i'm jennifer gilbert. i'm... jeff barndd../. áábaltimoreáá police... need your help .../ to... find out.../ who's responsible.../ for... the first homicide.../ of.../ . 20--12...the family f victim bruce royster describes the 62 year old accountant as witty and sarcastic.janice park streaming live in northwwst baltimore...where police spent the day canvassing the nieghborhood...janice?? on january 3rd...bruce royster was found here shot several times slumped in a car. today police went dooo to door &phere...handing out his flyer...in the hopes of getting some leads. the shooting happened around 10:30 at night last week...but today...royster's family spent the day burying the publii accountann.he was also a father...and great-grandfather of three.bruce royster was a city college graduate...and worked for arundel ice cream and howard university...beffre becoming an aacountant...now he's the city's first homicide victim of the year:

"we were called for a report of a discharging. upoo police arrival, we noticed there was an adult male victim lying unresponsive in his vehicle" the family hopes this latest push with these fliers will get this investigation movvng. if ou have any information...call metro crimestoppers...thereees a two thousand dollar reward.live in northwest baltimore, janice park fox45 news at 530. a man is shot in southwest baltimore.it happened just after one on edgewood street near franklin street. homicide detectives were on the scene, searching for clues and crime tape marking off the area. police do not have suspects or a motive.we've bben checking with city pollce, but right now, they're not releasing the victim's condition. and shots rang out overnight in northwest baltimore. a 22-year-old man was shot several times... just before 11 o'clock at a "carry out" on liberry heights avenue at gwynn oak avenue.he was rushed to a hospital for surgery.. where he is in critical but

stable condition. 3 teens.../ accused... of murder.../ in... harford county...//.. ááthisáá week.../ áápoliceáá arrested.../ a... 16 year old.../ for... the.../ shooting death.../ of... his father .../ ááanotheráá teen...// was... arrested.../ for... murder.../ last year. tonight.../ crime and justice.../ reporter .../ áájoyáá lepola... tells us.../ ááwhyáá.../ both suspects.../ will... dddge...// the... death penalty. in the past six months in harford county pollce have 3rrested two teens for murder. - they are 17 year old donnell graham and 16 year old robbrt richardson. richardson appeared in court yesterday for a bail review. the judge explained how if convicted richardson could receive life in prison. he will avoid the death penalty however.... because he's under 18. a ruling by the supreme court in 2005 made 18 the cut offffor execution eligibility. hhrford county state's attorney joe cassilly. 3 6:48:14 you know somebody who was 17 if they felt their crime was so horrendous that the death ppnalty was callled for then i thought that should have been a decision

left up to the states not the supreme court should have interjected themsslves into :28 eventhough a teen convicttd of murder now escapes the death penalty.... a kiiler as young as 14 can still be sent to prison for life. joy lepola fox 45 news at 5:30. baltimore county police are searchhng ffr the suspects behind an unusual string of arsons. police say just before one o'clock wednesday morning - someone set fire to a pile of trash bags in the alley of a home on mansfield road inn essex. after that - 7 more arsons were reported - involving sseds, cars and dumpsters. police believe the fires are related. 35:00 this is a very dangerous situation these were not a lot of damages that were done however sheds may contain chemicals. vehicles also have gaaoline in them it's a danger to anyone in the community particularly where trash was set on fire close to an occupied home15 home15so far, investigators have no suspects or leads.

anyone with information, is asked to call police. a.../ disabled man.../ is... in... serious ccndition.../ ááafteráá his... wheelchair.../ is... put ...in the path .../ of... a... speeding train. train.it.../ happened ...last night.../ downtown ...//// ááatáá the... saratooa street .../ subway station...//. áárescueáá crews... pulled the man.../ out...// from... under.../ the train...///. ááinvestigatorsáá are... now working .../ to... figure out.../ how... the wheelchair.../ ended up.../ on... the tracks. more controversy surrounding the baltimore grand prix. the city council president is to stop pursuing the race this year....because of the major money problems.but... now he's being criticized for voicing his opposition.melinda roeder is here to explain how the debate is revving up. last year's race... finished more than 12-million dollars in the red. most of that money is owed to vendors. but the city is still looking toorecover one and a half million bucks in taxes and fees. considering the financial faillre... council president jack young... says it's time to hit the brakes. and focus on other priorrties.but the mayor insists theerace is good for baltimore... and she's

looking to find a new investment team that will bring it back this year. so far, there's no deal.... but stephanie rawlings-blake believes there's still time. áandá she seems to think jack young áwillá support the race again. but he says no way... not this time around. he says it was a mistake... and there's no need to keep making it. 3 jack young and the mayor's press secretary are now publically exchaning some heated words about one another. ... in the newspaper... and on camera. we'll have more on that part of the story - tonight - on fox 45 news at ten.melinda roeder... fox 45... news at 5:30. and how's the race home looking tonight? tonight?lauren cook has our traafic edge report. report. maps-95at175-back tt maps-fiber-back to maps pls 3

the race is on to find more pur. purple... it''.../ all... part... of the prep.../. ááforáá the... "super hyped"... ravenn parties.../ this weekend. (grandma)"this is for my grands" granddon" baltimore... sports and novelties... on... reisterstown road.../ in... owings mills.../ ááhasáá... stuff... from floor... tt ceiiing..../ áácustomersáá have been... cramming thru.../ the... doors.../ to... buy.../ the... latest... ravens apparel.../ áábigáá ... and ...small...///. áábusinessáá.. is.../ relentless" (owner)"its probably trrpled, its better then

chrrstmas cause people who dont know who the raaens are are buying ravens stuff and with purple friday being tomorrow.. people want purple. " " the store... has... two working registers.../ to... handle the crowds.../. ááandáá they..predeict...// lines.../ out... the... front door.../ this weekend. show us .../ your... purple pride..../ áásendáá pictures... and videos to us...// hru.../ "purple"... at... fox baltimore dot com..../ ááseeáá those picturess...on our .... "see it... shoot it... send it"... page .../// at.../ foxbaltimore dot com..../ ááooáá... go... to.../ facebook dot com... slash... foxbaltimore... / ááclickáá on... "inside fox45".../ ááwhileáá you're there.../ áátakeáá our... ravens quiz... / ááoráá answer.../ our... ravens question... of thh day. things... are... about to get.../ ámuchá... louder... at the .../ first... mariner arena. arena.áámotorcyyle doing flipáá flipáá nuclear cowboyz... freestyle motocross will be in baatimore tomorrow night and saturday night. some of the riders showed off their talents this morning on fox45 morning news. the show includes high flying motorcycles... four wheelers

and bmx bikes. 3 3 maryland schools receive top ho. honoos.what.../ puts our state .../ 3 ahead of the class. "you'll get sued..that's a false arrest..you're false arresting me, i didn't do nothi. nothing.a woman ...is hit in theeface.../ by... an... áoffiier... on a california bus.../.áátheáá extreme force... caught on video.../ and... tte actions.../ taken against the officer. --nats of buses crashing- crashing-dangerous metrobus accidents... caught on tape. distracting them caught on tape.why drivers are under fire... and what could be distracting them from properly

doing their job. 3 /////////////////tz-- - /////////////////////////////// ////////////////////////////// ////////////////////////////// y." are making me thirsty!" more reaction tonight to a

suggestion by governor o'malley to raise the state's sales the governor is now playing downthe remarks he made yesterday... thathe'd prefer to see a one-ccnt hikein the sales taxx.. from six percent to seven percent... instead of anincrease in the gasoline tax. maryland faces a bbdget deficitof more than one billion dollars. and the governor says that gapcannot be closed... with only budgee cuts. (governor) "there's no way to eat cake and lose weight. if we want a better future, we've got to invest in a better future and i think most people are willing to do it if you're fair about it." it."(shank) "this governor really has no basis in reality for what reprecusioos these higher taxes are causing to our business climate and maryland citizens." citizens."the governor is expected to unveil his budget for next week. that brings us to our question of the day. do you agree with the idea of increasing the state sales tax? go to fox-baltimore dot com and tell us what you think. you can also sound off through facebook. send us a tweet.. at foxbaltimore. and you can text your answer to 45203.

enter fox45a for yes.. or fox45b for no. maryland.../ public schools .../ are... ranked .../ first.../ in... the nation..../ ááforáá... the... fourth ...straight year.../ by... a../ national mag. magazine. education week.../ recently.../ gave... maryland...// a.../ b plus---/ ááaboveáá... the... national aveeage ...of.../ c....// áámassachusettsáá , new york,... and... virginia.../ followed.../ &pwith... "b's".../// á whileáá maryland schools.../ are... at.../ the... top...// áácriticsáá say... the rankings.../ are... based on factors .../ áunrelatedá... to... student.../ performance. jeanne allen: maryland does not rank number one in anyones book but a small newspapers who's business it is to track actualll how much money's spent and how well educated the teachers are. are.meantime..../// the... nation's... report card ...shows.../ ááonlyáá half... of.../ maryland students... are proficent.../ in... math and reading...//// ááandáá test scores.../ released... last month..../ p put... baltimore students.../ in... the bottom 3--rd.../ of... urban areas.../ nationwide. disturbing... cell phone...images...// áá captureáá... a... california deputy .../ elbowiig ...a woman .../

in... the face.../// face...///nats: "you'll get suedd.that's a false arrest...ou're false arresting me, i didn't do nothing. " " police... were called../ .after... an... arguement.../ between... the woman.../ and... another passenger.../ on... a bus...//. áátheáá video... shows the woman... / áácursingáá... at... deputies.../ ááwhoáá held...// both... her hands.../ ááwhenáá... the... male deputy.../ suddenly... hit her...//. áásheáá... was... then.../ taken off... the bus.../ áápoliceáá... say... the offfcer.../ áwillá... be held.../ accountable.../// d-c's.../ public ...transit system.../ is... in.. trouble,./..// ááfollowingáá... the... release.../ of... frightening video. (((nats/crash)"whoa- damn!")) ddmn!"))this collision.../ happened ...in a school zone.../ ááandáá.../ is... one of ... dozens of crashes .../ involving.../ d--c... metro- &pbuses ...//// ááclipáá after,... clip..../// áábusesáá... are... hitting other cars,.../ and.../ pedestrians...///. áámoreáá than... 130 videos.../ show violations .../ ááthatáá occured...// within.../ a... 2--month period.../ lass summer....//// áá safetyáá groups ...are now questioning.../

the... driver's... skills.../// (("they clearly need to have more training if you have examples like this. and there are quite a number of these in a short period of time..)) time.")) metro bus... says.../ the training... is excellent..../ &pááandáá that ...their drivers... have an exceptionall../ safety record...///.but some believe the drivers are distracted because of their hectic schedules. 3 maintaining a healthy weight. weight.how... you can keep... off... the pounds... as you age! 3 --adblib weather tz-- 3 ♪

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and will be entered for the grand prize drawing. 3 "for far too lonn, the church has kicked the bed out and god out of bed." a pastor preaches the importance of sex.... what... he... and his wife... will be doing... on... the roof... of their church....

when was the last time you remember a third string quarterback leading a team to the playoffs?aad even winning a game?that's the story in houston...as tj yates will lead the texans against the ravens this sunday... sunday... a former star at north carolina, yates becamne the starter in early december after starter matt schaub and backup matt leinnrt both went down with injuries, anddyates completed the playoff run...in last week's playoff win over cincinnati,,yates threw for 159 yards and a touchdown... ravens defensive coordinator chuck pagano was a tar heel assistant in 07 when yates became the starter at

unc...and he has a pretty good feel for what yates can do... 3 and right after the ravens game turn it to ur sister station the cw baltimore... maryland hosts georgia tech... the terps are coming off a 6 point win against wake forest last night...they're tied for 5th in the conference at 1- and-1... terps and the yellow jackets sunday at 4 on the cw 3& we'll announce our high school game of the week winner...and the coors light silver spotlight...that's coming up at 10-50 and 11-30 on sports unlimmted... --toss to vytas-- vytas-- 3 3 3

a texas pastor and his wife &pare taking their message to the mattress. they're.../ encouraging couples .../ to... take part,.../ ááináá hat ...they call, .../ a... "sex- periment". ed.../ and... lisa for .../ their... frank talk.../ on... sex,.../ religion... and marriage...//. áátom''áá they'll ... spend.../ 24 hours ...in bed.../ on... the roof .../ of ...their church..../// ááthey'reáá encouraging... couples .../ to ...have sex.../ 7---days... in a row..../ to... show../ it... can.../ áre--kindleá/... the connection.../// .and... strengthen.../ a... marriage. 3

"you actuaaly said 'i want to challenge you with 7 days of sex.' the men stood and gave a standing ovation." "we've looked at sex oo casually...it's not a casual thing. it's a profound thing, and it's definitely not a profane thing." 3 the couple .../ takes... to the roof.../ tom'w.../ at... 6 am..../// áátheiráá "sex-periment".../ will... also be.../ streamed live.../ on... the web....// 3 that's all for ffx45 news at 5:30."judge judy" is next. next.and we'll be back tooight for fox45 news at ten -- and the late eeition at 11... 11...