sit tie at 8:00 i will be able to say we did all that we could do and i feel confident that that will result there a new mayor. >> i tried to run a positive campaign talking about the future of our city. >> i am so pleased and proud with the group. we were a whole volunteer group. i didn't have the money to pay anyone. everyone who worked with me did so because they were passionate about the city and believed in the cause i was fighting for. we will continue to follow the results. the polls close at 8:00. so if you haven't voted, get out and vote. we'll have them online at abc2news.com and will have a full wrap-up at 11:00. reporting live, roosevelt leftwich. >> stay with abc2 news for continuing coverage of democracy 2011. you will find live results as soon as the polls close at 8:00 tonight and how you can register for the general election. don't forget about that coming up in november. the search is on for a stolen gas tanker in kent county. thieves cut through lap fence at the -- a fence at the alger oil company. it happened between yesterdnd t. then they hot wired the truck. cut a lock on the fence gate and got the truck out. it holds more than 3,000 gallons of fuel and has the number 13 on the side thing that number maryland 310e03. the fbi has been notified and a statewide bulletin issued. the woman who beat a transgendered woman told a judge that she was sorry, that her mother didn't raise her that way but teonna brown's sentencing showed no mercy. >> reporter: teenager teonna brown pleaded with the court saying if show could take it back she would she wanted to finish school and get a second chance but the judge said there's no excuse for this outrageous beating and sentenced the 19-year-old to 10 years in prison, half of it served. >> we feel it's a very good sentence. >> reporter: brown was sentenced for both first degree assault and the hate crime. technically both sentences will be served at the state time but the state says it takes nothing away from the message it wants to send. >> if you get caught assaulting someone in baltimore county, you'll pay a high price. this is about prosecuting people for a heinous crime. >> reporter: whiled victim, chrissy polis was not in the courtroom this morning, vicky thoms, the woman you see coming to her aid was. do you kneel like -- feel like justice was served? >> i guess so. >> reporter: still emotional, thoms hopes the sentence gives brown time to rethink eye wish there was more love in this world than hate. i hope everybody loves the same thing. >> reporter: absolution from chrissy polis may be hard to come by she said she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and the seizures keep coming. she said i do not forgive them for what they did to me. brian kuebler. >> the other girl who attacked, she is in the juvenile sentence. when released, brown will have three years of supervised probation. if you want to read the full impact statement from chrissy polis, go to abc2news.com and check on that story's link. a bam bonds woman -- bail bonds woman was found shot. nicole mcnair was shot. >> investigating why she may have been in the area. we do know she was working as a bail bonds woman. we're investigating whether that was connected. >> her car was found nor birks the engine still on. police are still trying to figure out why she was in columbia and asking if you know anything to call police. the search continues for a maryland woman. 27-year-old lauren giddings of laurel disappeared in june. after an extensive search her torso was found a trash cart outside of her apartment. fbi agents and police volunteered to take part. her neighbor is charged with her murder. memorial services will be held for a from theburg -- from a frostburg university student. services for derek shedy will take place. they will be wearing his number on their heel met. derek said his father died from traumatic brain injury caused by the hit. go to our abc2news.com/concussion page and you'll find all the information you need. weather wise, it's quiet. i think this will hold up tonight. temperatures running warm but some spots down to 70s. tomorrow we're back in the 80s. clouds will thicken up. chance for showers come in. we'll talk about how long that will last and look ahead to cooler weather. >> the floodwaters have receded but homeowners and businesses are trying to recover. mold is a big concern. jeff hager has more. >> it came all the way up to the floor board. >> reporter: less than a week after the waters were sent over main street, life is returning to normal, but the flooding is still the talk of the town. >> it was crazy. water marks all the way up there. >> i'm amazed nobody died. >> reporter: the phoenix emporium took the brunt of the flooding. the owner spent $4,000 to make sure mold didn't set in. >> did some mold remediation. they sprayed hour walls. >> reporter: howard county's health officer said for the many homeowners who experienced similar flooding, there's a remedy. >> the safest thing to do is detergent and water. you never mix bleach and ammonia. that cause as toxic fume. >> reporter: he and his employee's have food and spirits. >> we did 261 inspections. i think 80 or so were closed because of the power being out and we have to go back and inspect to make sure they got rid of food. >> reporter: for many businesses like this one, the shorn's companies haven't moved fast enough and helping them to refer their losses. in howard county, jeff hager. >> howard county restaurants will have at least three inspections. if you're trying to tackle mold, put a mask on, wear gloves and make sure the area is women ventilated. don't forget, you can download the weather app. you can get an hour by hour forecast right there at the palm of your hand. join the growing weather app crowd. just head to our website, abc2news.com. >> he's always in the middle of things. we'll show you ravens center matt burke reading to elementary students. your social life is weighing. the more friends you have, the better your waist line. who figured this out? >> let's get more friends going. 83 at bwi. we've been as hot as 97. katherine from edgewood, you are our two-degree weather winner. we're back with a changing forecast coming up. u.s. news and world reports out with top-- grades. johns hopkins came at number 13. the naval academy 14 and big honors for umbc named as the number one up and coming university for the third straight year. we're not final days of base realignment and closure. fort monmouth held its official several most of the workers had their jobs moved to ab ber dean proving ground -- aberdeen proving ground. 11 organizations have moved as part of the brac process. a study done at the university of washington looked at more than 100 men and women and gave them two daily doses of nasal spray. those who took the insulin nasal spray improved. do you have a social life? it might be the secret to staying slim. the more social you are, the thinner you may be. >> reporter: we all know exercise helps us stay fit but staying slim may also have to do with your social life. >> this is not just going out there getting on the treadmill. you have to be much more engaged socially. >> reporter: it's an idea that started in this lab. researchers took identical mice which have deposits of white fat and brun fat -- brown fat. >> you can you switch the fat from white to brown. >> reporter: scientists put one group in standard pens, comfortable, but nothing that's stimulating. the other one lived here with wheels and maizes -- mazes. the group that socialized more dropped 50% of their white fat mostly in the areas that humans store it, in the abdomen, but it wasn't the exercise. >> this environment switches the white fat towards the brown fat. >> reporter: in the long ago researchers realized that humans have not as much brown fat. >> if we could increase the brun fat we could increase our calorie expenditure. >> reporter: which could translate to one pound a week, simply by social interaction. >> what's important about the study we found out the pros serks the brain -- process,. >> abc2news.com is your place for all the local health news you need. log on and check out the page. there are different health categories to help you find the information to help keep you and your family safe and healthy. e, it's affordable, and it works. all right. more of that spectacular september weather. sunshine, still drying out from the rain. by the way, maryland receiving 13 inches more rain than normal by this point in the year, so unbelievable. 82 degrees and dry. the humidity is up around 50%. a busy day on the practice field. a good day to be out and b temperatures in the mid-80s, a little humid. trees shaking on the horizon in manchester. a little bit of a breeze. maryland's most powerful radar showing not a thing. that continues to be the case. by this time tomorrow night into early thursday we could see showers. temperatures 80s. humidity moderate and the overall trend across the mid-atlantic is nada. east coast pattern. bubble sitting over the valley. it's a warm ridge of high pressure. to the north and west cooler hair already punching in to iowa, illinois and missouri. there is cooler air on the march and ahead of this boundary you don't see it today, tomorrow this could spark the showers by tomorrow kneeing a -- evening and the early part of our thursday. stop at 6:00, some increased clouds. as we go into thursday increasing cloud cover and better chances for showers at least through the early part of the day. tropics relatively active. we've got tropical storm maria. she's made her turn north and looks like she continue due north. if she runs into bermuda, no strengthening projected. that's good news. overnight 71, clear and mild. still the chance for some patchy fog. your early morning commute, keep that in mind. increasing clouds. better chances for showers tomorrow night and into the early part of our thursday. you see it on the seven-day forecast. temperatures will run, much cooler. mid-70s thursday. then 60s it looks like for highs friday and saturday before temperatures bounce back up. for sunday, the big swim looks good. by the way, why want to keep you in suspense. it's katherine gru mback. >> ravens center matt, was in dundalk maryland. they kicked off the ready, set read program. students in great -- grades k-5. each one gets a notebook to track the number of minutes they read and they are entered into a prize drawing. >> the energy they bring, kids are special, and it makes me feel good inside to be around that kind of energy. >> the foundation was established in 2002 with the goal of providing at rex -- risk kids. >> when gary williams called it quits, it was that day that his name would soon grace the basketball floomplet officials agreed to name the court at comcast center in honor have the man who coached the terps. the official ceremony will be held december 9th. i'm kelly swoope. here's a look at what's coming up tonight at 11:00. do you feel like you've accomplished everything that you needed to? tonight we take a look at what's eating up works -- workers' time. and a tribute for one family turned out to be something instead. what happened to one of those names. join us tonight at 11:00. mmm... if i were cheese... i wouldn't want to let go of myself either. come try the cheese inspired dishes on our $2, $4, $6, $8 value menu. only at denny's. for customers who act quickly. >> be among the first 500 callers right now, and we'll give you an incredibl k. all right. set it up. >> nice evening. it is still summer. take a look at these numbers. still 80 degrees past 6:30. 86 tomorrow for a high. it will be the chance for showers by tomorrow evening. those will last into thursday. it will be cooler. it will be cress, a taste of -- crisp, a taste of fall. we bounce back next woke, which is good. warm is better when you're jumping in the water. >> yes, i hear. i saw on one of your screens, 7:12 sunset. >> days are death shorter -- getting shorter. at 11:00, we'll have the latest online, the voting. the polls will close at 8:00. as soon as that happens, go to abc2news.com to see hop wins. have a great night. >> i have three daughters,