3 tueeday, november 8th. 3 3 map fiber map map fiber map 3 the polls are now officially open... in baltimore city. city.you're taking a live look at a church in north baltimore... where residents are beginning to cast their votes... for the city's next mayor and city council. incumbant mayor steppanie rawlings blake is favored to win todayys election.demmcrats outnumber republicans 9 to 1 in the city.but there are a few write-in candiddtes for city council thaa could shake things up.polls opened at 7 thhs morniig... and close at 8. turnout is expected to be light. for a complete list of polling locations n the city just go to our website oxbaltimore dot com slash newslinks.and as always.. all our content on our weesitt is free. stay wwth fox45 for complete election results.we will have live coverage of the ace for mayyr...and we will have ciiy updated on the ticker at the bottom of the screen. nearly 22 hours affer a gas main break... neaaly a thousand people are still without service in south baltim. baltimore...the 12-inch, low &ppressureemainnwas struck by a contractor working in the 12- hundred block of eass fort avenue round 10-thirty yesterday morning.to repair the gas main... b-g-e had to shut oof as serrice to 12- hundred customers..hh company says it couud still be several days before service is restored. the woman charged in the death of a johns hopkins researcher will spend the next 15 yyars in prision. prision.a judge sentenced lavela erritt for her role in &pphe stabbing death of 23-year--ld steven pitcarii. merritt and her boyfriend ... john wagner were convicted of robbing and then stabbing pitcairn to death in charles village back last yearrwwgnerr was sentenced to life in prison last month. "for the family of stephen pitcarin this marks the end of p terrible ordeal and we hope the measure of cllsure" plea deal, which cleared her &pof murder. attorneys for the former u-v-a student accused of killing his exxgirlfriend were grrnted access to the victim's medical records. george huguely is aacused of killing yeardley love... a cockeysville native... last yeer.but hhi attorneys argue she died from an irregular heartbeat... triggered by prescription adderall and drinking alcohoo. huguely's trial is scheduled for february. answer accusations of sexual harrassment today. today.((there's not an ouuce of truth in all of these accusations...that's why i'm willing to do a press confereece tomorrow, to set tte recorddstraight.)) straight.))the republican his announcement came just ight& pours after a áfourthá woman came forward saying caii groped her after a dinner in 19-97.sharon bialek says she pants cain to take responsibility. (("i really didn't want to be here today nd wouldn't have been here if ii had not been for the three other wooen who haveealleged sexually harass he against mr. cain. i wanttyou, mr. cain, to come clean. just admit whattyou did.) is scheduled for 55o'clook today. pmore than 13 million people will be getting a check from bank of america. america.a federal judge and ten million dollar hundred settlement in a awsuit ccaiming the bank charged fees.an attorney said the avvrage custommr will likely get back 27 dollars ... a small reward... when most aid 3-hundrrd dollars in overdraft fees. some girl scouts in bowie are sending a message to the suspects who robbed them while selling cookies. cookies.police say these two men stole cash box belonginn to a troop last week.they ere pelling the cookies at a wwlmart... when one of the men rrn off with their monee. don't steal the girl scouu cookies because its a rule foo the girl scouts to not let he money get stealed. give uss back the girr scout money. 200 dollars.n got away with some good news... and bad news when it ccmes to eating fast fo. food.turns out if you earn more money... yoo eat more food.a new studd finds fast pood is moss popular with he middle class... nottlower income ameeicans. the findings out of the university oo caliiornia contradict tte idea that ffst food is he reasonn why lower income people have higher rates of obesity. & superstar chef ordon &pramsey ii wrapping uppthe filming of his hit fox show, kitchen nighttares in baltiiooe. his target? time, it's not the kitchen that needed the makeovee, but the owner instead. insttad. joel d. smith is llvv at the restaurant now to show us how one word changed 3 3 a storm chaser captures oklahoma tornado... tornado...but that's not all he gets... what happens next that may shocc you... coming up. up. p(pauseefor nats))plus... &pmaryland's &pown ccntestants are gearing u factorr we're talkkng to áliveá tt mmrcus canty about what he has planned for this week's live performances. performancee. you're watccing fox 45 good day baltiimre. p(break 1)) [ male announcer ] does your cable company keep charging you more... and more... and more? stop paying so much for second best. upgrade to verizon fios and get tv, internet and phone for our best price online: just $89.99 a month guaranteed for two years. you save $600. go to verizon.com/greatprice to sign up now and get $300 back with a two-year contract. fios is a 100% fiber-optic network that delivers superior picture quality, more hd, plus america's fastest, most consistent and most reliable internet. why keep paying so much for cable? switch to fios at our best price... $89.99 a month with a two-year price guarantee. plus get $300 back with a two-year contract or choose no annual contract. ordering online is easy. you can even chat live with a fios agent. visit verizon.com/greatprice. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities that's verizon.com/greatprice. at 800-974-6006 tty/v. fios. a network ahead. 3 --rabbi elissa sachs-kohen is live with thh detailss n this morninn's hometown hotspot hommtown this morning's withh the details on sachs-kohee is live --rabbi elissa --rabbi elissa sachs-kohen is live with the details on this morning's homeeown hotspot --free to breathe yogathon at the baltimore hebrew congregation sunday--event for the entire family to inspire hope and create change for everyoneeimpactee by lung cancer--this eeent happens around the country --lung cancer s the leading cause of pancer deaah of mee and women in maryland--beneffts the national lung canner partnership's research, education, and awwreness progras programs 3 the free to the free to breethe yogathon is at the baltimore hebrew congregation on sunday. registtation begins at 1pm.for fox baltimore dot com slash - morning.while you're there, get your latest headlines, weaaher, and traffic updates on fox baltiiore dot com...and its all free. a storm chaser's close-up encounter... with a twister... goes awry. aary.((ppuse for natss)watch this guy's wild ride caught on camera next. next. you're watching fox 45 good day baltimore. ((break 2)) ((pause for nats)) a storm chaser caatures this amazing video of a tornado in oklahoma monday. the twister starts swirling across the road... aad the chaser races up the road towards it. it.but then it seems the ssorm chasee realized he may have gotten a little close to it... aaddtries to get away... only trouble... heck it out. 3((pause for crash nats)) and there it goes... the car ditcc.bblieve it or not... a d. wind was not a factor in this accident...the driver ays he waa trying to back up when the steering jammed aad caused him to sside sideways into the ditch and ffip ooer. 3 3 3 3 3- 3 he is one of two maryland contestants left on the x facto. factor. ((pause for nats))this morning ...we are alking tt marcus canty ive from hollywwod aaout how he plans to knock the ocks off the judges this w. week.and later... wwy a whole lot of people are racing to the altar this friday. watching fox 45 good daa baltimore. ((break 3)) 3 bobby brown performance peeformance no... that's not bobby brown...but it sure sounds like it right?it's actually maryland native marcus canty.. a top 11 cootestantton the x factor. marcus is in los angeles preparing for tomorrow's live performance.he joins us on the phone this mornnng. marcus-i know its early.. in la its only 6-thirty .. so thank you for waking up with allrm clock and talking with this upcoming performancee pyour time onn stage in front of the judges goes by in just a few minutes.. ut you put in daas and days oo work. what did you do to prepaae for this week? -i know you are a 3&pfootball fan... o you have pime to wach any games?-all mixed up wwen it comes to football... you are a cowboys fan... would just like you to know that our ravens are amaazing this year... you might want to rethink things.. at home? u miss about life you can see marcus..paige andd the othhr contestants on the x factor wednesday and thursday niggt at 8pm here on fox45. &p still to come on fox45 good day baltimmre- mmther of 8 ... nd former reality star... kate gosselin is takkng some heat over this picture.what all the hub--ub is about coming up. up. ((singgng naas)) &pnats))pluss.. a singing flash mob turns one woman's subway commute into ne of the best days of her lifee life. 3 3 &pad lib voting 3 &p 3 fiber map 3 a frostburg tate university &pthis morning... accused of student.but she's denying the her.in court documents &precently released... shanee liggins ccaims omeenn else stabbee 19 year old kortneigh mccoy.mccoy was stabbed in her head and neck. witnesses say sse was stabbed to death afttr trying to break up a fight at an off-campus party. vengeeul person and hasn't &pthoughhmuch about liggins.sh trying to be a peacemaker. many people's lives in such a - positive way, it does my heart good... it shows she was listening and she heard what pared" shanee liggins is beinn held without bail.as for kortneigg mccoo'ssmann friends...they are lanning a memorial at hee former high school in north balttmore at the end of the month. month. 3 hooard county police open fire on an armed man after he reefses to drop his weapon. itthappened around 3 o clock monday afternoon.... behind a distribution business in an industrial park on coca cola drive in hanover. investigators say someone called police after eeing 19 year old jeffrey nichols &pwalking in thii hanover neighborhood with a handgun. police arrived... but e refusedd phat's when officers opened fiie.nichols reeainssin critical condiiioo this morning. ((we, the jury in the bove defendant, conrad robert involuntary manslaughter.)) manslaughter.))conrad murray showed little emotion as he involuntary manssaughhtr in while jackson's family was happy with the verdict... murray's lawyers say he is crushed by the whole thing. ((mr. jackson was a close friend of his so this is just devastating for dr. murray.")) ((thank you america, thank all proseeuting eam, walgren you wereegreat, everybody was wonde) senteecing on november 29.he 3 faces up to four years in prison. today... the boxingg orld is mouuninn the loss of aachampion. champion.former heevyweight champ and hall of famer jje frazier... lost his fight with liver cancer on monnay. frazier... who came to be called "smokin joe"... was known for his epic rivalry with fellow boxing great muhammad ali.joe fraizer was 67-years-old. 3 baltimore's first grand prix... could be its last. last.zoom the city may terminnteeits contracc wiit "baltimore racing development""if it fails to pay the money it owes. the deputy mayor says the ooranization didn't hhnor the terms of its contracttthe itself to investors in order to succeed. of 8... kate gosselin... is er taking some heat this group.it all stems from this ppoto captured of kate picking up hee kids from school in pennsylvania last week.as she her van... her seven-year-old ssn collin decided to climb cllmb inside. inssde.while her son ran out from bbneath thh van unharmed, the president of kidsandcars dot org says this wassa case of negligent parenting. they say ateeshould have gotten them... especially when she ((ááááááááchhtáááááááááá)) &p 3 it's the day gamers have bben "modern warfare 3" hits shelves today.thh game is part of the "call of duty" series... which is the world's best-selling vvdeogame series. and the game in particular... is expectedd o break records. gamers get to be speciaa operations forces... whoogo paris anddnnw yorr. london, "wow!"a u-p-s driver buys a u ponths ago... anddforgets about it!michael halmon bought the winning lottery ticket at a 7-11 in clinton, maryyand in may.he set it aside and didn't think about it again... until a store clerk mentioned that he might have been a winner. tickets and realized he won! "he said you have this number, this number and this number and you won $200,000. i said man you kkdding mee you got to be kidding. you seeious?" halmon says he'll use thee monee to ppy off some bills and help his daughter go to col. college.the maryland lottery more days...it would have been too late to ccaim his innings. make sure you ooo tt the sky details on what will be &pcruusing thrrugh space llter pluu- hollywooo hits hampdee for a makeover!how kitchen nightmares and chef gordon ramsay... helped cafe hon... coming up. up.plus... not to rain on this bbautiful day... but a look at rain in the forecast next. you're watching foo 45 good day , schmoopie. no, you're schmoopie. you're schmoopie. i'm going. pstronomers are readding their telescopes for rare cosmic si. sight. an sseroii the size of pn aircraft carriee will zip passed thh earth on this evening-- coming closer to us than the moon. and guess what?! the best place to ee it wil be here oo the easttcoast at about 6-thirty this evening... but you will need a telescope. telessope.aad just so you know... there's no dangee of the asterrid rashing into the eerth. 3 ((toss to weather)) 3 ((ad lib 3 ((toss to weather))((toss to weather)) ((ad lib meteorologist)) 3 it's our mmbideall of the week! every weekk. we'll bring you a deal from mobideals... which prooides coupons directly to phone!this week's deal comes froo... 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"the key to healing forgiveness. not only did god give me the strength and power to forgive my parents, but he gave me the power and strength to forgi ((break 6)) it took the showw "kitchen nightmares" to end the nighmare for cafe hon owner denise whiting. superstar chef goodon ramsey hhs convinced her to let go of the trademark for the word hon.... and they are hooing that will spark a restaarant. joel d. smith is liveein hampden, outsideethe new cafe hoo now. & when ii comes to romantic one just mmght top the list.xt list. ((singing naas)) nats))a subwaa car... a lash mob... and a propossl that will leave you swooniig. swooning.(( "so swamped tte phones are ringing oof the hhok) hook."))and it's not just wedding bells ringing in vegas .... why everyone's trying to get hitched on the same day nex. next.. you're watching fox 45 good day baltimore. weddinn proposallstories... but this one ust might top them all. all.watch as one man proposed to his girlfriend on a subway in london.... using a flash mob. mob.((just one look at you.... a lovely day)) day))imagine just sitting on the subway... when people a song. ou just start singing song.the flaah mob is actually a group of sinners that are propose... so does she say to - yes? watch what happens. ((and i know it's gonna be... ponna be....onna be! (quiet) will yoo marry mee yes! )) ((áááad libááá)) p(ááááááááchaaáááááááááá)) eleven... elevee... eleven. may be just numbers to you... but for some couples is a big day. the knot... it day.employees at a wedddng chapel in lls vvgas say it is pike the ásupeebowlá of wedding days.they are working around the ccock preparing for &pfriday... november eleventh... two thousand eleven. ... or eleven... elevenn.. eleven. eleven. the viva las vegas chapel says theee's aawaiting list for couples to be marrred on the big day. ((ááááááááchatáááááááááá)) poneymoon... in the bahamas.- bahamas.you could be soon flying to the bahamas... for fr. free.it's our "balttmore to the bahamas" contest... courtesy of fox45 and vision airlines.vision airlines iss now offering nnn-stop flights from ballimore to the bahamas. our grand prize winner will get two airline tickets and aa 4-day 3-night stay at the ggand lucayan bahamas. bahamaa.tune in tomorroww or phe codewood to qualify.once you see thh codeword.. o to ourrfacebook page.. and ccick on "inside fox45" to enter. we'll then draw our grand prize winner monday november 21st.you can finn all the pules on foxbaltimmre.com. it is going to be a gorgeous da. day..but we could be in storee for some channes... meeeorologist steve ffrtig has your 7 day forecast coming up. meeeorologist steve ffrtig has yowhat kind ofecast coming up. i'm a pb and j goldfish sandwich. yeah, me too. i'm a tuna fish goldfish sandwich! that freaks me out! yeah, me too! 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