monday, auguut 13th. 3 3 3 &pthis morning... traffic is baltimore.repair work on a broken pipeline along monument take a couple weeks. weeks.now city crews say it could be much, much longer. longer.tom rodgers is here with more on when it will finally be done... plus your other top stories of the mmrning. whhn that pipe broke underground... it created this huge sinkhole in the middle of the street.it's at least 40 feet deep in some spots. it's been three weeks since it happened. nearby shops on monument street have been watching... wondering when the city would get it fixed.now thee're being told... that three week time frame... wwll be more like three months.the patches of ppvement are just a temporary fix. 12:10:32 "they said they're just patching it up so trucks ... they're not gonna open the street."12:10:17 "probably it's gonna put some f us out of business." business."because the pipeline is so old... we're told fixing it is even more difficult. relying only on foot traffic for the next several of months... some merchants are planning to meet with city officials hoping to get some relief. the attorney for the man accused of killing north carolina teenager, phylicia barnes... will ask to postpooe his trial today. today.the trial for 28- year-old michaal johnson was scheduled to start today... but just about an hour ago... fox45 spoke with his defense... who says they will ask for more time to prepare forrtrial.barnes isappeared almost two years ago... her body was found months later... a suspect has turned himself in.. telling police he was the driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run accident in anne arundel county. the victim was found dead on the edge of solomans island road neaa harwood road just before -thirty sunday morning. police determined he had been hit by a car. car.hours later ...20 year old stuart sohovich of edgewater... walked into the police station to confess to the hittand-run.right now charges are pending following the investigation. 3 today... a maryland lawmaker says he will propose changing a gambling measure to create a joint house and senate panel to oversee gambling. gambling. delegate eric luedtke announced his plans during a meeting with memberss of the house of delegates. the &pmeasure would reshape the state lottery agency into a ánewá "state lottery and gaming ccntrol" agency. the governor with the consent of the senate. some lawmakers are concerned because it doesn't include input from the house. if one laamaker has his way... those who commute to washington d-c for work will have to pay a tax.california representative darrell issa... says a 3- percent income tax hike is worth looking at after the presidential election. maryland is the district's largest sourceeof employees... almost 25- thousand commuting into the district for work. analysts say the tax would raise more than a ábillioná dollars in revenue each year. 3 after keeping it a tightly &pguarded seccet... mitt romney announces his vice presidential pick over the weekend.as andrew spencer shows us... the pair then hit the campaign trail together... and sat down for their first joint media interview. 3 republican presidential candidate mitt romney announced congressman paul ryan as his running-mate at a rally in virginia saturday. on sunday, they sat down for their first joint interview with c-b-s's "60 minutes," where they addressed their plans for medicare. what paul ryan and i have talked about is saving medicare, is providing people greater choice in medicare. making sure it's there for current seniors. our point is we need to preserve their benefits, because government made promises to them that they've organized their retirements around. in order to make sure we can do that, you must reform it for those of us who are younger. and we think these reforms are good reforms. natsot crowd chanting - mitt! mitt! mitt! they also campaigned as a team in ryan's home state of wisconsin sunday. they'll campaign separately today (monday). ryan visits the iowa state bus tour to florida. natbreak cheering president obama and vice president biden will also be working the campaign trail today (monday). mister obama took a moment sunday to address his rival's vice presidential choice. welcome him to the race. congressman ryan is a decent man. he is family man, he is an arttculate spokesman for governor romney's vision. but it's a vision that i fundamentally disagree with. i'm andrew spencer reporting. also in that 60 minutes interview... ryan said he gave romney's vetting team "several years" of personal income tax returns. and he said he would release 2 years of those returns to the public... the &psame number that romney has made public. the miami dolphins have fired chad johnson following his arrest on domestic violence. violence.you may know him better as chad ocho-cinco... the wide receiver was released on bond sunday... after allegedly áhead-buttingá his new wife saturday night at his florida home.police say the two were arguing over a receipt evelyn found for condoms in his car.about 24 hours after the incident... the dolphins announced on their website that they had terminated johnson's contract. on a happier note... actress jennifer aniston is engaged.a rep for justin theroux said birthday on friday" when - aniston quote "accepted his proposal of marriage." the couple,,who met on the set of the comedy "wanderlust," have been dating for over a year. check out this mountain of picnic tables.a prankster -- or pranksters in washington state stacked a park's picnic pyramid.the elusive pranksters also put construction lights at the very top of their creation.this is the fourth time in recent weeks parks and rec employees have had to deal with the so-called "table stacker."they say they don't know if the stacker is an average vandal or just someone trying to express art.either way... megan and patrice ... it has to be someone with too much time on their hands. --toss back maay women do it every day... now you can get a prize for it. it.((timothy.. not at the bber ) tent.)) coming up... what it takes to be a champion husband caller. caller.plus... he's one of the best skateboarders in the nation... and if you don't know him.. you can bet your kids do.bucky lasek is in the house to tell us about what's new for this year's dew tour. tour. you're watching fox 45 good day baltimore.. ((bump out)) ((break 1)) 3 he's the king of the dew tour and before he heads to ocean city... he's makingga stop right here in our studio.bucky lasek joins us live to show us tell us more about the dew tour. - you're from dundalk... how did you get your start in skating? - tell us about the dew tour? what's new for this year's tour? - how eexited are you about this tour? tour? 3 for more information on bucky lasek and the dew tour... log on to fox baltimore dot com slash morning. calling all husbands. husbands.((:36 robert charless where are you? :39)) :39))wives shout out for their men... and win prizes for their efforts.see if you can get your husband's attention better than these ladies ...nee. ...next. you're watching fox 45 good day baltimore. ((break 2)) 3 ((1:10 timothy, where are you? ) 1:14)) women call out for their man... for a prize. prize.husbands everywhere are probably cringing right now. this is the annual husband calling contest at the illinois state fair. wives took to the stage to to see whose method was best at luring their husbands on stage. participants were judged on such skills as volume, appeal, and originality. in the end... the crown went to last year's defending champion... she walks away with a 2-hundred and fifty dollar prize ... and perhaps a hoarse voice. 3 p, 3 3 3 3 3 twin girls... with very different birthdays. birthdays.coming up... the incredible story of a very rare birth... how many days apart these beautiful girls were born. born.plus... get your girls in great back to school style... we'll show you the latest smile about. you're - watchin 3 been so busy with the end of ssmmer you haven't had time to go back to school shopping? don't worry. rebecca klein from towson town center has everything you need to get the most bang out of your buck.. even at the last minute. she joins us live in studio for this weeks makeover monday. - what are the latest back to school fashions for girls? - show us your models. - what is the price range for these clothes? clothes? 3 for more information on back to school fashions and to get other shopping ideas log on to fox baltimore dot com slash morning. before you buy your next happy meal... listen up.an important recall you need to know about n. next.plus... the story of twins born weeks apart... how dootors were able to make it happen... and what life is like for the girls trying to explain their separate birthday. birthdays. you're watching fox 45 good day baltimore. 3 3 3 &pbel air map 3 3 debate in the house beginn today... as the speciaa session to expand gambling in maryland continues. continues.tom rodgers is here with more on the opposition it's meeting... and the other measures being aken by lawmakers.good morning, tom. on friday night in annapolis... the senate gave their final approval to a bill expanding gambling. gambling. it would allow table games like poker and black jack at all casinos and would approve a new casinn in prince george's county. but opponents say building another casino could wind up hurting existing casinos. (pipkin) "there are some serious questions about saturation for the third largest casino anne arundel county, a seventh largest casino planned for baltimore city." 3 today... the house also begins debate on another measure.. this one... about pit bulls. bulls.the maryland state senate passes legislation last week that could change dog bite liability.the bill states that owners of áallá breeds... like these at the canton dog park... would be responsible if their dog bit somebody without beinn provoked.the new legislation changes an existing ruling from targeting just pit bulls.some dog ooners find the new legislation scary... others think it's the right thing to do. katie filkins, mila's owner: 54.30 "dogs are dogs. things happen with people. things happen with dogs. it's a little bit scary to think what katie flory, spca volunteer manager: 35.50 "i think it brings all dog owners or animal owners in general into being responsible for their owner." 3 owner."the legislation also affects landlords.they would no longer be held strictly liable for pitbull bites... and ittwould also make it áillegalá for landlords to specifically discriminate against pit bulls in housing. check your child's next happy meal.. because a big recall is . underway. some sliced apples king are part of a big recall over listeria concerns.a subsidiary of ready pac has recalled nearly 300-thousand cases and 300-thousand individually packaged items &psent to 36 statess and washington, d-c.listeria can cause potentially serious or life-threatening illness accompanied by fever, nausea, or the centers for diseaae control the centers for the centers for disease control and prevention says the number of swine flu cases is continuing to grow.kids are most vulnerable... accounting for 90--ercent so far.the strain of swine flu isn't a food-borne illness... so you can't get it from eating pork... you get it by being around sick pigs.the c-d-c says almost all of the kids infected recently... have handled pigs at state and county fairs. it's bben a year-and-a-half since she was shot during a meet-and-greet in tucson... and today... ormer giffords is waking up back in a. arizona.she and her husband... reeired astronaut mark kelly... bought a new hhme in tucson.for the past 19 months... giffords has been recovering at a medical facility in houston.giffords was one of 13 peopleeinjured in the shooting back in january 2011.6 others were killed. just last week... 23- year-old jared loughner pleaded guilty to 19 charges related to the incident. it's happened again... a chimpanzee that ran wild in a las vegas neighborhood last month -- made áanotherá escape over the weekend.c-j is back in her enclosure this morning... afttr her greatt eecape on saturday.c-j is the same chimp that got out with her buddy about 6 weeks ago. that time c-j's friend was shot and killed.thankfullyy.. this time animal control officers were able to tranquilize c-j without incident.c-j is now going to a chimp sanctuary in oregon in 3 left--handers of the world... rejoice .. because today is áourááday. day. august 13th is officially left handers day. in celebration.. we thought we would pass on a few facts about left-handers. first only 15- percent of people are leet handed... and men are twice as liiely as women to beeleft-handed. left-handed.left-handers are plso more likely to be geniuses. 3 4 of the 5 original designers of the mac computer were left- handed... and 3 of the last 5 presidents are left-handed .... obama... clinton and bush senior. don't screw up dinner tonight. tonight.morton's makes it easy... by showing us the secrets to the perfect filet mignon... coming up. upp plus... a gorgeous monday on tap... but changes are on the way.find out if more summer or ii it will feel like you're watching fox 45 good day baltimore. 3 foxx45 good day baltimore. g ((break 5)) 3 painkillers.""the drug was building up so much in me i would get to a point where i was just overdosed." "i liken it to a monster inside of me that could not be tamed." "and i thought, 'you know, fab, one of these days, you're not going to wake up." "there was a light and i knew in my heart that it was jesus." "he not only set me free, he set my family free...." it's time to caption this! this!today on our facebook page we posted a picture of a young boy making a mess out of a popsicle.here's what some of you ccptioned it.dawn says, "back off, this is all mine!" mine!"angel says, "just saving some for later." later."christina says, "the newest member to "the "the newest christinn says, christina says, "the newest member to "the blue man group." pf you want to play along... join us on our facebook page at facebook dot com slash fox baltimore. ((toss to weather)) 3((ad lib meteorologist)) twiis... born weeks apart. apart.now 10 years latee... they join us to share their incredible story... of how it's possible to be born 54 days apart. apart.plus... perfect the art of filet mignon.we reveal the secrets to making the perfect meal... a little later. yoo're watching fox 45 good day they are twins born 54-days apart! yes you heard us correctly twins born 54 days apart. meet kellie and charlise williams and their mom kmberry. they are joining us live in studio with more. - kimberly what was it likk during delivering one girl... and then waiting for the other? - how dii g-b-m-c help with this process? - girls... how do when you tell them you are 54 3 3 for more information on gbmc and to learn more about the twins logg on to fox baltimore dot com slash morning. make dinnertime delicious... ea. is here to show us how to make the perfect filet mignon. mignon. p you're watching fox 45 good day baltimore. ((break 7)) 3 it's the steak of all steaks... and today we honorr that juicy piece of meat.happy national filet mignon day! jeff lhotsky from morton's the steakhouse is hereeto let us know how we can celebrate. - how do ww make mignon? - how should we filet mignon? mignon?for more 3 for morr information on national filet mignon day and other menu items from morton's log on to fox baltimore dot com slash morning. a gorgeous monday on tap... find out if the sun will last well into your workweek ... your 7-day forecast right after the break. you're watching fox 45 good day baltimore. 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