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3 3 3 we are following breaking news in south baltimore... a police pursuit this morning, starts in baltimore county and ends in the city with shots being fired. joel d. ssith is live south baltimore where the chase ended and the shooting began. good morning joel d. good morning patrice.

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two boaters discover the body of an elkton woman who's been missing since december.now police aae trying to figure out hat happened.for five weeks, the community rallied to find 50 year old vivian wild.... but the search ended wednesday, when she was found in big elk creek. the initial autopsy showw no signs of trauma... but police say the investigation is still wide open.will's husband is finding some comfort in the autopsy

results. "my feelings today are relief, that she wasn't hurt or the inital autopsy"as found by - autopsy"the final autopsy could take another 3 to 6 peeks. we're learning more details... poncerning ttat towing scandal indicting several city police officers on extortion charges. last week, we told you charges were dropped against officer, eric olivera. olivera.now... court documents show .. state federal investigators caught 59 officers on tape making calll to "majestic towing"... the company accused of paying thousands in false insurance claims and bribing police. those officers made almost 0- thousand calls to majestic , during the investigation.two of those officers will go on trial next month. 3governor o'malley wants to add a 6-percent sales tax on gas... instead of the 15-cent tax on every gallon.it's a plan that will cost us more money... than the original idea. idea. o'malley says the gas

sales tax is needed to help raise more money for road and transit projects across the state. he says the transportation trust fund is depleted... but critics say that's because billions of dollars were diverted tt other things. now, the governor's new sales tax on gas... would roughly add 18 cents to the price per gallon over three years. (bergman) "people aint' going &pto be able to afford.. ok, grat.. you need the money but, you caa't take it from here.. we stretched!"(man) "hey, what can we do.. we just got to all mad about it.. but, that's life, we gotta deal with it.." it.."o'malley says his proposal would include a mechanism o alter theetax if high.. this is not a done deal... lawmakers still have to vote on it. if the gas tax increese passes, it can't be challenged because it's an appropriations drive so marylanders can let their lawmaaers know what they

think of the proposed increase. see the petition at fox baltimore dot com, look for "stop the gas tax" under " hot topics." baltimore city has a controversial new candidate for finance director. director.mayor stephanie rawlings-blake introduced harry black to the city council monday.black worked in &prichmond virginia as chief administrative officer.while there he often clashed with the council and school system. he was also sued trying to their offices at city hall. (black) "in terms of the impact on baltimore, there'll be nooimpact, a lot of lessons learned from that experience, i look forward to working with the council members here in terms of open communications, supportiveness and responsivene" responsiveness." black would replace d gallagher... who is retirinn.but he must first be confirmed by the city council. 3 3 the stakes are high... in today'ssflorida primary. as

greg black explains... the winner will get all of the state's 50 deeegates... and a chance to distinguish himself in a racc that has had three contests with three different winners. 3 four republican presidential candidates are on tte ballot for today's florida primary. but most recent polls suggest it's a two-man race -- with mitt romney way ahead..."with a turnout like this, i'm beginning to feel ww might win."...and newt gingrich trying to catch up."newt! newt! newt!"gingrich claimed a come-from-behhnd victory in the last ccntest -- the south carolina primary.then, thh momentum was going for him. romney says the tides have turned in florida."in south carolina the crowds were ood, but you could sense that it wasn't going our way. here the crowds are good, and you can sense it's coming our way." gingrich blames attack ads from romney's camp for his trailing poll numbers."there's nothing like 17.5 million dollars of false ads to make a big difference."both candidates have traded barbs pn the campaign trail.but romney says he benefitted from a strong performance in their last debate, while gingrich admits he didn't do so well.he

blamed that too on romney."the rrason i seemed flat in the sscond debate in florida is, i have never seen a candidate for president that methodically dishooest." gingrich's campaigg has already signaled it's looking beyond florida to a several southern states that have contests in march.i'm greg black reporting. more than 632-thousand voters have already cast their ballots as part of florida's early voting.polls in the state open at 7 a-m eastern time... ann close at 7 p-m. see alllof our stories about the race for the white house. go to fox-baltimore dot com... and click on the vote 2012 icon in the news features section.all of the stories on our wwbsite are free. eye of the tiger nats nats the co-author of the hit song "eye of the tigerr is puing newt gingrich... for using his song at campaign

used the 1982 song at an evvnt in des moines earlier this month.the lawsuit seeks an injunction to block him from using it again... plus damages and lawyer fees.there'ssno response yet from the gingrich campaign. a massachusetts dentist... who admitted to using ápaper clipsá to perform root canals... hears his sentencing court. dr. michael clair behind bars... and ordered to pay bacc 133-thousand dollars in damages... ovvr two years. he pleaddd guilty to defrauding medicare. if people knew what my kids - went through, and the pain and sufferiig theyywent through. he should've got more time. you might as well just send him tt the ymca or something." something." clair will not be able to practice dentistry when he gets out.his liceese waterskiing nats natsif waterskiing isn't

already tough... it is now. pheck out this amazing video out of australia.145 wateeskiers worked together... to attempt to break a world record.the skiers stayed up for a full nautical mile.the guinness book of recorrs is now looking to confirm... if they did in fact break a record. coming up on the early edition... vandals strike buses at a virginia church. church. i arrived here and noticed first thing that the front windshield was completely crrcked. the important function these surprising message this pastor has for the crookss crooks.

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3 3 p, 3 love is in the air here at fox45.we've chosen four finalist couples.. in our wedding in a week conttst.one of them will get married live on fox45 morning news... just days from today.every morning this week we''l meet another finalist couple on fox45 morning news. news.to vote for your favorite couple.. just go to our website foxbaltimore dot om or go to our facebook page.. facebook dot com slash foxbaltimore.the winner gets a 36-thousand dollar wedding. wedding.it's all brought to

you by the baltimore bridal show... at the baltimore convention center february 4th through 5th. still to come... the company at the center of the italian cruise ship disaster delivers more bad news.how maay millions of dollars they're expected to write-off... as a loss. loss. i arrived here and noticed first thing that the fronn windshield was completely cracked. but first... crooks pirginia...how many times in they've hit in a short period of time. ((bump out)) ((break 2)) 3

3 message for vandals...we a - forgive you.as anne mcnamara explains... the pastor of all says this is the fourth time s church ppoperty has been vandaliied in the last four months. --reporter pkg-as follows --most churches are easy targets.along interstate 64, there's aarest stop for those who need a helping hand. there's just one person who does not have food in their belly and go to sleep hungry then that's not good enough for us.pastor brian forrester says over the years he's made a lot of friends at all nations church. he can't think of any enemies. but they come, in the night. on saturday morning i arrived here and noticed first thing that the front windshield was completely cracked. it's the fourth time in as many months

he's found damage done to church school buses. here smashed windows are a routine vandals came with knives. another, they pulled apart the engine. for many these buses are a blessing... a ride to a hot meal. we are just trying to help people who are homeless and hungry and need mediial help and that's what those buses and the transportation fleet are used primarily for, exclusively for. all nations church started busing the homeless in smaller vehiclls years ago, but when the demand grew, so did the fleet. after leaving many people n the curb and waiting 30 minutes for second pick up we decided to go to the tried and true ebay route and look for some vehicles and found this school bus on ebay its an old hampton public school school bus.now it sits in the church parking lot... useless ... in need of repair. the last time he will have to fix it. but through it all he forgives...his message for the vandals. we'd like to ask them to stop and we also want to let them know we forgive them.

the chhrch is considering installing surveillance cameras. until then, the staff parks the buses under bright lights. straight aheaa... greece's debt crisis is affecting us here in the states.thh impact the overseas market is having on the stock m. market.and starbucks expands globally.where the coffee &pgiant is opening it's latest stores. 3

a major travel company is lowering financial expectations afttr the costa cruise disaster.plus, as elizabeth corridan reports... starbucks is expanding its global reach. reach. --reporter pkg-as follows -- anxiety over the reek debt crisis and overall economic uncertaiity in europe dragged u-s stocks lower monday.the 12, 653.the nasdaq and the s t

and p 500 also finished in the red.carnival corp is reversing course.in the wake of this month's costa cruise accident ii italy, the company is preparing its investors for a loss.carnival - parent company of costa and nine other major cruise brands- is anticipating range f 375 to 395 million dollars.in addition to losses from the accident, carnival also reports cruise bookings are declining.the company's stock is down 7-percent since the crash.you will soon be able to get your latte fix in india.starbuckssannounced monday it is teaming up with tata global beverages to launch 50 stores in india move marries one of the most s - iconic names in the coffee business with the world's second largest branded tea company. the first coffee shops are expected to ooen in new delhh and mumbai. a boost to their paychecks didn't cause consumers to spend more this past holiday season. according to the commerce department, personal income rose half a percent in

december.. ut spending levels remaaned the same from november to december.for business brief, i'm elizabeth corridan-----end----- cnn.script----- coming up... dozens of high school kids.... thought they were accepted to vassar, but turns out... it was the school's mistake... they weren't. how this mess all started...and hy the the heartbroken studeets. students.., ♪ [ male announcer ] little owen wanted to play, but his nose was raw and sore. achoo! [ male announcer ] and common tissue made it burn even more. ♪ puffs plus lotion is more soothing than common tissue, and it delivers our most soothing lotion for every nose issue. a nose in need deserves puffs plus lotion indeed. to give your cold a comforting scent, try puffs plus lotion with the scent of vicks. about fat or carrs. the most

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