house arrest after shoplifting. sterling says she was put on the gps system that involves an anklet and gps tracker. >> i left from work. i am feeling ok. i know when i get home this afternoon my child will be in the house. >> when he returned home that afternoon -- >> she is nowhere to be found. >> sterling said he called juvenile services, where the workers seemed surprised by his news. >> did they know? >> they have no idea she was gone. >> it is supposed to send a fly when the defense believes the house. >> -- 27 flag two -- suppose toussaint flag when the defender leave the house. >> the battery died, so they have no way of tracing. they did not know where she was

for almost a month and a half. >> if you were to math where our children guy -- >> governor of male led the charge to -- governor o'malley led the charge to use the system to track juvenile offenders in the community caribbean the units are -- in the community. the units are distributed from nebraska. according to public filings, the company cut its number of employees by almost 20% last year in an attempt to improve its bottom line. the company also disclosed the introduction of the system was delayed by engineering and design issues in 2007. maryland officials said they did not know about it until we brought it up. they said they had been assured the problems were fixed before the state started using the system. we have also come across a memo to d.c. officials about last august to their officers, telling them to keep close tabs on offenders under gps monitoring.

offenders have learned that wrapping the device and aluminum foil can make a gps tracking device untraceable and disappear. >> for one day, she is gone. >> sterling is anxious to hear from his daughter salon rigger he would like to send -- from his daughter. he would like to send her a message. >> we want the best for you. i want to hear from you. >> the juvenile system did seek a warrant the day she left her house and had to wait four days before it was signed to pick her up. she has been in court since then, but is currently listed as a runaway. an official in nebraska told us she could not answer our questions because of the investigation related to the monitoring of lamont davis. >> now we have an update on a store we broke last night at 11 news. three boys ages 7, 8, and 11 years old all arrested for

stealing. they were handcuffed and taken to jail, and it seems everyone has an opinion. in northeast baltimore, we have continuing coverage. >> within the last hour, the mayor waited on the case and an arrest because parents demanding the mayor apologize. >> what lesson do learn from this? >> never steal. >> the boys said they learned a lesson in their time behind bars, but their moms are furious, demanding an apology as the boys were arrested for stealing bikes from a neighbor's yard. the boys were held in custody for several hours they brought him out with other bigger children with no -- for several hours. >> they put him in with other children with no shoes on. >> he was put in handcuffs for two and a half hours. >> baltimore police defended the arrests, saying handcuffs are

required for everyone's safety. >> the police department has an obligation to hold people accountable for their actions. the police officers arrested the juvenile and followed everything by the book. >> we were curious to hear reaction because this case comes to years after the mayor apologize for the handcuffing are rushed for another 7-year- old. no. this is disheartening -- handcuffing are rest for another 7-year-old. >> this is disheartening, and i want to apologize. >> we ask if she would apologize this time as well. >> i am not going to get into this. i think is apples and oranges, and if anything, the parents over the gentleman an apology. >> the boys were -- the parents of the gentleman an apology. >> the boys were placed in a program. >> we want to know, what do you think? do you agree with the officer's action in this case? grab your cellphone and thanks

to this number. tex the word yes or no. standard text messaging rates apply. we have heard from more than six center 50 of you. the vast majority say -- more than 650 of you. the vast majority say they agree it -- they agree with the handling of the boys. we will update our poll at 11:00, and you can leave more, and our website. you will find the link on our front page. >> test results are in for students taking the maryland school assessment. the test measures whether schools are meeting federal standards. tim is live of the news room -- in northeast baltimore. he has the results for us. >> in maryland elementary and middle schools, reading and not scores were up 25 points and more since 2004. that is also the case in

baltimore city, and that explains why our need duncan, the u.s. secretary of education, was in baltimore this afternoon. they celebrated the improvements. he made his comments at the elementary school. >> what we need is more places we can point to and say it does not matter about poverty. our children can be successful, and what you're doing in baltimore is absolutely remarkable. >> for the second straight year, we have achieved significant gains in reading and math. in every grade tested, we showed significant gains in ninth math -- in math. >> the school superintendent and ceo agreed more needs to be done in middle school, even with the gangs. more than 150 schools did not

make average yearly progress. >> maryland gov. o'malley detailed to enter a $80 million in budget cuts he plans to -- $280 million in budget cuts he plans to pursue at the meeting. this is only the beginning. millions more need to be cut. david reports from our studio tonight. >> this round of cuts will be significant, but it will not match what could happen next. on the table, layoffs, furloughs, reductions in aid. the governor says he is not ready to pull the trigger just yet. he first wants to consult with labour unions to determine if they have better ideas. >> gov. martin o'malley had $280 million in proposed budget cuts. the reduction in spending will invite higher education and health care. the and administration will rely of depressed market values to save money. the governor will count on

federal funds to back the transfers of state tax dollars. >> choices none of us would have liked to have made now, but we had to make in order to maintain fiscal responsibility in our state budget, which is what allows us to make progress. >> the $40 million in cuts to higher education includes reducing expenses for university of maryland by $17 million. morgan will be asked to replace staff and transferring $82,000 to the general fund. he will take $100,000 of the of the national guard assistance program, abolished 39 jobs in vacant positions. nearly half of those jobs will come from anr. he wants to consolidate and reduce the vehicle and ammunition expenses. he wants to eliminate state contracts. he will ask the board to allow agencies to renegotiate office

space and allow hospitals to use less expensive drugs. he will eliminate nursing retention bonuses and reduce the number of contractual employees. the governor proposes slashing nearly $6 million from the state psychiatric institutions. he will save $200,000 by eliminating the public defender's office handling capital murder cases. he wants to eliminate correctional officers' bonuses and transfer half a million dollars to the general fund. >> subsequent rounds of cost containment will have to include further agency reductions. it will have to include aid to local governments, and it will have to include employee compensation. >> in preliminary discussions, he is an agreement there should be no mass layoffs. still on the table are pensions and other benefits. the demonstration is still discussing how much aid in local jurisdictions will be cut. >> they may have other ideas. >> the governor will present to

a hundred $80 million worth of cuts to the board tomorrow. the balance -- $280 million worth of cuts to the board tomorrow. the balance will be reported tomorrow. >> yesterday we told you the maryland senator needed surgery to fix her broken ankle. find out what doctors say they have to wait to operate. >> the president squares off against critics in an all-out push for health-care reform. coming up. >> it might seem a little early to focus on next spring, but for the orioles, certainty may stand one day away. we will tell you why. >> partly cloudy skies. we will detail a better chance of rain tomorrow in the forecast. dealer: during the autobahn for all event, you can get great deals. yeah it's great. i just really want to be sure. whoa, it's us from... ...the future. 11 days in the future. look, you love your new routan.

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>> maryland senator is still at the medical center after breaking her ankle after a fall

this weekend. she needed surgery, but doctors say her ankle as to swollen for an operation at this time. her staff says she is in good spirits and is confident she will have for surgery in the next few days. >> president obama is putting political capital behind approach to insure all americans. he spoke out again today and scheduled a prime-time press conference for tomorrow laurie kinney has the latest on efforts to overhaul the nation's health system. >> the president took direct aim at critics of his health-care plan, accusing him of practicing politics as usual. president obama is putting a positive spin on the effort to reform health care and cover the uninsured. >> we are closer than ever before to the reform the american people need, and we're going to get the job done. >> he lied highlighted areas of -- he highlighted areas of

common ground, among them of them on the nile of coverage for pre-existing conditions and some form of public plan to compete with private insurers. on tuesday, he had strong words for critics. martha some will try to delay action on -- >> some will try to delay action while others will try to score political accords. >> republicans argue the plan is busting government-run health care. >> we saw with the stimulus the effort to russia and send what can happen if new gm nature legislation. >> many conservative democrats oppose the reform bill. there is a number of potential cost-cutting measures which i think the american people expect before we consider any new revenue. >> some democrats have joined republicans in asking for more

time, raising more doubt about whether lawmakers will meet the goal of completed deals for their august 3. >> the white house press secretary defended the deadline, saying nothing gets done in washington without some pressure, but a key house committee counsel to the scheduled markup of the bill today, raising more questions about meeting the deadline. >> now, your 11 weather forecast with john collins. >> a little of our doppler radar. we have been rain-free today. in a little line, it is mostly down two spindles now. -- down the sprinkles now. you can see it is diminishing the intensity as it moves toward the city, but what is left of the cloud and few sprinkles is a quick shower passing over the harbor in about 15 or 20 minutes. a wider view shows more

significant range. earlier today, it produces severe weather and the mountains over krajina. have your storms in garrett county as well. that is the extent of the rain today. not much at all. rain chances will go over the next couple days. let's take a look of the current numbers. 82 is the hyatt airport. 84 of the inner harbor. a couple degrees cooler than yesterday. we had an easterly breeze today, but even though we had more son, it pushed the temperatures down. morning lows were mostly in the 70's this morning. here is the current situation outside. on the east side of the bay bridge, it is 79 degrees, 80 degrees at annapolis, and 82 at college park. at frederick, and a lot of

these readings are depending on how the clouds where when the readings were taken. we have cut scattered clouds through the day today. for hire cloud over the eastern shore, scattering of cloud over us. a big area of high pressure sitting over us, and that has kept the air pretty dry up until now. if there has been a disturbance, it has not played much of a factor in our weather besides providing easterly wind. the key is that a high pressure will be moving east, and served to the west will be getting closer, and restored to the west will be getting closer. the temperatures go up -- the storms and the west will be getting closer. the temperatures go up. overnight, a few scattered showers. 62 to 66. the overnight low. partly cloudy skies, a few scattered storms. most of the day should be rain-

free. south wins 7-12 miles per hour. a small craft advisory on wednesday. on the open waters of the bay, futurecast shows the rain just tomorrow for scattered showers pop a cop. the weight of it is to the west of us, but as we -- popping out. the weight of it is to the west of us, but thursday the chances go up. our forecast has the hottest, most humid day on saturday. 91 a high. rain chances increase a little tomorrow. once we get past humid saturday, sunday, monday, and tuesday, rain chances go up, and temperatures go down. >> now 11 sports. >> after searching for years for an improved spring training facility, the orioles appear within days of finalizing a deal that would make sarasota, fla.,

their new spring training home for the next generation. the orioles would base their spring training operation out of ed smith stadium in sarasota, the former home of the chicago white sox. the plan which calls for orion 30 get rich and -- which calls for a 30-year lease. city and county officials have to vote on the plan. now that calls for the orioles to pay for operating and maintenance costs of the facility it. the vote comes tomorrow. officials said they did not want to comment until after tomorrow's vote takes place. the orioles swap for roster spot today. a recently acquired a pitcher to make room for american -- net acquired pitcher meredith. the crop continues to grow. hernandez match the yankee starter inning for inning, holding the yankees to one run in six innings.

unfortunately, the bullpen could not keep up. jim johnson on the mound. in the ninth inning, the walk of home run the femme shy. -- left them shine. tonight rich hill gets the start for the orioles. and the new york debut of the former marlins pitcher, who served the suspension for testing positive for advancement substances. football coaches hate distractions. now a week in the training camp, and the quarterback has a major distraction to deal with. allegations of sexual assault. a nevada woman has filed of lawsuits claiming that the quarterback rape her last summer in the penthouse of a casino at lake tahoe.

he has denied the charges. the woman, an employee of the hotel at the time of the alleged assault, did not file a criminal complaint at the time of the alleged attack, but the lawsuit also accuses officials of covering the incident when she brought to the attention of her supervisor. the steelers did they know about the lawsuit and have begun to gather information -- say they know about the lawsuit and have begun to gather information. ross continues to add power to his ownership group. they announced mark anthony has bought a minority ownership and the dolphins last month. singer gloria stefan and her husband also joined the group as minority investors. if things do not work out on the field, fans can just become the first friends to shop to watch the owners. >> performing at halftime. it could work. >> costs and just went down. >> i like it. we will have the seven-day

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>> tomorrow's rain chances are about like today, scattered, but rain chances taper off friday. most of friday and saturday looked dry, and rain chances return by the end of the weekend. it is scattered. not rain all the time. >> that is good thing. nightly news with brian williams is up next. >> thank you for joining us. we will see you at 11:00. we will see you at 11:00. diabetes and cancer, and they've heard that biomedical research offers hope --

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