3 28th 33 p3 3 3 3 3 3 33 3 3 ,3 a major strike at 15 major east coast pprts. Including the port of baltimore could bbgin this weeeend. And pould affect billioos of dollarr of cargo along the east coast. Coast. The contract between the association and the us en maritime aaliance. Which represents shippinn companies to expireeone minute past set mooey. Manageeent wants to reeuce connainnr rooalties. If a ddal isnttreachhe. A strike ould stop ll container traffic at the port. 7 08 the port of baatimore pi one of marylands largest eceonice gerneeators so any type of work action thaa may result in a suspension orrstoppage of work wouud have an adverse effe. Organizations have urged president obama to order an 80 day cooling oof eriod but right now there is no that directionnlosing the ports to a shutdown. Even for a few days. Could cost the 3conomy billions f dollars. A highstakes meeting wwll be held in washington today. Between preeident obama and top congressional leaders. Leaders. Theyve got just 4 days left to reach an eeonomy goes overrthe e u socalled fiscal cliff. Thats when automatic tax increases aad spending cuts would taae effect. Democrats want tooextend the bushera tax cuts to everyyne except those americans makinn 250 thousand dollars or more pyear. But many rrpubllccns remain against any tax increases. If lawmakers dont reach a deal by january 1stt. Many econnoists are concernedd it could eventually ead too another recession. With all eyes on the fiscal cliff. Theress anotter deadline quickly approaching that miggt haae consumers concerned. The milk cliff. Its part of a stalled farmmbill. That includes nearly 35billionn dollars in cuts. If the bill oesnnt make t througg congrees before the end o the year. He government ill be pforceddto buy vast quantities consumer milk prices as high w. As 6 to 8 dollars a gallonn. Because the governmenn would the wholesaae rate. Under the 1949 rules. The first ovvrnight gambling session at maryland live. Comes to an end this morning. Mornnng. The casino is now pdays a week. Previously. Maryland casinos wereeopen 8 pm to 2 a sundaa through friday and saturday. The aneww pours will help ppveethe way for table games. Which voters approved in november. 81553 everybodys pretty excited, oc its pretty exciting for our gaming customerr 081602 0816622 the casino went on facility around the cllck. Their next major event is a new years eve party. A prefiled bill in thh ggneral assembly. Is looking to make softshell crab. The pofficial aryland sandwich. Th meesure is being sponsored by senaaor richard colburn. An dessert. In 2008. Lawmakees passeddleeislation toomake smith island cake. A multilaaered cakee. The official state essert. Some new research out of souuh korea. Finds aasparagusa can pctually help with hangoverss they say asparagus extract has minerals and mino acids. Experts in the us agreeeom 3 of food n illinois call asparagus an hhrbal medicine. Which might help protect you roo from cancer and other illnesses. First pizza hut introduced us to pizza perfuue. Now. A chhcagoaaea business is unveiiing its ove for izza. In the orm of beer. Beer. Its called mama mia pizza beer. The drink is about stores. Shelves in chicago aaea residdnts took part in a of them ssy its not as bad as it soondss Britney Spears s getting the boot from the x actor. Facttr. An insider ttlls us show eeough energy. And wasnt wortt herr15million dollar cootract. That same cowell felt he got the boring britney. Anddwanted the craay britney. No word yet from spears peopll. Are ou our arr you our biggest fan . Then everrday welllpick ne of our viewerssfrom our Facebook Page. Nd feature them on fan just go to our facebook foxbaltimoree coming up. Up. A random act of hhppennd. Outside thhs l and who says new years eve is just for adults . The anoonimea activities being offered. Just for kids. Hometown hotspot. Youre watching fox 45 good day baltimore. bbmp out break 1 i woke up thinking about drugs, i went to sleep thinking about drugs. I had had uncles, parents tell me, youre going to die from drugs. i believed them. I said, i know. but i didnt care. And laying on my hospital bed, i said, please, help me. Have mercy on me. Help me. and he helped me. He helped me. 3 they may not stay up to see the ball drop in time squaae but they can still enjoy the celebration. Port ddscovery iss hostinggnoontimeenew year superhero spectaaular eric energy ffom port disccvery homettwn hotsppt. Tell us year. What else can childrrn enjoy at the celebration . What can we see t porttdiscove . Discovery . Noontime new year superhero spectacular is takinggplace at port dissovery from 9 30 a. M. To 5 p. M. On december 31st. To morning. Pcoming up. We reveal the craziest words of 2012. One of them. Ere guilty of sing making the list. Next. Ds youre watching fox 45 good day baltimore. Ox 45 ggoo day baltimmre. break 2 3 2012 has come. And is almost gone. 2 3 2012 has come. And is almost gone. Aad its leavinn behiid. Some crazy new lingo. Lingo. This morning were sharrng aalist. Compiled by ms dot com. Of the 2011. Est words of 2012. Amazeballs. A new way to babylag. Constant state cramp. State of mennal in confusion. Floordrobe. Pcloset on the floor. 3 requires no hangars, drawers, e. Frankenstorm. Maassvv storm term used this year. Guyliner. Eyeliner for men hangry. So hungry that youre angry nnmophobia. Feer if not having your cell phonee mommy poon. We can hank 50 shades of gray 3 3 3 3 3 to contact the spca, go to our website at fox altimmre dot com slash morning. Comiig up. Christmas may be your tree ust yet. What you can dd to make use of it. Phat actually saves you money ddwn the line. And one mans unique reward. Pto theeperson who finds his plost dog. Heres a hint. It what hes offering. Thaa might have ssarms of people pout searching. Youre watchin fox 45 good day baltimore. 3 now ttat christmas is over. What are ou going to do with ppour Christmas Tree . Well. Baltimore city can help you turn your tree into mulch. Tiffani j. Church from Baltimore City department oo public works joins us this we make sureeour tree isscan pickkd up . . When will trees be picked uu . Be picked up . When will trees be picked up . If we dont want you to pick up our tree where canntree . Ttee . To earn more log 3 pon to Fox Baltimore dot com slash morning. Coming up. Up. Or the second time this mooth. A person is pushee how witnesses describb the orm. Bizarre behhvior. Of the and one persons random act of pidness. Gets an unusual reactton. Weell show you what ccnadian shop. Youure wwtching fox 45 good day baltimore. brrak 4 [ male announcer ] this comrcial is not about getting fios, its about getting fios. That moment after you finally got it that you actually get it. 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Shaw and his family believe he was tarreted 13 10 55 this was outragous pwhat type of person would do this on ccristmas you now when eople are supposed to be celebrating ppoole are out ttere committing crimes 09 walking home froo a orner stooeewhen a group of. 5 or p men. Attacked him. So far. No arrests have beee have several leads. Today. Police are searching for a suspect. Who reporteddy puuhee a man to his death on a new york subway this month. Somethhng like 3 pthii has happened. Happened. Take a look t the surveiilance video of the poman they believe is the suspect. Witnesses say she wws pacing on the train platform in queens. Talking to herself before he took a ssat. When the trainnwas pulling into the station. She allegedly got up. Pushed the maa onto the tracks. Then ran away. Leaving many people in shock. These days there are so many people thats crazy. You know pant believe these things happen in this area. Area. Police have not yett identifiid the victim. Its pallo unclear if theetwo knew scientists are now looking intt the dna of the man behind the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. For clues as to what made hhm s. Snap. In a firstofitskind study. Eneticisss are doing a complete analyyis of adam llnzas da. They are looking for mutations associaaed with mental illness. That could leaa tooan increased risk for violence. But eeperrs ay thatt theres o proof that people including 20 children. On december 114h. Retired general norman schwarzkopf. Who came to e known as stormin nooman. Has died. Schwwrzopf passed away in tampa llst night. His sister says e died of complications from pneumonia. Sshwarzkopf ommandee us forces in thh earlyy 90s. Leading the internationallcoolition that drove saddam husseins forces out of kuwait in 1991. Schwarzkopp was 78yearsold. Samesex mmrriage goes into affect on tuesday here nn maryland. But some clerks in Saint Marys County will not perform marriages. Marriages. The clerks citee. Religious beliifs. Bbt ecaase of that. The cleeks will no any marriages. 52 percent of legaaizing gay marriage. The Baltimore Police pepartment is changing up some leadership command posts. His ccmes. As commissiioer Anthony Batts begins to those ccanges nclude. The addiiion of a community pplicing division and a nee says this is just the ssng on 3 beginning f many changes to come. The author oo popular books liie ssutter isllnd, mystic iier, and gone baby gone. Is mmking headlines this wwek. Because f his will ame a character in his pnext book. After the person who finds teesa. Tessa. A black and tan beagle. Has pbeen missing since christmas eve. When she jumped a fence atthhi massachusetts home. An unusual sight of business. Workers at this tim u. Hortons. Say it starred with one customers act of generrsity. Paying it the chain of generossty continuee. Each customer paying the next cars bill. You would hear the shouttfrom drive thru. My manager toddd was n ttere. Youd hear him just scream out numbers 147 getting everyone reallyypumped up anddit juss filled the building with excitement. The kindness lasted for aa3 hours. aaa total of 228 cars pthrough the a total of 228 cars went through the drive thru. Ppying each others bill. P3 ccming up. Up. Coming uu. This if youuhavent ptton this on our facebook ppae. Well youre watching fox break 5 baltimmre. P its time to caption this this todayyon our Facebook Page ww osted a picture of one mans happy dance. Heeees whaa some of yyu captioned it. Oppan oldman style styletime o go to six flags flagsflash mob seniors psniorr heres some of your other captions. aaaad libaaa if you want to play along. At facebook dot com sllsh Fox Baltimore. toss to eather ad lib meteorologist commng up. Predictions. What he thinkk in and somm lucky fans are ust minutes away ffom getting theer hands on the ravens wildcard playoff tickets. Hat time they officially go on pale. Youe watching fox 45 good day baltimore. break 6 take pkg commng up. Up. Ed reed gets hit with a bbg fine. For a hit n giants receiver,victtr cruz. How mucc hell have to pay. And get your hands. On the tickets. What timeethis morning. Theyre exxected to go on sale. Yourr watchiig fox 45 good day baltimoree p break 7 ravens saafty ed reeedgets hht with a big ffne. After a hit during sundays giants game. Game. Reed will have to pay 55thousand dollars. For victor cruz. Reed was flagged on the play. For striking the head and neck area. Reed had aaonegame suspeesion overturned in november. And hhs been vocal for the past leagueeis changing the wayythe game is ppayed. Reed will deal with the fine this week. And anooher concern. Next year. Reeds contract ends after made efforts this paat off ell3 ssason to reach an agreemmnt. But fell through. The 9time pro bowler is in hhs 11th nnfl season. Reed has 58 tackles and 4 interceptions this year. And holds the League Record for interceetion return yards. A hall of fammr po doubt. Whos eevingg is future in 2013 up innthe air. As the afc north champions. The ravens are guaranteed at least one playoof game this season. Butt noo everyone isshopping onnthe playoff bandwagon just yet. Shirt suppliers are actually holding off on printing ravens playoff shirts unttl the team can make a deep run nto the playyffs. Fred fillah, fanssonly t18. 21 it seems like threeeweeks three team in footballl i mean, whats up wwth that . 18. 37 but, you know eamssget hht. If yyuve still got only haveea few hhors to wait to get your handsson ravens wildcard playoff tickett. Thee will go on sale at 10 this morniig. The ravens will plly at m t bank tadium on either pbuy tickets at the stadium bo office. And must buy them through tickeemaster. Coming up. Storm. Dare we say it . Snow is in the forecast. Forecass. Meteorologist jonathan myerssis back to let us know how mucc we could pnext. Youre watchhng fox 455 p ddy baltimore. Bracing for more snoo. When the next aa7 day forecassaa 3 p break 8 3 3 break 8 3 break 8 3