3 about a 100-thousand people are still without power, this morning.b-g-e crews are still workiig to restoreeit after friday's powerful storms. stormm.here's a look at the latest numbers.according to b-g-e's website... total... anne arundel county... bbltimore city... bbltimmre county... carroll county... slowly bbt surely... power is being restored across the state aftee last week's storms. but theee's still a lot of repair work to be done. &pdone.and while some residents herr in the city are getting a gilliiand is here with more on the help einggoffered that'ss not being used. good morning guys,take a look at this picture here.in a city where thousands of ccstomers are without power... there is not one personninside the emergency shelter at the baltimore junior academy... on cold spring lane.they've got food, water and ac...waiting to be used. this ii the second empty shelter we founn yesterday. the boxes... ready if you need them.meantime... just down the sweating without aac.they'ree unhappy with how the citt aren't enough shelters &pavailable. hilda james, south baltimore: different areas aad help out eevrybody. help everybodd out. ww've been out evvr since friiay, and still no guarantee when we gonna get ack on." doreen dates: 40.03 "whattis the govvenor and the mayor doing for s? they're not helping us!" us!"for those people ooking for a little relief... the emergency shelters are still open. information onnour website and fox45 mooning nees. a maryland lawmaker wants to prevent future ootages... by undergound.senator jimmergound.- rosapepe is calling on the maryland public service commission to come up with a plan for burying critical companies are intentionally under investing in storm &ppreeartions in order to boost their profits. rosapepe thinks the intiative will create jobs.... but b-g-e says its not cost effective. "it's financially impractiial, when you ttink about the fact that you spend billionssupon, billionssof dollars to underground the system, assuminn you can et the appropriate rights of way." way."b-g-e says burying power lines wooud cost abouu a millionndollaas per ile... and repairr can take longer since crews have to ocate the &pproblem undergroond. aamaayland family is pleadinn for help... after going through dayy with no power.for them... it's a matter of life or death for their 4-year-old b. boy. charlie ccrhare was born with a rare brain disorddr. since the family's power wenn out last week... he's been having dooens of seizures a day.the croharrs say they have aaportable generator... but it's not strong enough to powee the air onditioning. "any seizure can be life- threatennng, ven more so with charlle lately, over the past couple of months we've ad charlie." his mmtter says she has called her utility coopany several times... not looking for preferential treatment... but simply hoping to find ut when their power will be restored.. she ssys no one can give her aa answer. the hunt is onnforrthe gunman who ssot two people in east bal. baltimore.it happened near the intersection of preston and north spring street... tuesday afternoon. pollce found the victim unresponsive when they arrived.homicide investigators were called to the ssene...no worr on any suspects. aafourth person is dead... due to the heet. the state health depprtment says the ballimore man was over 65 years old..hree of the four deaths were people over 65... and the health epartment is waaning people to be careful ann seek area cooling stations. an air conditioner repair man in florida, gets more han he pake people do somm razy things.buu one uy takes it to another level. level.sean hickman was called to epair the air conditioner at a home in deltona... but he wasn't prepared for the homeowner's hot temper.hickman says he tested the voltage on the nit and sparks went ffyingg.e told the homeowner theecompressor was bboken and handed him a bill for 109-dollars....that'sswhen the a gun.t upset..... and pulled hickman says: "that's when i was scared because i knew the safety as disengaged. i froze sat down on my bumper."//butt to///"he basically said you stuck screwdriver in my unit, you blow up my unit." ssortly after that and charged the homeowner with aggravated 3 today... americans everywhere are celebrattng independence da. day.ed payne showw how people pre marking the naaional 3 triple-a projectt this will be the busiest july 4th oliday with more than 42-million - - cittzenship will be given n - several ceremonies at the white house, at mount vernon in virginia and elsswhere.nats last nooe f song, crowd applaading.the concert and &pfireworks at the national mal are expected o draw hundreds of thousands f people.but tuesday's dress rehearsal wws interrupted by approaching storms.naas you are instructed shelter indoors.residents of nervous about weaaher, after an intense series of thunderstorms knocked out power and other serviies forr millions there.in milwaukee, fireworks filled the sky last several cities in maryland i were canceled as officials the weekknd's damaging storms. as of ttesday night, more than more thanna miilion homes and businesses in neerly a dozeen states were sttll without power.one saint lluis cityy alderman, however, is adding a fireworks show in his community tt cut down on backyard displays ---a angerr during such dry times.don't worry, though, there'ssplenty of water there... just in case. as for all those ppwer outages... they're alss causing headaches out on the streets.traffic lights remain dark in many hard-hit areas... including around the naaion's capiial. for the fourth holiday... city pools will be open or an compleee schedule, just go tt our website... fox baltimore dot com slash morning.and just a reminder... druid hill ,clifton park , city springs and coldstream pools emain closed because of power putages. 3& one reat way to is "on" a greattpiece off american history. 3 the inner harbor to gettus aa - ready foo the fireworks andd &pthe independence day deck party. good morring poel d. 3 3 3 when it comes to barbecues... it ddesn't get bigger than thee fourtt of july. and as karin caifaexplains... this year....it's a mixed basket when it cooes to the cost offcookout items. 3 summertime, and tte grilling is easy. i actuallyylove veggges on the grill... like zucchini,,peppers, things like that. and i'm a burger guy. cheeseburger's fine witthme.// half smokes and crabs... i'm a crab ffnatic.// every fourth of july we do the brisket on the smoker for 10012 houur so by theeend of the day -- eat &pit up and then watch the cookout will be a little - easier on the wallet. accordinggto a big insight ddllars and 14 cents for a 9 - grooery caat full of burgers, peer and fixings, down about two dollars from last year. but here's been an uptick in the priciest food item innmost baskets: those burgers and steakk. beef pricee are up more than five percent over last yeer..the americaa farm bureau feeeration says drooght conditions last summer are still impacting supply now. a lot offranccers had to reduce tteir herr sizes, a lot of cattle went to market arrier have. and those inds of - -- and sometiies even years -- to really work their way completely through the market. but keeppng most grocery costss pn check is the recent dip in of packaggng and transportation. nd food inflation has eased slightly, gooddnews for consumers, and perhaps reassn for more cookouts between now and labor caifa. -----end----- &pcnn.script----- women..you may want to hold &poff on changing your catts litter box. box.the link between females... kitty litter... and theehigher risk of suicide. suicide. 3 it's about time we made our homes work for us. so let's make our dryers do the ironing. have our fridges cater our parties. and tell our ranges to whip up dinner. let's plug in to summer savings before they're gone... ...without wasting an ounce of energy with smart machines that turn housework into house play. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. right now, save $600 on this maytag french door refrigerator, just $1,598. your summer cookout juut got a affordable.we're giving away 250 ollar giant giftccrds. it's our giant summer contest! contest!starting monday.. between 6:30 and 6:45 a-m.d you'll have 5 minutes to call in and claim your prize.if the we'll draw nother name. name.just go to our ffceeook page.. facebook ddt com slash pnd complete the entry form to enter.go to our website for ccmplete contest rules. women...think twice about changing little "muffy's" litter box. box.the one thing that's in risk of suicide in women. women.plus... the big bill that's being racked up... by those colorado wildfires. ((bump out)) ((br 3 your family pet may drive you crazy now nd then, but new study has raised concerns about the relationshii between cat litter and women's mental health. lisa sylveeter has 33reeon the lltest study. - p-reeorter pkg-as follows -- it's a story that's gone viral connection between at litter and aatempted suiciies? a university of maryland study looked at a parasite called toxoplasma gondii ann found that infected wooen hha a one aad a half times greater risk women who were infection free. toxoplasma gondii is founddin enddsup in the litter box.. - it's whh pregnanttwomen are advised to steer clear of cat postolache was the seeior author of that studyythat looked at 45-thousaad danish women. but he autionn his research is a starting point. there arr many other factors he ssys at play...including econooic conditions. there d - are in the world approximately 30 percent of individuals who inffction of toxoplassa gondii. and it's only a &ppinority of those whoowould attempt suicide." most of the focus on line has been on cats. and most cats likely carry the parasite without symptomm. but in fact, cats people are exposed by eating underrooked meat or nwashed contammnaaed water. thh maryland advocacy group alley cats allies say tteir feline friends are getting a bad rap here. "i think the most important thing cat owners shoold take away from the study is that they should continue toouse the same precautions they want tt uue in their life but really that they understand that theee's no reason - there's no anic - people really comes from undercooked foood" about a third of all people actually parasite without showing any siggs or ymptoms. for healthy people, he parasite usually angela marshall says it's a mothers and those with weak - &pinnividuals should definitely nottget rid offthe family cat based on this tudy. i think it's a good tiie to think importance of good hygiene andd handling ppess -----end----- ccn.script----- those coloradd wilddires are damage...but find out the financiil damge t's ccusing, it.anddfind out the laating effects ... spanking your child... could have on them ((break 3))fe. [ female announcer ] the magic begins when jif fresh roasts peanuts to make peanut butter so deliciously creamy. it might just make you feel like a kid again. [ both laugh ] choosy moms never stop choosing jif. a pirefighters in coloraao continue to make progress wildfires. the waldo canyon fireealone s blammd for deetroyinn 346 homes. alison kksik explains... while the damage adds up, so does the bill to covvr it. it. --reporter pkg-as follows -- the cost of fighting the wildfires in colorado is now estimated to be $67 million dolllrs. the federal government is picking up a big portion offthht bill, so yoor tax dollars are involved. the biggest fire is burning in colorado springs. and ss far it's cost $11 million just to fight the fires there. the city isn't giving ann estimates yet on property damage or business losses -- but some major toorist attractions had to close forra fewwdays. all of that means even more money is being lostt if history is our guide, this pollars. let's compare it tooa - massive wildfire that started near colorado's hayman campground in 2002. p to now, this was the state's biggest. it burned moreethan 137-thousand acree. it cost $42-million to fight that fire. but that was just 20% of tottl price tag -- which hit $207 million dollars! property lossss made up the majority -- but other costs like repairing water systems -- plus losses in business and tax revenues aaded to the final tally. so ittcould be years untillfull costs from this year's fires are known. i'm alison kosii in new ork -----end----- cnn.scrrpt----- a breakthrough in the fight against h-i-v. approved... and why you don't have to take it at aadoctor's . offfce.if you're wakkng up with out a-cc.. and without pater again todaa... there is help availabbe.the shelters open in the city... that just aren't being used. 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