>> news of his retirement was posted on line. we have details. in a movement packed with emotion and frustration, he announced his retirement. the 12 year veteran chose a way of announcing that retirement. the recent death of long-time friend steve mcnair make it'sfully understandable to re-evaluate his ca year. he announced his retirement 0 on jog live.com. he asked the ravens for a contract extension in the off season. he has not yet filed official paperwork with the league office. he hinted his decision may lack the full force of a mind made up jofment this is a decision that i made. if i do change my mind it won't

be because of the ravens. i think it will be because of some other things. my family and talking with other people. >> mason's announcement caught the ravens by surprise considering he spent part of the day at a ravens camp working out to prepare for the upcoming training camp. thank you. new tonight, a southwest flight headed for baltimore landed safely. some scary moments. flight 2244 took off from nashville. a football sized hole in the plane force it had to land in west virginia.

invest zpwators got hold he was held newspaper a nearby home. no one was found. we thought we had a begunman who had murdered somebody. we rendered the crime scene. police don't believe this act was random. city homicide detectives are trying to peace together details of a shooting? the southwest. piecing together victim was taken to the hospital.

there is no word on the condition. the grandson of dorris cook is speaking out on her death. her body was found in a freezer. her deprand son is convinced she died of natural causes. we have the latest on the investigation. >> may be required if state law does not require you to report a death if the person is older than the age of one and died of natural causes. an impressive family, nine children, 15 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. she worked as a baker to support her kids. in recent years, a heart attack

rendered her house bound. she rarely left the apartment she shared with her daughter. >> the aunt had called to say their mother had passed away and was in their freezer. unfortunately in this situation, it was true. it was disturbing and unfortunate siggete. >> the medical scammer is conducting an autopsy to determine how cook died. my aunt would have never harmed a hair on my grandmother's head. hoover is disturbed but not angry. he believes she couldn't let go of her mother. i don't want anyone looking at this whole situation as my aunt being a horrible person.

she's not. autopsy results are expected to come in by friday. they are expected to indicate the cause of death and when cook pass add way. >> the medical scam inner is working to determine how a 26-year-old woman died. the body was discovered yesterday. neighbors found her after running water from her bathroom sink seeped into an adjacent apartment. a medical scam inner will determine the time of death and what killed her. >> a smart grid initiative to help your bill go down. it won't be that simple. live downtown outside the parent company, constellation company. >> just what we want to hear there is a catch here. earlier today, bge filed the

initiative. they say could save bge customers an average $2.6 billion by the time this is completed. that could also significantly reduce energy usage. >> monday, unveiling the future of electric and gas monitoring with the new smart meters to upgrade the company's grid. it will install 2 million of these meters to residential and commercial customers over five years. those will be part of a two way digital network that will enable us to record energy usage on an hourly basis and provide customers with the amount and cost of energy they are using. this will help you, the customer judge how much electricity and gas you are you using and when

>> eep a small improvement of 1-2% would translate into 10s of millions of dollars saved annually in energy costs. smart meter on an accelerated time table. >> the state director of the research group agrees we need to upgrade the grid but is concerned about the price tag. electric customers would be charged 38 crepts per month to start out ricing to an average of $1.24 for electric and $1.52 for gas per month. the rate payer is paying not only for the current meter in their house but for the cost of the new meter. >> bge insists the means will make up for their means. if we are achieving $10 a month

in savings, that's what this is all about. bge hopes to get approval within the next month and kick off this program. in an effort to cut more costs for the consumer, bge plans to file a similar initiative in hopes of getting $200 million stimulus money. >> live downtown for bal. >> a reminder to city residents, trash pick up will resume tomorrow part of the cities one plus one recycling program.

we have many people who have been fighting the rat population spore some time. to find out your trash pick ups and recycling days go to our website. >> over the next two days, judge sownia sote minusor will undergo many questions. confirmation began today. she told those that the law, not personal experience has guided her rulings as a judge. during the past morks many have asked me about my judicial philosophy. simple, fidelity of the law. the task of a judge is not to make law. it's to apply the law. the committee is expected to confirm her nomination making

her the first hispanic and third woman to serve on the ugs supreme court. the nation's largest civil rights organization is celebrating 100 years of service. the naacp returned to new york where it was founded. quite an event for members where the old is working together with the new. >> one thing that has not changed is a fight for equality >> naacp now based in baltimore

slt organization of thurgood marshal. the naacp has not given up on the american dream the group's aim is to deliver a message across racial lines. the naacp has always been relevant in bringing about social change. >> dr. hook who served 16 year as naacp president. >> the jail house can't lock us out. the clubs can't beat us out. dynamite can't bum us out. the dogs can't bite us out. the mob can't throw us out. my brothers and sisters as i

close, let us stop fighting with one another and start working with one another. >> reporting from new york city. >> a couple known for adopting children with special needs. why police believe the husband and wife was targeted and why the investigation is far from over. >> tonight, baltimore city firefighters are calling for your help. >> a few isolated thunderstorms moving off the coast. we are checking out the complete seven-day forecast up next. >> and then, telemarketters selling expensive products to help children in school.

the i team exposes how they are a cuesed of mislead

>> police in north florida say it now appears as robbery of a husband and wife known for adopting children with disabilities. the couple was shot to death inside their home as they slept. authorities said the billings were well connected and wedgey which provided them enough to support their 16 children, most of whom adopted, some with special needs. >> the children were just their calling. >> we have a motive.

>> was michael jacksonville murdered. in an interview with a london tabloid. la toya lashed out saying she believes 100% her brother was killed. >> >> it is said if investigators may have determined who provideded pop star with the powerful drug, that person could be charged with manslaughter. >> there's a lot of pressure for teens to do well on the s.a.t. or other tests. parents are blaming one company of take advantage of that desire. >> the sceem that got parents to buy expensive products they couldn't return. when a market ever called and promised to increase her son's sat score, she bit. >> as soon as she mentioned my son and education, that was the

key right there to get me to pump the c.d. >> the company was the sat/act test center in texas. she bought a cd for $119 including a subscrippings to a scholarship website. >> as soon as i got off the phone, i realized i had made a mistake.

returns are difficult. they tell me you have to open it and get a label out. if you open it, you can't return it. if you don't open it, you can't get the label. they can't stop it. no one can get ahold of the company. it's ringing. there's no answer. we never got through. our investigation reveals, there's other problems. the texas come roller office said the company was not paying

sales tax. the prep center appears to be reselling software for kaplan. you will find links there to the

better business bureau and texas attorney general office. the morning a little cooler. to start the day at the airport. looks like we are going to trend at or below normal. pushing off the coast. can you see the last of the showers. pushing in acrs the mid-atlantic.

still upper 70 $on the coast. 78 in downtown baltimore right now. clearing exercise and light wins coming out of the northwest. that is a picture right here on the future cast of a nice summer morning. summer skies and temperatures of 60's in the suburbs. the record for tomorrow morning, 58 degrees set in 2001. we have to get down to that record, it's possible some suburb also be close to that as cool, high pressure moves in. hardly a cloud to be found in the region tomorrow. one of the nicest days of the summer with low humid, dry air and sunny skies. the humidity comes up a bit. watch that line of showers in the predawn hours of thursday. the front will push off the

coast. the sky also try to clear up. we'll be in and out of the clouds with the possibility of a shower. 5-15 miles an hour. a breeze up to 15 knots at times with 1-2 foot waves. comfortable, 84 tomorrow. 87 wednesday. thursday, partly cloudy on fry. a chance tore scattered storms over the weekend. how you can ache sure fire houses have some much needed upgrades.

>> some appliances are barely

working and recliners are broken. city council president is leading a program called genine in july to help make fire stations a little more home like for crew. dvd players, exercise equipment. this is their home away from home. can you see these things are complete happened me down, hand me downs. der remembering mason has announced his retirement. hear what he has to say next

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>> considering may son. owned by his agent. probably planning to retire. job site jog.com. the team has not agreed to an extension. you cannot understate this man's value to the team. deflecting speculation that his

agent orchestrated this to encourage talks about a contract. he left a door more than a little open for consideration. >> if i do change my mind it won't be because of the ravens. it will be because of some other things, my family and talking with other people. and maybe, i still got to touch up with some coaches over there. i don't think financially at the can do anything to kind of sway me. teements cannot negotiate. they believe the general manage

er. players should never swing for the fences, september tore this one night. the long ball swingers take over the field. a fan leaned over into the crowd. he did not make it to the finals. crews from the rangers did that. putting up five homers in the final round. the out fielder did one better. celebrates. check this. fielder hit the six celebrates his father was in the home run derby several years earlier but

never won. going on with the worst record in baseball. the national hs 10 fure wins that any other major league baseball team. now an interim gm. he sounded a little like the cartoon character fog horn leg horn. see if you can figure out where he wants to go where this thing. >> 26-6-1 is unacceptible to the family and myself and the ball club, so we feel that, you know, with a different voice and possibly a different feel in the clubhouse, that we can have a more successful second half of the season. that is not exactly baseball's

voice of confidence jofment stick around for the sench-day forecast right after this.

still looking for that humidity. nice and comfortable tomorrow. low humid, a little more humid, a thunderstorm thursday morning and scattered thunderstorms saturday and sunday. comes off the side walk, if you are walking down the street and glance off a car window. >> i'm going to take the rest of the night off. good night. i think you should. [captioning made possible by constellatio