they do not engage in any inappropriate behavior with children. a form the suspect signed just three months ago. but now the church will require all workers to undergo those criminal background checks. >> the transprancey and honesty is what is required in this situation. >> sounds like the church needs a lot of healing. >> ah. we are hopeful. >> reporter: the pastor says the church is cooperating fully with police in this investigation. he hopes the policy change will prevent anything like this from happening again in the future. in rosedale, delia goncalves, abc2 news. now for a look at tonight's top stories. the fbi needs your help tonight. they are looking for a missing girl from montgomery county. 13-year-old jordan elise bowie of olney last seen after 12:30 this morning in union station in washington, dc. investigators say if she did board a train she could have made her way to baltimore. if you have any information that could help track her down contact the fbi field office, 410-265-8080. tomorrow is the first of five days that part of baltimore city will be closed. it's all part of an effort to help the raise that $65 million budget shortfall. services like paying bills or tickets and most other city offices will be closed. fire, police, trash collection, courts and city schools remain open. the other four days the city will shut down will surround selected holiday weekends through the end of the fiscal year in june 2010. in howard county, people are crowding emergency rooms with flu-like symptoms but doctors say the flu is not a medical emergency. apparently people with even mild symptoms are showing up to get tested for the h1n1 virus. doctors say unless you feel like it's truly an emergency rest at home or go to your primary physician. health officials say the public is on heightened alert with h1n1 because it's new because in most cases the symptoms are similar to the seasonal flu. the swine flu vaccine is supposed to build up resistance to the virus but even before it's widely available it's already creating resistance in some people, resistance to getting vaccinated at all. abc's diana avillar explains. >> reporter: in communities across america the battle against swine flu has begun. >> it tickles. >> reporter: armed with doses of the h1n1 vaccine health officials are targeting the most vulnerable. >> they are saying now that the risk is far greater than the benefit of getting the shot so we have decided not to get the shot. >> reporter: then those that believe the risks of the vaccine outweigh the benefit. >> i have a fetus in my belly, and i want to do anything i can to protect it. and i just don't know if putting, you know, injecting myself with a vaccine is the right thing to do. >> reporter: it's a widespread dilemma. a new consumer reports survey shows nearly 2/3 of parents say they will either hold off on getting their child immune im -- immunized or won't get it at all, and there's a theory that something in the vaccine could lead to autism. >> i'm sorry to hear that, as an obstetrician and gynecologist i believe in the vaccine. as a mother i have twin boys that will be vaccinated. >> reporter: and 66 more deaths were reported related to the h1n1 virus this week. diana avillar, abc news. rite aid is no longer making pregnant women show a prescription for a flu shot. authorities say it's for seasonal flu and swine flu shots. pregnant women have low vaccination rates partly because many obstetricians don't vaccinate and some pharmacists have been wary of giving them shots. public health officials are trying to change that. as far as walgreen's and cvs go, they don't treat pregnant women wanting the flu shot any different than the general public. questions about the live vaccine are still being asked across the country, as are a number of other questions. there's a lot of information to take in, but abc2 is working for you. we're still inviting you to e-mail questions or concerns tonight . at 11:00 an expert joins us live in studio to answer your questions. whatever you want to know, send an e-mail to newsroom@wmar.com. and join us tonight because the doctor will be in. tracking down the criminals and getting them out of your neighborhood, abc2 has done a sweep of this week's bad guy so you know who to keep a look out for. here's brian kuebler with abc 2's crime checker. >> reporter: we're working to keep you safe. each week we highlight recent crimes in your neighborhoods hoping to catch criminals and bring them to justice. this week we focus on baltimore city and anne arundel county. city police need your help finding the man who assaulted and raped a woman in her home. police say this man stormed into the woman's home in the 1,600 block of franklin street and sexually assaulted her at northpoint. police are also looking for this man who was last seen with the woman's car. knifepoint. if you have information on any of these men call 410-396-2076, city police. and anne arundel county police are searching for a man who robbed a bank in edgewater last friday. police say the men robbed the bank of annapolis at gunpoint and fled on foot with an undetermined amount of cash. anyone with any information about these men are asked to call 1-866-7-lockup, metro crime stoppers. don't forget, you can see more of our reports at abc2news.com/crimechecker. brian kuebler, abc2 news. maryland's most powerful doppler radar not indicating any precipitation around the baltimore area but take a look out to the west. we're already starting to pick up shower activity making its way into western portions of pennsylvania and a few scattered showers into maryland as we go through the overnight and into the early morning hours. those showers will start to make their way into the mid-atlantic area. here's your forecast for the next couple of hours. increasing clouds, mild temperature, holding in the mid to low 60s. we'll have the complete forecast coming up and how long this rainfall will last. upscale shopping and fine wine, sounds good? ground is broken in harford county for what we're being told will be a shopper's paradise. what you can expect to find. plus target's already spreading the holiday cheer. the company slashing toy prices. how low can they go? first, we head outside for a check of the weather conditions. shady side elementary school, the high today 70 degrees. currently 65. and that's how verizon fios works. any questions? so will the tv in my house look that amazing? yep. fios has 100% fiber optics straight to your home. and i get $150 back when i switch to fios? that's correct. i got a question, i got a question. is anybody here buying this? read it and weep pal. switch to fios now and get $150 back. unlike cable, fios delivers 100% true fiber optics straight to your home. for hd picture quality that beats cable in customer satisfaction. and crystal-clear phone service. just $79.99 a month with a one-year agreement. an amazing price, guaranteed 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1,500 new jobs. has the storm finally passed over wall street? and if so, does that mean you're ready to start investing again? plus, moms hit the blogs with sites like "frugally blonde" and moneywise moms," how they can help you save in the grocery line. i'm megan pringle. friday is almost here. if you're worried about your finances, your job, check out abc2news.com. more specifically our "financial survival guide." there's new information on there everyday. so if you go there today, what you'll find, the economy's recovery, seems like it was improving so. how the experts say the recent stock rally has slowed and the recent jobs that have been lost. plus, most of us use credit cards especially when making big purchases. the rating some credit cards received and what consumers are saying about them. that and more is all available on abc2news.com. i'm megan pringle, abc2 news. and that's how verizon fios works. any questions? so will the tv in my house look that amazing? yep. fios has 100% fiber optics straight to your home. and i get $150 back when i switch to fios? that's correct. i got a question, i got a question. is anybody here buying this? read it and weep pal. switch to fios now and get $150 back. unlike cable, fios delivers 100% true fiber optics straight to your home. for hd picture quality that beats cable in customer satisfaction. and crystal-clear phone service. just $79.99 a month with a one-year agreement. an amazing price, guaranteed for 2 years. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v ask about additional packages with over 120 hd channels. that's way more than cable. get amazing tv picture quality and unlimited nationwide calling for just $79.99 a month, with an incredible $150 back. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v this is fios. this is big. wall street is showing new signs of life so is it time to take a fresh stock of stocks? abc's linsey davis has tonight's "in focus" report. >> reporter: ellen flynn was extremely leary about getting back into the stock market and had reason to be. her former financial adviser invested 1/3 of her income into funds tied to swindler bernard madoff. she lost it all. >> i really thought i just need to be able, to like, touch this money and feel secure about it. >> reporter: john sturba is her new financial adviser. he convinced her to put her money back into the market and invest long term into diversified mutual funds. >> i can tell you 25 years from now the market will be a lot higher than today. >> reporter: a study that took a look at the wealthiest investors concluded that trying to buy low and sell high was responsible for 2% of their overall performance. sinking a large amount of money into one stock was responsible for less than 5% but the overall wealth was generated over time by putting their money into different markets by diversifying. most financial advisors agree the stock market rises on average about 8% to 10% each year, but is now the time to reinvest? the answer depends on who you ask. >> presently yes. i think stocks offer a very good opportunity, but looking a little further down the road caution is warranted. >> reporter: there's always an element of risk when investing in stocks, even now as the dow flirts with 10,000 again some economists fear the cub is headed for a double dip recession, it goes back down before going back up. >> the stock market is not for everyone. in fact there have been tremendous gains in the bond market over the next six months. keep in mind where you are comfortable. >> reporter: there's still room for the market to recover but it could take months, maybe years. ult -- ultimately could be a question of how much time you have. linsey davis, abc news, new york. i hope folks got to enjoy some of the day because there was a change in the forecast? >> change in the forecast and our temperatures will be reduring to warmer temperatures tomorrow. by the time we get to the weekend temperatures will start to slip. by next week we'll be in the 60s. maybe even 50s for daytime highs. fall is rolling in. well, it's already here. shot from harbor cam overlooking the light street pavilion and promenade. folks docked there this evening having a little dinner i guess. our temperature now 66 degrees officially at bwi marshall. 45% humidity. wind from the southwest at 8 and the pressure steady 30.09. we had a few light clouds overnight but for the most part during the day lots of sunshine. there it is right there. then the clouds started rolling in. as you can see very heavy shower and even thunderstorm activity back to the west of us. it's all being generated by an area of low pressure sitting down here. this area of low pressure is going to track in this direction. what that is going to do is around areas of low pressure, we talk about it all the time, you get that counterclockwise circulation of air, that is feeding moisture into the system. also feeding warmer air coming up the eastern seaboard of the united states. we'll see that tomorrow with the south and southwesterly breeze. the majority of the rainfall, the heaviest stuff will pass to the northwest of our region but the whole system as it makes its way east will bring us scattered showers here in the mid-atlantic tomorrow and also again on saturday as some scattered showers move through the region, but again, very heavy rainfall is expected back in the mississippi valley and also across portions of the ohio valley. right now nothing showing up around the baltimore area but there's scattered showers in western pennsylvania just north of the maryland line, we're seeing scattered showers out there. and as we go through the overnight period these showers will get progressively closer to the baltimore region. temperaturewise now in monkton 63. 63 glenwood. kingsville 63. 66 edgemere. catonsville now 65. 65 laurel. in frederick 64 degrees. chestertown 66, havre de grace 66. galina is 63. for tonight, the clouds continue to thicken and increase and the majority of the rain passes to the northwest of us but during the overnight period and early morning hours we see scattered showers and also a possibility tomorrow afternoon. but then saturday more showers come through the region, so that will be the introduction of the cooler air we'll be seeing once we get into next week. in iowa, that's a little bit of snow possible out there. here's your forecast for the overnight period -- mostly cloudy, a few morning showers. when i say morning showers i mean after midnight tonight, mostly during the dark hours but when you wake up things will be wet around the region. 56 for the overnight low. during the day tomorrow it's going to be a variable day. you might see some sun but for the the most part scattered showers on and off, high tomorrow 9 degrees. that's the -- 79 degrees. that's the warmer air. things cool off a bit on saturday with scattered showers, even cooler sunday. even cooler on monday. the cooler stuff continues across the region until we get to wednesday with sunshine, with a high of only 59 degrees. i'll be back at 6:00 with more on the weather. >> thank you. americans are saving more and borrowing less as they work to pay off debt. consumer borrowing dropped for the seventh straight month in august. according to the federal reserve total consumer debt fell $12 billion in august, that was better than expected. economists were looking for astein 10 billion decline. $a $10 billion decline. deeper discounts here for the holidays. target slashing pricing by up to half on some things like barbie and fisher price. it will be there until after the holidays. the seasonal sale follows in the footsteps of wal-mart. they are offering 100 toys for $10. check out all the toys on sale at target. head to our web site, abc2news.com and check under "links mentioned on air." moms always shared money-saving tips and coupons with one another but as abc2's samantha hayes tells us a new generation is taking that exchange to the blog-o-severe. >> reporter: last summer elizabeth was a mother of two looking to save more and spend less. >> we just bought our house. i was desperately looking for a way to lower my grocery bill. i found, kind of by chance found the frugal blogging world. >> reporter: sue went from blog reader to blog writer launching "frugally blonde." >> she's a blonde and is really the one that taught me everything i know. >> reporter: she's one of many blogging moms inspired by the new economy. >> moms are using social media more than anybody else. really, to learn to give advice, to get advice, to find coupons. to communicate with their friends and communicate with their networks. >> reporter: sites like frugally blonde and againa linthicum's money-wise moms swap tips. >> we still get together and talk about money-saving things, especially the stay at home moms. >> reporter: with a wider audience. >> there's a larger group of whip to speak to about it. >> reporter: -- women to speak to about it. >> i stopped buying paper towels and went completely to cloth to see what would happen. i got a big response to it. >> reporter: and she says even as the economy recovers "frugally blonde" bottom line to stay the same. in washington, i'm samantha hayes, abc2 news. now with a look at abc2 news at 6:00 -- plans announced for sunday's running festival. a look at what is new this year. and looking for deals on baby items? where you might be able to find a bargain. a preview of "world news now >> brook a, the son -- brooke astor, the son found guilty of looting her fortune. and more on youth violence in chicago. and nasa sending a rocket crashing into the moon. we'll tell you why. a perform mans riled up down under. a tv show featured white men doing what what they called a tribute to the jackson 5 but the act hit a sour note with american singer harry connick jr. who was also on the australian show. >> reporter: 20 years ago when the show was first performed on the variety show "hey, hey, it's saturday" it caused no fuss with but on a recent episode it sparked an international argument on race. the same men, now all prominent doctors in australia performed in what they call a tribute to michael jackson. one of the judges not impressed. >> man, if they turned up looking like that in the united states - >> oh, yeah. >> hey, hey, there's no more show. >> reporter: he said if he had known about the skit he would not have agreed to be part of the show. >> i know it was done humorously but we've spent so much time trying to not make black people look like buffoons, that when we see something like that we take it to heart. >> reporter: the incident is being debated all over the internet. in u.s., black-face performances such as "birth of a nation" were common before the civil rights movement. they call him a hipcrat about the reverend role. harry says he was not playing a black reverend. >> i want to say on behalf of all of us this was really not intended of anything to do with racism at all. >> it was a tribute to michael jackson and i think from you australian audience point of view they see the likeness of it. >> reporter: a view entirely lost on many americans including harry connick jr. gloria riviera, abc news. a web site comes out with a list of the country's smartest cities. where baltimore ranked on abc2 news at 6:00 which starts now. anne arundel county is one of the first in the state to hold an h1n1 flu clinic for county residents. good evening, i'm marybeth marsden. the county says they expect to vaccinate more than 450 at-risk people. as abc2 news roosevelt leftwich tells us, for many parents getting the shot is a priority. >> reporter: it was not a shot but still made the 2-year-old cry. it may be the latest and in some cases the best way to deliver the h1n1 vaccine but to a child it still feels kind of icky. >>