pretty particular family shakened...but no one was hurt. at a seperate locationnpooicce say a wwtness saw the 2 sussects remove the safe from model gold toyota camry.... with damage to the left eer panel.if yoo have any information...call baltimmoe the worll is still reactinn to died.the entertainment icon &ppassed away wednesday after attack.clark hosted "american rockin' eve" orrmoree han 3 three agents will leave the seeret service... following an alleged prostitution sccndal in colombia. colombia.the agentt are accused of bringing prostitutes to a otel in colombia... ahead of last wwek's summit viist by president obama. of the thrre agents leaving... one is bbing alllwed to retire..another has resigned.a third is being

pushee out, but he's fighting administrative leave pendinn an investigation.the jjurnalist who broke the story &pweighed in oo the sccndal las ccearly they're all toast, one way or another.it's not that secret service agenns are typically nimal house people, just the opposite, most oo them are soooverworked and are forced to do so muchhovertime whatsoeveer but i think it is a syyptom of the managemeet pultuur of laxnnss nd corner-c. many as 10 people from all .as & branches of the u-s armed forces are eing qqestioned about potenttal misconnuctt the secret service wants o hii comments about president attention.aa the annual natiinal rifle associition meetinn... nugeen said quote - "if baaack obama becomes the president in november again, i by this time next year." thh musscian's comments are

&pgetting more scrutiny ecause he endorsed g---p presidential candidate mitt romney. some nuuent was alluddng to ther violence agaiist theepresident. eing a working mom just doesn't seem to pay.afterr factorrng in the rising cost of childdccre... high gas prices nd other work-related expenses....a growing number of mothers are opting tt stay at home rrther than work. according to child careeaware 2010... the coss of putting two children in child care exceeded median annual rent payyents innevery state. alarming video out of &pfloridd...of a car plowing a arning... this vvdeo is ggapc graphic. you cca sse the car... crrshes into the ssore... ttking ut several stroller wwth a baby in it. seriously hurt.in another - ccmera... you can see the store employeessand customers

lift the camrr off of 83- &pyear-old lupo hernandez.he ss nnw isted in stable condition. ten people were injured...and the 76 year old drivee coull accident was not causeddbyya mechanicallfailuue in the caa. no cowbby hts or spurs, but bus drivers in northweet baltimore are still tryinggto "rustle up" sme friendly ccmpetition. joel . smmth is live, to show uu how the mta's "bus roadeo" can help drivers haadle their buses llke smart-cars. good morning joel d. 3

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3 baltimore city police bustta &psuspected dog fighting ring. with a drug invessigation. after gettiig a tip from neighhors... detectivee executed a warrant for his home along silver hill avenuee piscovered much more than

equipment and medications ttpically sed n dog fighhing. they also found fighting manuals... and pit bulls in the basemeet with wounds (sgt. nock) "we don't want to see thess dogs hurt. it's something thaa can lead to additionall. maybe individuals these dogs are mistreated, sometimes they can get loose and potenniilly hurr someone el" elss."police have charged johnnie taylor, who lives in the home, wh 8 counns of pnimallcruelty... doo ffghting pnd drug posssssion.meantime, the dogs have beee rescued by animal control and are at barcs right now for obserrvtion pending the outtome of the investiiation. disbelieffand outrage... after some newwyork city teenagees pre caughh playing ggme of chickkn with an oncoming brooklyn.this video shows the teens casuaaly wwlkinggalong tte platform watchhin shock. shock.on the platform wwtch in &pshock.one teen stays on the tracks even as the lights of vviiblee.. jumming onto the

ppatfoom with only seconds to spare.unfortunately the m-t-a &psays t cannot quute "outlaw stupidity." 3 aa essex communnty is ighting back... as he search for the men involved in a home arrund 11 ooclock in the eek - morning. police say a fatter ann his 2 young girls were about to leave .. when the father noticed 2 masked men in the garage.oneeof the suspects had a handgun.the fatherrand his ccildren were forced to theegrouun, duct taped and suspects ransacked the house until they found a safe on the second floor.they loaded it into thh victim'ssminvan and drove awaythe car was later found less than a mile away. our investtgatorssfeel pretty confident........this particular family

thh victims are left shakened...but no one was hurt. at a seperate location police say a witness saw he 2 suupects remove the safe frrm the minivan into a early 2000 model gold toyott camry.... &pwith damage to the left reaa panel.iffyou hhve any information...call baltiiore county police iimediately. some passenners aboard a outraged this morning... after theeship they were on ignored a nearby fishing boat... that was clearly in need of help. help.3 fishermen were on board that boat... anddhad been drifting the anama coast ffr á28 aas.á2 f them ended up men could have been saved on he march 10-th... but their cruise ship ignored the waves for help and kkpt gging. "while we were on the ship, the feeling of powerlessness, have gone over there and them."a passenger shoo these photos you'reelloking at... poass guard.an investigation

is now underway. is preparing to move into its smithsonian's air aad spaae museum annex in virginia. 3&p later this morring... it will be lifted off iis boeing 7-47 carrier....and towed t internatiooal aiiport. several to help ddliver discovery to its retirement.a welcome &pceremony next tuesday... is visitoosswho want an up-closs look at he shuttle. they usuaaly are doing pheir best to keep you safe and on-time.... buu this eek, bus drivers are coopeting for a good time. joel dd smmth is live in northwest baltimore where morning joel d. arrng foo the 3 -3 3

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