esearch, for patients, their families, and our economy here in maryland. call senator mikulski today. tell her, thanks for protecting the promise of biomedical research and the maryland jobs it provides. it's not just the future, it's life. >> live, local, late breaking. >> this is wbal. >> we begin with a special education alert. i am sarah caldwell. school is in session for all maryland students. school bells rang in baltimore city and howard county.

for one east baltimore school, it is a special first day back. tim tooten begins -- >> paul laurence dunbar high school is open for students and staff. a number of top state and city officials will be here for the ribbon cutting ceremony. -- were here. the ceo helped reopen the building that cost $32 million to renovate. it did not take long for students to learn their way around the new building. for most returning to class it's been a long time coming. >> i am just so excited we are here and able to benefit from having a new building. i am happy.

i've been waiting for this the last two years. very excited. >> the renovation project is just one of a number on the drawing board for baltimore area schools. at 5:00 this evening we will have the entire reopening of dunbar high school. reporting from east baltimore, tim tooten. >> thank you. back-to-school coverage continues later in the newscast with advice for parents and students experiencing separation anxiety. there is continuing coverage on our website. for advice on striking a balance between your studies and extracurricular activities, go through wbaltv.com under " education. the new school year brings welcome news to administrators at wvpt or its high school. the state has taken the school of its "persistently dangerous" list. last year the federal labor department gave the school a

$3.5 million grant to address the problem. >> with the money and with our partners and parents and staff members committed to the students in this building, we are no longer "persistently dangerous." >> the funding also helped create a paid internship program for students at baltimore companies. maryland state police have arrested a registered sex offender accused of kidnapping and assaulting a woman in harford county parikh paul townsend jr. be a woman while driving their from aberdeen to edgewood. the victims said johnson held her captive in a car while threatening to cut her. after a struggle she was able to finally escape. aberdeen police located the suspects' vehicle but he refused to stop. he was taken into custody after crashing the vehicle. maryland natural resources

police have identified the man building a boating accident last night. richard john hanson died on the scene. a power boat and small aircraft collided. a pair of boaters rescued 40 dewey rd. john martins and 13 -- rescued 422-year-o-year-old john martins and his 13 year-old daughter. >> i took them on my boat after that. >> the two refused treatment. >> what a cool way to end the month of august and start of september. we will be in the 70's today and tomorrow. tomorrow there'll be more sunshine. the clouds are pausing to the east as high pressure overtakes the stalled out front. there is some light shower

activity in ocean city and the lower eastern shore. but in central maryland it's partly sunny to partly cloudy. 67 degrees. a brisk wind out of the north- northeast. 64 degrees in easton. 75 and ocean city. hyde today of 74 degrees. it will remain below the norm of 82 for this last day of august. the rest of your week's forecast coming up in a bit. >> thank you, sandra. a busy week for city police. 3at 8:30 last night shots were fired at the intersection of harford @ old harford road. the unidentified victim was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound to the test. in north baltimore's camden community, a man and woman were shot in the 1000 block of 36 street after 11:00 saturday night. nonthreatening injuries -- non- life threatening injuries.

no word on a suspect. >> ♪ i know god is watching for me ♪ >> in memory of michael white jr., songs of praise. he was killed on peston street at fremont ave. police have not made any arrests. there's no word on what led to the violence. a 16 year-old bicyclist was struck by a suspected drunk driver on a howard county road. ben wortman was riding on route 100 april friday when a car driven by a 26 year-old aaron jacob lorsong knocked him off the road. it was under the influence of alcohol and heroin on him. he was released after posting $1,000 bail. the boy died. in montgomery county a driver responsible for losa hit and run accident. the women were in the crosswalk at capitalview avenue. the driver did not stop, hitting

the victims so hard-won was dragged as many as 113 feet. >> one lady was in the middle of the street. the other was against the 25- mile speed limit sign. her leg was wet spirit police said the -- her leg was wedged. >> eight people murdered inside a georgia mobile home park. we may have an idea how they died. coming up, look at the destruction of wildfires in southern california and why officials said the fire is not the only concern. >> speculator is could drive the price of gold over 2000, there's a real possibility. >> many people investing their money in tangible items like money in tangible items like gold, but is it

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of television and radio station transmitters. police are still not saying much about this weekend mass murders in a georgia mobile home park. if eight people were killed in the attack. a relative, 22 year-old guy heinze is being held on evidence tampering and obstruction charges. not charged with the murders. one of the victims died from his injuries yesterday. video has emerged showing the man convicted in the lockerbie airliner bombing in a libbin hospital bed. abdelbaset megrahi i was recently released by scottish officials on compassionate grounds. the show him dying of cancer wearing an oxygen mask as he spoke to a british reporter. the british government continues to deny rumors that economic considerations affected the decision. >> i have no power to a deal and to say to the libyans that we will make a deal with you on

oil and released mr. megrahi. that was not within the jurisdiction of the u.k. government. had it been, we would never have stop that kind of deal. >> 270 people were killed in the pan am bombing over scotland. many students and parents have mixed emotions about returning to school. separation anxiety can be tough to deal with. coming up, a therapist helps guide us through the process. >> we're looking at ocean city and the lower eastern shore, showers. urinetown, it's dry. a chilly start -- in town, it is dry. belinda's ea

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entertainment industry. the disney is going to buy at marvel comics for $4 billion. it would acquire the 5000 characters, including spider-man and x-men. it still needs approval from marvel shareholders. facebook is changing privacy controls over the next year. designed to give users more control over the type of information that goes to applications like games and quizzes. right now users are asked whether there information can be accessed before an application is down loaded. in an uncertain economy, more people looking to put their money into something they can see and touch. investing in gold shot up 46% in the second half of this year. is it really good investment? >> this is minted by the u.s.

government. >> the eagle is the most popular piece of gold on the market today, word about a thousand dollars and did have the prestige of being made in america. the price of the eagle is slightly higher than the second and third most popular pieces, the canadian maple leaf and the south african krugerrand. but they all have the same gold content. >> it has been steadily going up. recently there's been a lot of activity in the past two years. >> gold dealers keep one eye on the crowd looking to buy and sell, and another on the market, where the price on gold has gone from $350.50 years ago up to $950 today. the driving force seems to be fiore. >> right now they see the government spending money like crazy. on bailing out banks to the tune of $70 billion. buying clunkers for $3 billion. they see them spending $4 billion a month or more out in

iraq and afghanistan. so this lowers the value of the dollar. >> not everyone thinks gold of the best place to put your money. this highland park jeweler is in the business of selling diamonds. he says they are much smarter investment. >> in 1929 during the great depression the government seized gold from the private citizens. even in that great depression, gold was never allowed to be used as legal tender. >> pieces will be people historically have always transported their money and jewels. >> there'-- in jewels. some people are being jubringinn jewelry and having it melted down. >> some people are bringing in gold watches and having it melted down because gold is more valuable than the what.

>> there's a real possibility speculators could drive the price of gold over 2000. >> it your insta-weather plus forecast with sandra shaul. >> the weather trend this week will be somewhat golden as it's going to be quite comfortable outside. we're getting a taste of autumn early as we start a new month tomorrow. there's shower activity on the lower part of the eastern shore and ocean city. the fund is getting pushed further to the east. that is why we are seeing some sun breaks around baltimore. things are stabilizing. even in the afternoon it's only 71 degrees downtown. 69 degrees at the airport. 69 in annapolis. in east and it's only 66 degrees over the bay bridge. that's a cool trend. and it's a dry trend, especially by the middle of the week. in the mountains, 67 today.

a lot more sunshine there. turney partly cloudy. we started with clouds this morning, but sunshine is breaking through. 74 degrees this afternoon for us. we should be 82 degrees this time of year. 75 in eastern city with a light shower activity. could see a couple more hours later this afternoon before the front fully moves into the ocean. wind out of the north up to 15 knots on the bay, busting up to 24. waves turning up to 3 feet. there's a small craft advisory. 102 was the record set in 1953. 49 was set at the airport in 1986. i don't think we will break that 50-degree threshold tonight, but we could be close in the outlying suburbs. partly cloudy to clear tonight. 52 degrees in most northern and western suburbs. 58 downtown. sunset at 7:34.

high pressure over the great lakes. cooler air moving from canada. there's a system that's getting pushed off shore with the new system, a high-pressure area that will keep us high and dry and below normal for most of the next several days. a nice trend. a little warmer tomorrow. more sunshine. 74- degrees approximately. there's a system over the atlantic that is likely to become arrerica around the win dward islands. we are in the 70's through wednesday. low 80's on thursday with sunshine. looks like a great labor day weekend in the a.d.'s and clear. >> maryland students have returned to school. many parents may have no problems getting their kids back

into the group. for some, the next few weeks could be difficult. >> this first grader has mixed emotions about going back to school. >> i am a little excited. >> lucas had a great year of kindergarten last year, but the rocky start is something mom barbara still remembers. >> there were times he would not get out of the car. * when we would walk in with him and have to sit for quite awhile. >> this therapist says many young kids entering a new environment will experience separation anxiety. >> you might see crying and phone calls home from school on a regular basis with a child complaining of stomach aches and headaches or they threw up, things like that. but then you get them home and everything is good. >> 4% of children between the ages of 6 and 12 have

significant troubles with separation anxiety. >> if it continues zero weeks and weeks and it is starting to escalate, -- if it continues for weeks, you have a problem. >> establish a routine. >> if there's more of routine, there's less chance of anxiety problems. >> talking to your child in a casual way about what they are feeling can open up a dialogue where assurance can be offered. >> i would explain to him that we would never leave them anywhere unless we knew he was perfectly safe. >> for lucas, his anxiety was alleviated with in the first couple of weeks of the school year, thanks to a consistency and comfort from his parents and a nugget of wisdom from its kindergarten teacher. >> she said, once you are gone, he's fine. she said you are his first choice.

>> it's difficult for parents to let go of their child. as time elapses, the tears of the morning will become something of the past. >> always a relief. at the beginning of the school year, experts recommend parents of young were anxious students should walk into a school building with them, meet the teacher, and encourage their child about the positive aspects of the day. if crying this is the more than a few weeks, then contact the professional for coping advice. next, your maryland lottery midday pick three and picked four numbers. and another test of the insta- weather plus forecast with sandra. first, this is how wall street is performing at this hour. is performing at this hour.

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chilly forecast. >> it is. we saw some clouds around this morning with some wind. we're seeing breaks in the clouds around baltimore. partly cloudy to parlay senate. slight chance of a shower stall about the southeast and oceans did. plenty of sunshine tomorrow. >> thank you for joining us for 11 news today. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- tell me what you see. two little birds wearing a couple little hats.

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