every day on wusa. they're here with ways to keep kids safe, and parents well informed. the doctors join us from los angeles with some safety tips, thanks for being with us, gentlemen. dr.sheers, i'm going to start with you. what type of precaution should parents take when dressing their children for trick or treating tonight. >> for first things, you want to make sure the costume is visible. we just noticed on our 7-year- old, his skeleton costume is not visible from the back so we had to add some things. now he's a glow in the dark skeleton. make sure the mask is tight fitting. >> be careful with the costume makeup. you may be a little allegic too it. for kids and adults, if you're wearing costume makeup tonight, make sure you take it off before you go to sleep, you don't want to get a skin irritation, and plug up those pores. >> what about candy? is there anything we've got to watch out for? >> don't take the candy from the kids. you do it, as dr. sereson has mentioned, you don't have the kids eat the candy while they're out. feed them a good meal before they go out. tell them not to

coming to an end. >>> and don't forget, we are always on at wusa 9.com. stay with us. we'll be right back. >>> the days of cell phone bill shock, well, let's just say they are numbered. wireless carriers announced a new program that will send you alerts to warn you if you are about to go over your monthly talk, text or data plan limits. the carriers voluntarily agreed to a deal after a study found one in six of us saw unexpected overages in our monthly bill. those notifications will start by october of next year. analysts say the alerts may give you more protection, but there is no guarantee it will eliminate the extra charges. >>> a year? going to take them a year? >> blackberry apologize for his massive outages. but this time they are extendingal an olive branch with free apps and a month of technical support free. the apps are available in the coming weeks. the offer runs until the end of the year. last week's blackout impacted millions around the world and left the company struggling to keep pace with competitors. some of those blackberry customers said see you, we are going to b

andrea mccarran or through wusa 9. and we'll have the latest information on our website at wusa9.com. >>> now we want to tell you about another a high profile murder case. the murder of a lacrosse player. george haguely is seeking access to yeardley love's medical records. he is accused of killing his estranged girlfriend inside her off-campus home in may of 2010. his attorneys contend that love died from an irregular heartbeat which contradicts the medical examiner's finding of trauma to her head. the trial is scheduled to begin in february. >>> sulaiman brown is now going to trial. he's been charged with driving without a valid driver's license. he was arrested last month driving on a suspended maryland license. he lives in washington, d.c. but he has a maryland driver's license that he claims is valid. >>> meanwhile a judge has warned brown he must obtain a d.c.'s driver license before returning to court next month. in a separate legal case brown said he was paid by vincent gray's mayoral campaign to attack then-mayor fenty for a city job. >>> right now police are on the scene of

your opinions on our wusa 9 facebook page. >>> for many troops who calm home from the war in afghanistan the mental wounds are worse than the physical one. >> sandra hughes has the story of one vet that made it off the battlefield to almost die at home. >> reporter: jennifer crane's first day of army basic training was september 11th, 2001. two years later the 20-year-old was on the ground in afghanistan. >> you basically make the sign of the cross and just drive and pray and hope you don't get blown up that day. >> reporter: the images of war quickly wore her down. >> we would see trucks of bodies just come to the base with brain matter hanging out of their heads and missing limbs and a lot of blood. >> reporter: crane became addicted to crack cocaine and lived in her car many suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome. a just released survey finds she isn't alone. 31% of veterans say they have post-traumatic stress disorder. >> a trigger could be a sound, site, will literally trigger an experience as if the person is once again in that horrific situation. >> reporter: la