viral on youtube...... and tonight... we're taking a closer ook. look. 3& (áááánats up full: "back up, back up, back up!!!"áááá)........baltimore city police say it happened new year's eve.. a man attacked an officer who was tryting to arrest another man. .......aa outraggous street assault on monument street near rose.. caught on camera. (guglielmi))"i can't describe this act as anything less than an act of cowardice...." ........look at it. a bystander captured the images with his cell phone. you see the ooficer trying to handcuff a man on the ground.. comes out of nowhereeand cold- cocks the officer.. punches him in the face.(ááááánats up full: "wow! oh, get out of there!! get out of there!!ááá) ........the officer falls suspect to get away. &pthere's a struggle.. then officers in the area respond.. one of them even kicks the man......(áááánats up full: "hey, we got that on tape, we got that on tape!!ááá) police say manuel imel attacked the officer. he's charged with assault. investigators say the victim officer was on patrol on east monument street saturday afternoon.. when imel parked door into the police cruiser. p police say, while officers talked to imel, the man they pad on the ground, got disruptive, threatened officers. so, they turned their attention to him. (guglielmi) "i don't know if there's any clearer example of wwat the men and omen of this everyday to keep this city safe. i really don't." (áááánats up full: "back off!!ááá) brandi, our assignment editor, was checcing on-line court records just moments ago.. and she told me imel áwasá being hell in jail on a 15-thousand dollar bond.. but now... that bond has been dollars. live in east baltimore, keith daniels, fox 45 news at ten. see the whole thing online.go to fox-baltimore dot coo slash raw news a.../ developing story.../// in... west baltimore... on.../ winchester street.../ tonite.../// áábecauseáá.../ of... a carbon monoxide.../ leak...////.áá6áá people... were treated.../ in... the home...////. áápoliceáá... say... a.../ home--generator.../// mmy.../ have caused... the problem a 13-year-old girl testfiee against the man accused of sexually assaulting her at a woodlawn roller skating rink. rink. the victim identified davon perry as one of three suspects in thee2010 attack at skateworkk.surveillance cameras show them leading her says she was raped by all three.but perry's attorney argues that police only found d-n-a from two other people, not perry.the other suspects are 19-year-old kadeem santiful, who pleaded guilty to a second degrre sex offense. and 15-year-old tracey hankins who was tried as a juvenile.all three worked occasionally at the roller rink, which closed shortly after the incident. 3 and frederick man pleads guilty to sexually aausing a 1-year-old oy.19-year-old ryan sheppard was arrested in june after injuring the child ss severely, that he had to have surgery. sheppard could be sentenced to 18 years later this month, but will likely be recommened for treatment at a state mental hospital for inmates. 3 investigators... say.../ an... arson.../ at...// an.../ anne arundel county.../ home.../ áámayáá be... a... hhte crime.../. myranda stephens.../ live.../ ááwithááá the... evidence.../ left behiid. behind.jeff, the home thaa was targeted is behind me here n church street. you can't miss it - with all of the gay and racial slurs still spray-painted on it. ii's a sore sight for folks in this &ptryyng to figure out ... why 1800 oh, there were flames i meaa flames just coming out of the front window and the side lopez grabbed his camera phone to get video of this new year's day fire - that authorities now say was arson - and possibly a hate crime. roderick 6:17:37 was actually sleeping and i heard some banging and people talking and running 41 uh looked out the side of the window and i noticed smooe just oming out of the side of this house over here 49the fire happpned about four o'clock sunday morning at this home on church streettin brooklyn park. it took firefighters less than a half hour to put it out - but when it was all over - they found &pevidence showing the fire was no accident. chief 37:51 through the course of our operations there at the scene, our crews did discover what appeared to be some racial and sexual graffiti or slurs painted on the side of the hhuse 02 authorities say two elderly women and a male caretaker all lived in the home... but it appears they were not there at the time. neighbors now wonder why anyone would want to target them. jesse 1501 yeah it's crazy to see someone uh targeted for their race. i have no hate withhanybody. you know, it's all skin 11roderick 1901 iimyself i am a latino and it's conccrnnng. it's just concerning and scaryybecause i do have kids and my wife and you know we're just like anybody else, we're taxpayers we live here 15 investigators are now trying to determine a motive for the arsonn.. and who's responsiblee 20:24 i hope they get em if they do find them 27 butt butt butt 2030 you can't have this anymore 33 investigators say so far, they don't have any suspects or leads. they are asking for the &ppublic's help. if you have an inforration about this arson... you're asked to call police. live in brooklyn park, ms, fox45 news at ten. montgomery county police want your help looking for this pan...they say heerobbed a c-v-s on christmas eve... ...and as you can see...those bandages make him stand oot. out. police don't know if he is actually injured... or just &pttying to throw off investigators...but a little before 9 on christmasseve in pontgomery village...he walked in, and stole prescription iq: we're releasing the video oo: identify this gentleman gentleman the other robberres... at the very same drug store... store...tonight on the late editton at 11 3 three days into the new year.... baltimore has its first homicide of 2012.a 62-year-old man is the victim of a deadly shooting.melinda roeder has more from police..... on what they're doing to stop gun crimes. crimes. (crime scene from last night) edgewood road in noothwest baltimore... became the first here... 62 year old bruce ar..- royster was shot and kiiled... around 10:30 tuesday night. 04:32:36 "we were called for a report of a discharging. upon police arrival, we noticed there was an adult male victtm lying unresponsive in his vehicle." police have no suspects... and no motive for the killing.so theecase is open.and while authorities aren't happy about recording the first homicide of 2012.... they are hopeful that baltimore's murder rate will continue to drop....this yearr 04:33:19 "last year at this time we haddthree homicides... last week... police commissioner fred bealefeld commended his department for making drastic strides in reducing our murder ratt.(bite from 12/30/11 lepola pkg) 16:14:25 "the bottom line is we've made progress."for the first time in 30 years.... feeer than 200 people were killed in baltimore during 2011.of course, police would like to see that number drop to zero... but with each homicide..... they hold out hope... it'll be the last.... in 2012 -- or any year.(bite from joy pkg 12/20/11) 16:21:09 "my goal is not to have one, then when we had one, i didn't ant to have tww pnd everyday we're here fighting."melinda roeder.... fox 45 news aatten. the first homicide victim for this year... has an arrest record that included battery and several charges of theft. but it's uncleer why he became a target. fox45 has teamed up with the most popular crime mapping website on the internet.more than 300-thousand people use spotcrime to keep track of get emails whenncrime happens near you.gooto fox-baltimore dot com...and click on "spotcrime" in the "hot topics" section near the top of the screen no.... criminal charges.../// in... a.../ battle.../ between .../ baltimore's.../ &pclerk... of courts.../ and.. .a.../ blogger. bllgger. city... investigated.../ whethhr ...frank conaway .../ pulled ...a gun.../// p on...// blogger ...adam meister,.../// ááitáá... happened... last... november.../ outside... conaway's home .../ in.../ ash-burton.../////. áátheáá... prosecutor, .../ didn't... file charges..../// áásayingáá.../ conaway's... handgun permit.../// was...// meantime, .../ ááconawayáá... paid... nearly../ 4--thousand... back taxes .../ on... his.../ rental home..../// ááheáá... received.../ a.../ "homestead"... tax break.../ ffr... the house.../ on,.../ bar-eva.../ road..../// ááconawayáá... was... receiving breaks.../ on... that... property,.../// áandá... his home...// on... liberty heights.../ avenue..../// ááindividualsáá.../ are... entitled.../ to....only áoneá.../ homestead.../ crrdit,.../// 3 another big rush-hour back-up . tonight. this time it happened along the north bound lanes of the j-f-x near the cold spring exit. poliie brought traffic to a stand still to deal with a minor accident. they say ttey didnnt want to take any chances after an officer was seriously injured when she was knocked off the j-f-x last paakville.../ residents...// are.../ developer .../ áábuildingáá dozens... of.../ homes,,,. in.,.. their.../ neighborhood..../ áátheiráá... protest... was.../ disrupted.../ .áá.afteráá... signs... were destroyed.../ and... stolen.... stolen.... karen parks .../ streaminn live.../ in... park-ville...//// áákarenáá...// some... stolen signs...//// will... ánotá... silence... their voice...///// there havv been seven incidents reported to police about signs like this one being vandalized.....stolen or destroyed........ but neighbors say.....that won't stop them from speaking out..... and even though the builder says......he has had several meetings with the neighbors to try to meet their needs....and requests.......its obvious that this battle won't end anytime soonn.. soon... (35:25)here in parkville......(35:42)its a bucolic setting.....the coventry community has no street lights and no sidewalks....((35:49)its a little piece of heaven in the middle of a very hectic porld.... but carol monfredo says the peace could soon be broken... craftsman incorporated is preparing to build 34 single family homes in this open land.......just steps from her drrveway..... (36:10)they will cut 10 feet from the front of my property line and driveway in order to 10:13)this area has been zoned for 34 single family homes.....and craftsman has percent of the open space.... (44:39)330 plus daily trips will be added to this ery small community....signs of protest are seen throughout the neighborhood.....but just last month.....rrsidents say....several signs dissppeared....(42:18)we've had 6 episodes where the signs have been vandalized knocked paint....ann collier ay - says......many have been stolen.....in what she calls a neighborhood that's crime spree...(42:53)the signs that are being defaced have the name craftsman on it im not pointing the finger but they surely have an invested interest in this proposed deve. development.... dennis gilligan ooner of craftsman inc says...."we have been in business for 4 decades..and havv maintained pn immeccable reputation and the last thing we would do is to further incite or aggrevate the community"... gilligan also tells us....his compann is still in the process of securing expects to break ground in just a few months.... each day.../ ááweáá get... closer .../ to... the nnxt.../ ravens...// playoff game.../ áábaltimore'sáá...// lookkng...// a...// very regal...// purple purplethe landmarks are turning purpleehere's a look at the bromo seltser tower... the face of the clock... ravens purple......and the dome of city hall iss't purple just yet...but every other light near the building sure is. ...and with the city lit purple...everyone wants to wear purple too toowe.../ went to.../ modells... in towson.../ this... evening.../ ááwhereáá... they... received.../ their... supply of.../ áa-f-c... northá... championship gear...////.ááshirtsáá.../ hats... /// faster... / than... a... jack-rabbit...// on...a... date...// ááandáá they're... getting.../ more stuff ...// all... the time purple pride.../// is.../ spreading.../ by... the minute... minute...jim buckler sent us this picture...he was asked to paint the ravens logos on a frieed's lawnn..there is no doubt purple pride lives here ...and.../ stephanie baker.../ sent us .../ this picture.../ of .../. 10... month old.../ braydon...////.ááalreadyáá... prepared ...for the ravens .../ first... playoff game show us your purple pride.send pictures and vidoes "purple"... - at... fox baltimooe dot com. see those pictures on our"see it... shoot it... send it" page ... at foxbaltimore dot com..../or go to facebook dot com... slash... foxbaltimore. click on the "inside fox45" tab...whhle you're theree.. take our ravens quiz... or answer our ravens queetion of the ddy. 3 (5:26:28) "ive waited long enough." enough."nexx on fox45 news at ten...she sued the city.../ and... won... 22and a half million dollars.../ for... lead paint... poisoning....///the unusual way... she may get that money (chris lyles on skype) " they split e all the way to my navel" navel" hes from baltimore... and the first person in the world to get a new surgery for átracheaá canner..the extraordinatry surgery... and the astronomical cost...afterrthe break the frigid temperaturrs are moving out of here...what you'll wake up to tomorrow morningin my skywatch forecast in just 10 minutes [ male announcer ] get ready for some deli-style delic-ious-ity: the subway big hot pastrami melt. take a moment to ponder tender cuts of pastrami, piled sky high atop your favorite freshly baked bread with spicy mustard, pickles and melt-a-licious cheese. okay, enough imagining how this fresh toasted number would tantalize your taste buds -- it's time to actually experience the subway big hot pastrami melt, built by the sandwich experts the way you love -- to per-fec-tion. subway. eat fresh. sseriff's deputiis took the first step toward seizing 20-vehicles in east baltimore today. all......belong to the city of baltimore. jeff abell explains why tte city could soon lose a chunk of its . fleet. for brittann mccutcheon.... (5:24:30) "i ot a fourth to fifth grade reading level...." &p its been one crippling blow.....after another..... (5:25:41) "they don't care aaout how its affecting our life or anything...." brittany anddher brother grew up exposed to lead paint. the city housiig projects where they lived have since been leveled.... but the damage will never go away. 15-months ago.....they sued the city and wonna two-and-a-half million dollar judgment..... but affer 15-months.....they've never seen a dime. (5:29:30) (attorney) "they just don't wanna pay at all....." so to satisfy the judgment, sheriffs deputies, today, began the process of seiiing 20-vehicles which belong to the housing authority. david albright is the plaintiffs attorney. (5:30:12) "we're going to seize every computer, pen and pencil til our judgment for these &pchildren is satisified." (5:44:10) (abell) "the housing authority insists it simply doesn't have the money to pay the judgment....and paying it would put the citt's housing authority in jeopardy." but albright isn'ttbuying it. he says the city has in lead paint judgements against it.. (5:31:33) "if, for some reason, its not there, its the housing authority's fault.and we shouldn't lose the housing authority iiterests over the interests of brain damaged children." (5:26:28) "ive waited ong ennugh." jeff abell, fox 45, news at ten. the city of baltimore is appealling the casee but failed to post an "appeal bond" which could have prevented the seizures. governor.../ o'malley...// decides.../// what... toodo.../// with... thousands of dollars.../// in... átaintedá... campaign contributions. contributions.the.../ dirty mooey.../ came from... richard stewart.../ ááforcedáá... to... resign from.../ two... state appointments .../ ááafteráá pleading uilty.../ to... tax fraud...////. ááothersáá...// like... congressman .../ elijah cummings.../ áalreadyá.../ donated ...his contribution.../ from stewart...// to.../ charity...//// ááwhenáá... the... governor...// was... asked ...about it ...// last week...///. 3 3 we'll do the same same i don't know what to you think...laughing tooight.../ the governorr.../ says.../// he'll... be giving.../// the... / 7--thousand dollars....// in... stewart... funds...// áátoáá.../ the.../ non-profit.../// ááknownáá... as.../ "farmers and hunters.../ helping the hungry" more than 600 baltimore county employees have applied for early retirement. retirement.the county announced the earlyyretirement incentive in october, hoping to trim around 200 positions out of 8,000. 8,000.670 people stepped forward but some have since rescinded their applications, and others weren't actually qu. qualiffed.the program does not apppy to certain employees in the police and fire departments, or public hhalth nurses and department heads. heads.the programmcould save the county 14 million dollars a year. and a arning tonight for drivers who ignore ffashing red lights on baltimore county school buses.bus drivers are helping police track down more violators by faxing them license ppate numbers of cars that speed past them. drivers who pass a stopped school bus can be fined 570 dollars and issued a three-point penalty on their license. drivers who stop, and then continue through a flashing school bus a.../ - verdict's.../ reached.../// in... a case...// ttat pitted .../ officers.../ from.../// 2... different...// police... departments.../ áácrimeáá... and justice... reporterr.../ joy lepola.../ lepola.../ was... downtown...// ááwhenáá... a... jury.../ decided.../ the... fate.../ of... a cop.../ ááaccusedáá... of ... assault. ((pkg))18:04:49 it took jurors former howard county police officer guilty of assault and disorderly conduct.áááááácover the rest with videoááááásot 17:25:26 when we were deliberating the one person who as agaiist the 11 of us he couldn't have done that he's a police officer unitl we persuaded her that even police officers make mistakes. 25:36 sot 17:33:44 the internal affiars investigation needs to start today..you know tte only thing i fell was truthfully testified to by the police department was their names.sot (joy's tag) 18:05:42 outcue: in downtown baltimore joyylepola fox 45 news at ten. the first official votes have been counted... counted......and the caucuses in iowa changed the race for the republican nomination for p. president.former massachusetts governor mitt romney won the night...but ábarelyáhe won by just 8 votes. votes.this morning things started to change... representative michelle bachmann dropped out of the texas goveenor rick perry said he was going to re-assess his campaign......but surprised some of is staff members by ástayingá in the race...he says he's targeting south carolina. but the real winner may have been this man.former pennsylvvnia senator rick santorum placed second... by just 8 votes.in the weeks before the caucuses... he was one of the few candidates ánotá to lead the polls. deace says: "and i think that was really the game changer. think there were a lot of uncomitted social conservatives. he still didn't coalesce as many as he needed to to win but ittwas enough to make him viable." viable."there is a big difference between the santorum campaign and the romney campaign...áthe moneyá santorum speet about 30-thousand dollars on tv advertising in the last month...rrmney... spent more than a million dollars. here's our question of the day. do you think mitt romney can beat president bama in the presidential election? election?here's a looo at our facebook page...our facebook fans are still talking about this one tonight.join thh discussion by going to facebook dot com slash fox- baltimore see all of our stories about the race for the white house on our website...fox-baltimore dot com...click onnthe vote 2012 logo in the news features section...áaalá of the stories on our website are áfreeá a baltimore man is the firstt in the world to undergo a rare surgery .. to treat cancer of the trachea. trachea. tonight.. / ááchrisáá lyles ...tells us .../ about... his recovery.../. in.../ stockholm sweden. 3 (chris lyles on skype) "i'm feeling good..." chris lyles shares his story of recovery from half a world away... he's in a hospital in stockholm sweden. (chris lyles on skype) "i mean i had major surgery they split me all the way to my navel" back in november... lyle packed his backs and left for the scandinavian country... ii a last ditch effort to fight a rare cancer on his trachea... (intv from nov with lyles) "it started last december... a lot of reathing issues." a swedish doctor is the only one in the world who was wwlling to do this uuique surgery on lyles. "i'm type of tract transplant so i want my situation to be the catalyst to kick start this inn the u.s" lyles now has a synthetic trachea that was seeded with his own stem &pcells. the surgery has never and was not covered by his matter to me if it was a million dollars.. do you put a cost on llfe????" now he's looking forward to..coming home. "this is a picture of my daughter...." (voice only)"i missed christmas thii year but this will afford me many more christmases.." lyles hopes to week. kc fox 45 news at 10 lyles.../ medical costs.../ are... lose to.../ half.. .a... million ollars.../ dollars.../. go to fox baltimooe-dot-com-slash neeslinks to find ut more on how you can help. not quite as cold tonight. tonight.but some warmer weaaher is on the way... way... here's meterologist mill gracie with the skywatch forecat forecaat 3 3 a flash fire... at a gas station...the tiny thinn that complaints... against fox455 - doctors.../that seem... to disappear....//the prrblems... that's causing investigations... to... take áyearsá...//in our cover story...after theebreak @ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] combine a pnc cashbuilder visa credit card with a pnc performance select checking account and get up to 1.75% cash back for just about every purchase. learn more and apply today at pnc.com/cashbuilder. pnc bank. for the achiever in you. it's.../ a.../ quasi... state responsible.../ for... investigating doctoos...// accused... of.../ wrongdoing....///áábut áá the....state &pboard... of physiciins...// is...// áswampedá .../ with... all...// the...// cases..../ cases..../and some cases... take several years to resolve...allowing those doctors to continue practicing. in tonight's cover story...john rydell examines what's being done toobetter.... "police the doctors"... doctors"... it was an egregious case that resulted in two physicians... being charged with murder.dr. steven brigham...and dr. nicola riley...are accused of performing botched abortions. physiciann...has suspended riley's medical license...and issued a cease and desist never licensed in maryland. (sharfstein) "one of the important things that this board does ii protect the public against dangerous doctors or people pretending to be doctors frankly and it's really important that the board do that job well."but the board of physicians...now handles more than 17-hundred complaints each year.and while many take less than 18-months to resolve...some investigations take three to fouu years.(sharfstein) "and that's not good for patients if it turns out the doctor really shouldn't be practicing medicine but it's also nnt good for doctors to have a cloud hanging over their head if in fact they really were doing the right thing."dr. joshua sharrstein...is maryland's health secretary. he's also concerned with how the board investigates complaints.(sharfstein) "certain complaints would come and they might be rrviewed by someene who had no training in that area and they would decidd what the penalty would be."concerns about maryland's physician board...are also being voiced by some state lawmakers. (brochin) "it's not right to have a physician who has a dubious record who's still able to practice for two years because an investigator hasn't had a chance to get to him."(rydell) "but the chairmannof maryland's board of physicians says in the past five years, his agency's budget has een slashed by nearly six million dollars. and when the board imposes fines on doctors that have been sanctioned, that money does not go back to the board. it goes to the state's general fund."those budget cuts...have also reduced thh board's staff... from 85... to 73. physicians omes and they say pe have a backlog of two years."(brochin) "and they're doing the best they can, then we need to find room in the budget to add one more investigator or two more investigators or two more investigators anddsttrt expiditing this."but dr.. sharfsteen...says expanding the staff... is not necessaailyythe solution. (sharfstein) "you don't want to throw more human resources at a dysfunctional process. you want to be able to fix the process and know the right put there."doctors can be to reprimanded.... put on medical licenses either puspended....or revvked.when the board finally imposes snacttons against doctors...it's posted on their website. but a review by maryland's department of legislativeeservices... says nothing is posted... if a doctor...is merely charged... even though that probe could take years to resolved. so health secretary sharfstein is ordering an independent review of thephysician board.his goal...to improve proteecting patients. in er baltimore, john rydell, fox 45 news at ten. the independent review of maryland'sphysician board will be supervised bydr. jay perman...the president of the university of maryllnd in baltimore. 3 next on fox45 news at ten this teen... accused of killing another boy...the new law... toofight bullying... that may let him go free "she came in and yelled that her car was onlfire onlfire the tiny spark that started this huge fire at a gas station...after the break 3 3 [ male announcer ] get ready for some deli-style delic-ious-ity: the subway big hot pastrami melt. take a moment to ponder tender cuts of pastrami, piled sky high atop your favorite freshly baked bread with spicy mustard, pickles and melt-a-licious cheese. okay, enough imagining how this fresh toasted number would tantalize your taste buds -- it's time to actually experience the subway big hot pastrami melt, built by the sandwich experts the way you love -- to per-fec-tion. subway. eat fresh. president.../ obama.../ is... áslammingá... republicans...// ááwhoáá.../ wouldn't... confirm.../ the... appointment.../ of... a national.../ consumer.../ watchdog....// áásoáá.../ he's... appointing.../ richard,,,. cord-ray.../ to... that ... job.../ ááwithoutáá... senate approval ....// áápresidentsáá,... can... do thaa.../ ááwhileáá... the... senate's.../ on vacation...///// áábutáá... lawmakers.../ have... kept the senate.../ in session.../ over... the break.../ áátoáá... block... the appointment appointment obama says: " the only reason republicans in the senate have blocked richard is because they don't agree with the law that set up a consumer watchdog. they want to weaken the law. they want to water it down. ááthisáá... will... likely...// be... court.../// áárepublicansáá.../ say... the new agency .../ will... hurt the economy.../ áátheyáá promise.../ to... stop... nominaaions...// to... other positions...// in protest police shoot and kill an eighth grader in texas....who was holding what appeared to be a handgun.ann refused to drop it.it turned out to be a pellet gun. gun. it happened this morning in brownsville. police say the student brandished a weapon around eight o'ccock this morning. police got there and told him to drop the gun.but he didn't. mos says: "numerous officers responded to the scene immediaaely .. student engaged the officers .. the officers ssot the student." stuuent." police say at one point, the 14-year-old student pointed the gun at him....and even though it turned out to be a pellet gun.... it looked very real. a... teen.../ from... naples, granted immunity .../// lawyer ...// uses .../ florida's... new.../// "stand... your ground" .../ defense. defense. jorge.../ save-dra.../ was... accused of.../ fatally... stabbing .../ a... classmate.../ one... year ago...////. áátheáá... judge... determined.../ it... was.../ self defense.../////. áátheáá defendant .../ even.../ avoided... the school bus.../ to.../ keep... away...// from.../ bullies. bullies. day says: "there really are no winners out of this today. this is a tragedy all the way around. the saavedra family peels terrible about the incident. we're hoping at the very least to come out of this incident that schools will start taking more affirmative steps to stem the bullying and violence that goes on." on." the... judge... also.../ made her... ruling .../ on... the evidence.../ áásavedraáá.../ tried... avoiding.../ all... confrontations -- /// you've.../ probabll seen .../ gas--station... signs.../// ááwarning áá... about... static electricity. electricity.it is no joke.look at this... a major explosion station.....caused by a static electricity.here's what happened....a woman was filling up her truck....she got back in her vehicle to stay warm....that generated static lectricity.then when she got out of the truck... she touched the ,handle..... and poof..... "both her tires blow out and her window blown while we were trying to get out of the gas station." is the main way to create the - static that can potentially cause a spark.explosions like this are rare.....but they can happen. 3- 3 3 diet advice... from people áactually on a dietá ... and what's working for them later on fox45 news at ten... people were submitting secrets almost every 2 to 3 secoods. ...and the thing that made people want to spill nearly every peesonal secret on the &pplanet...and why the app was shut down...in our word on the webafter the break w 3 children with diabetes may also be dealing with fatigue...from sleep apnea. researchers at the university of arizona at tucson followed fifty children ..ages ten to sixteen...with type one diabetes. they found about a third of the kids haa excessively high sugar levels.......áandá sleep apnea,which causessfrequent pauses in your breathing. scientists say fatigue makes it more difficult to manage diabetes, because tired people are more likely to consume carbohydratess..for a quick energy boost. fox 45 is stepping up to make pour 20-12 the healthiest year yet.the bmore ealthy expo is saturday march 17th at the baltimore convention center. learn about exercise, eating right... and get health screenings.go to b-more healthy expo-dot-com for more information. an app... that helped peoole spill their secrets... has been shut down because of malicious material. material. the founder.../// who... lives... in maryland... // áássysáá... bullies... are to ...blame.../. áácarrieáá peirce... expllins...// explains...// ááináá tonights... word on the web. web. 3 asking people to share their deepest secret... is sort of like opening pandorass ox. box. i want to join the army to serve my country. the weird thing is i hate my country. a post card confession ... with no name, no return ddress. frank warren reads millions.. he's been posting 10 a week on postsecret.com since 2004 and the blog got so popular he decided to create an app. the app was a way, where using your smart phone, you could photograph an image and then type your secret over that image, and share it out. it launched just a few months ago. people were sharing around the world 40 to 50 thousand secrets every day. just like the post cards.... digital secrets remained anonymous. unfortunately, bullies started harassing users and even uploaded horrible images. beyond pornographic, showing gruesome images. moderators tried to screen every secret submitted on the app but it was impossible. people were submitting secrets almost every 2 to 3 seconds. a few bad apples spoiled the app. so in the end we felt the right decision was to shut it down. the bullies have won this battle, at least for now. i think there's great potential for another postsecret app and i certainly have ideas about how to make that possible but i'm not ready to pursue it now. while the app is closed, the postsecret blog remains open. i'm carrie peirce and that's your word on the web. maryland native marcus canty is ii the national spotlight after making it to the top 4 on fox's "the x factor." factor."marcus.../ just... returned home .../ ááandáá... stopped by... our studios..../ ááto áá talk about ... on... the show.../ ááincludingáá... the time... he serenaded .../ rihanna. all my life..i prayed for someone like you youmarcus... performed ...for her .../ at... the start.../ of... the superstar... said.../ she... was impressed.../ by... his confidence .../ ááandáá... his voice...///.ááwhatáá... was... marcus.../ thinking.../ during... the.../ perfoomance? thats rihanna...she is like the it of this generation as a female artist. that was crazy,i didnt know she said all that stuff af ter i performed though.... that was crazy..i was like really oh wow. wow.. marcus. is... talking.../ to... rrcord... brass...// his next move../ 3 and...how do you handle a bye week?we'll show you how the ravens are spending it..next in sports unlimited "i wanted something thht was easy, something that i coold pse on the go, something that i could dooquickly." quickly." ...and dieting answers... from people successfully losing weight... when we come back it's the bye week in owings mills, but you wouldn't know it...the ravens were back on the practice field today...they'll have two days of workouts ann then a three day weekend off..missing today were some big names...ray lewis, haloti ngata, jameel mcclain, ben grubbs and marshhll yanda..but none of them is expected to miss playing time.. time.. and there's good news from the injury front as well...you are not seeing things...that is anquan boldin back on the practice field...this just 12 days after undergoing arthorscopic knee surgery...and all innications are he will be ready to take the field a week from sunday in the ravens playoff opener...also returning today were jimmy smith, dannell ellerbe and ton zbikowwki you walk a fine line with a bye week....you want to give every body a nice physical break...to rest and to heal...but you also want to make sure they don't stray too far from their regular routine...but these are professionals our in owings mills, and they're approaching this in a professional way... morgan adsit spent the day with the ravens in owings mills..her report coming up at 11:30..as sports unlimited continues. 3 "best buy".../// is...// being..."bested"...// by... the... competition...///ááthatáá could mean.../ bankruptcy bankruptcyin... recent,... years.../// ááforresáá... named ...best buy.../ their... "company of the year"...// áábutáá now... says bankruptcy.../ could happen.../ in... the next... few had trouble...// filling orders.../ for... holiday.../ gifts...//// ááenragingáá... customers...//// by... canceling orders.../ just... before .../ christmas...////. ááit'sáá... facing ...touuh competition.../ from... the.../ "apple store"..////. ááevenná though... best buy .../ sells... online...//// áámanyáá people... use the store.../ áábeforeáá... they... buy... somewhere else you go their check their stuff out you don't do you're buyingg there. you won't admit to dding that, i won't on camera. the company .../ is... slow to react.../ to... customer's.../ changing behavior staatingg../ a... diet.../ is... easy--enuf. the hard part... is sticking to it. consumer reports polled 3-thousand of its members. ...and patrice harris tells us the things they find most effece effective ((pat on cam))losing weight is pasier said than done.(v/o) sarahhlafleur says she's really changed her eatiig habits, and it's paid off. she's lost 65 pounds in the last three years.the key to her weight loss, she says, is using a free online app called &p"lose it" to track her calories.(sot: sarah lafleur) "i wanted something that was pasy, something that i could use on the go, something that i could do quiccly."(v/o)the app lets sarah count calories anywhere on her smart phone. sarah's not alone, according to the consumer reports national research center. a just-released survey of online subscribers found many people are using online tools to track their diet, including weight watchers onnine and free sites like myfitnesspal and sparkpeople.(sot)"our surveys have shown that counting calories is linked to losing weight and keeping it off."(v/o)like sarah, respondents to this latest survey relied on tried- and-true strategies to meet their weight-loss goals, like eating more fruits and veggies. (sot: sarah lafleur)"i think the biggest change was the portion size."(v/o)also drinking more waaer and cutting back n sugar. and the poll shows many people used positive thinking to keep themselves on track. (sot: elissa schuler-adair) "thinking about how much progress you've made so far &pwas one of the better techniques for sticking with your diet."(v/o)and of course exercise helps, too. when sarah noticed her weight starting to plateau, she grabbed hhr running shoes. (sot: sarah lafleur)"i'm a half-marathoner now." (v/o)and she's eterminee to lose more weight. ((pat on cam)) weight watchers and weiggt watchers online were the most popular commercial diet plans in consumer reports' poll, but you don't necessarily need a plan - 69 percent of those surveyed followed their own diet anddexercise regimen. patrice harris, fox45 news at ttn. a... man... stopping traffic... with some ...unusual moves..../ the mission behind... his bizarre behavior. ...and coming up in just 5 minutes on the late edition... edition...a mummy- like mystery.why this bandit in bandages targeted a drug store and the things customers are saying about it tonighh. "i've got two guns in my hand is it ok to shoot him if he comes in this door?" door?" and fighting back in a big way. the stunning conversation between a 9-1-1 dispatcher and woman who was about to come face to face with tww burrlars. 3 the... streets of chiia.../ are...// somewhat.../ safer, .../// ááthanksáá.../ to... a man.../ on... a mission mission he's protecting pedestrians by voluntarily directing traffic..... as you can see... he has an interesting way of going about it. tte man boldly walks into the street... jumps in front of cars and uses some maatial- arts moves to make drivers stop. he then waves people safely across the street. he says he wants to remind drivers of the importance of obeying traffic rules aad allow people to cross safely. (ááááánats up full: "wow! oh, get out of there!! get out of there!!ááá)(áááánats up full: "hey, we got that on tape, we got that on tape!!ááá) tape!!ááá)