>> people who trust their loved ones, their children, their mothers, their fathers. >> the president of the board of fueral homes says it routinely inspects below homes. there is only one inspector responsible for roughly 500 funeral homes. inspections happen only once every two years. >> i have family members that ask me, if i have of website, and they go on my website. >> coincidentally, days after the chambers discovered, governor o'malley sign new laws giving the state more power to inspect crematories. >> i think with the establishment of minimal operating standards and procedures, hopefully an incident like this would never occur again. >> chamber sterol home has until friday to cremate bodies and

then close down -- chambers funeral home has until friday to cremate the bodies and then close down indefinitely. >> we have continuing coverage of the funeral home investigation on our website. go to wbaltv.com and click on and local news. >> city police are searching for a gunman who opened fire on a group of people outside a bar in southwest baltimore. one man was driven to a hospital where he later died. >> biehl arrangements have been finalized for 20-year-old year dley lev. her boyfriend has been charged in the case. the first viewing will be from chilcot to four o'clock in the second from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.. the funeral will be this saturday beginning at 10:00 a.m.

we have posted derangements on our website, wbaltv.com -- we have posted the arrangements on our website, wbaltv.com. police say to people were found dead inside an apartment filled with carbon monoxide on fremont ave. the bodies were taken to the medical examiner. the cause of death has not been determined, but and out of gas generator was found inside. >> crews are trying to figure out what caused a fire in southwest baltimore this morning in the 2200 block of ramsey street. everyone made it out safely and no one was injured. three people were killed in a one car accident in western maryland. police said the only survivor was found sitting on a guard wherrail.

three people died at the scene. police say some of the victims were not wearing seat belts when the car rolled down an embankment. residents inside still say no to speed cameras. they voted against -- residence in sikesville voted against speed cameras. if you are using city water, you may have to pay out more money. the department of public works has proposed a hearing to increase rates by 9%. a public hearing was requested for june 9. if approved, an annual water and sewer bills for family of four will increase by about $81. >> state prosecutors tried to resurrect our recharges against a key baltimore city council member. they asked the state appellate court to reinstate the charges that were dismissed last year. jayne miller is live in the newsroom with the very latest. >> at the very least, today was a reminder that even the sheila

dixon out of the picture, allegations of corruption in city hall had not been entirely erased. >> good afternoon, everyone. i am share of the taxation finance and economic development committee. >> this is the scene where helen holton presided over the proposed beverage tax. the issue here concerns her political survival. will she have to again face the allegation she solicited a bribe? the three judge panel of the court of special appeals heard the arguments. holton indicted on a broad recharge last year for allegedly giving a developer and maker to pay more than $12,000 for a political opinion poll. a judge dismissed the charge, agreeing with her lawyers that the state improperly used her votes on the city council as evidence.

the lawyers argued that the boats are protected against the doctrine of legislative immunity. >> the state conceded they did not have any other evidence available other than the votes. >> state prosecutors repeated their argument that legislative immunity was never intended to apply to criminal cases. >> in the common law, there is no immunity for criminal prosecutions. >> there is no indication on when the court of special appeals might rule. holton does face a criminal charge of violating criminal -- campaign finance laws. no date has been set on that charge. >> bail is now set for the three city officers indicted on kidnapping charges. tyrone francis, gregory kellen, and wilson smith are accused of picking up several teenagers and leaving them stranded away from home. one was left in a state park

without shoes, socks, or a battery for his cell phone. bail is set at $200,000 for francis and smith, $250,000 for helen. >> baltimore hopes racecourse will help boost its revenue. the city's board of estimates approved a five-year deal today for races downtown. officials said the grand prix will translate into grant cash. lowell melser joins us live from federal hill. >> federal hill may be one of the best views in this city as the race is expected to pass along like street behind me. the mayor and other city officials called a baltimore grand prix a game changer for the city. >> this race will change the way the world sees baltimore. >> mayor stephanie rawlings- blake announcing the unanimous decision by the city board of estimates to bring indycar racing to baltimore. the baltimore grand prix will be

an indycar style race that will look around the inner harbor and west baltimore over by camden yards. over five years, the race is expected to bring in $11 million in tax revenue, $250 million in spending, and create more than 2000 jobs. hotels and restaurants will be packed. >> with an estimated 150,000 car racing spectators over the course of three days, it is safe to say that at some point during the race, that will probably be hungry. >> is estimated road construction will cost $7.75 million. the city will have six years to pay back state grants. >> what we have here is one of thewok best racetracks' i haver seen in my life. >> the professionalc> the first turn will be in front of the inner harbor. it will look so sexy on tv, and then we come back up the other

side and we have the guards, which is history. this is an a-plus racetrack. >> the whole idea was really a pipe dream just a year ago. thanks to councilman bill cole, he was first contacted by baltimore raising development, and is now a reality. cole says he did not move forward until he had full support from all of the neighborhoods affected in his district. >> we will include the neighborhoods every step of the way and make certain that they benefit from this race in a very significant way. >> according to a statement made by izod indycar officials, they said baltimore is a great fit and they expect to have a final agreement within the next couple of weeks. once it is made official, construction of the track will start immediately. the first race is scheduled for sometime in august 2011. lowell melser, wbal-tv 11 news.

>> new rules are in place for airlines following the arrest of the times square bomb suspect. nicole has more. >> mayor michael bloomberg and the police commissioner were on hand today for a terrorism related hearing where they talk more about the investigation. >> they appear before the senate homeland security committee. >> we are the target and will be the target again. >> it appears from some of the other activities that march was when he decided to put this plan in motion. le>> he did not explain how the authorities lost track of him before he boarded the plane at jfk airport. >> i cannot give you statistics.

>> she is troubled that shahzad board the plane even though he was put on the no-fly list. >> it has demonstrated that we have a gap in our system. >> to prevent another incident from happening, homeland security officials say airlines will now be required to check the no-fly list more often. that means every two hours when updates are made to the list. press secretary robert gibbs defended the original loafer up -- no-fly policy and explain the changes. >> we wanted to ensure there was a mechanism in place that required that the list be continually change. >> today's hearing was scheduled before the incident in times square. >> cominñv up, and you look at ravens stadium.

>> why you may notice a strong difference in the look of logos on the field. >> remembering a police officer killed in the line of duty. >> the orioles wait until the ninth inning to break out the big guns against the enemy. that is a little later in sports. >> lots of sunshine today, but a line of storms is tracking south of the great lakes, moving in this general direction. we will see if there is any rain in the forecast, coming up.

>> a section of route 64 will be dedicated to the memory of a police officer killed in the line of duty. officer christopher nicholson was killed in 2007 by a man who had just kept his girlfriend. douglas prior is now serving six life sentences without the possibility of parole. >> the ravens are in the process of installing a new field at m&t

bank stadium. >> it is the epitome of state of has the safest and most consistent playing surface in the nfl. you may notice no permanent logos. >> it is real easy to take off. it is a special paint that are groundskeeper uses and it comes off the next day. it just gives us an unbelievable amount flexibility. >> the first event on the new field will be villa lacrosse championship on may 29. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> >> it has been a picture- perfect day around the area. low humidity and warm temperatures. there are a couple of isolated showers showing up to the north and west. we will have to keep a close eye on them as they trekked through over the next 24 hours. it looks like the bulk of that activity will stay to the north.

the pollen count is still little bit of a problem. weeks showed up again today for a total pollen count of over 1600. 10 degrees warmer than the normal high of 71. it was 83 degrees at the inner harbor. it looks like the next couple of systems will produce rain mostly to the north. 50 degrees was about normal for this time of year. the next weather disturbance is coming out of minnesota into wisconsin, pushing this front for the great lakes now. you can see the storms taper off quite a bit south of the lakes. it looks like most of the activity with a north of us overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning. maybe a brief shower to the north and west around dawn tomorrow, but that is just a minimal chance. near 80 degrees and quite

comfortable with that low humidity. 82 let easton, 79 and edgewood and 83 in hagerstown. all the clouds and showers a stint -- essentially stay to our north and west. 56-63 for overnight lows. the days are stretching out and getting much longer. the front is running for detroit right now and will pass to our north tomorrow with less than 20% chance of a light shower or sprinkle. the next system is organizing in the northern rockies. that is a stronger front that might bring us cooler temperatures as become to the upcoming weekend. it may regenerate as it gets into warmer air at the lower part of the bay. on friday we will see sunshine and warm temperatures before the

nexus and coming from ohio it's here late friday night or early saturday morning. after that the temperatures may start to cool. tomorrow, 8-85. the creek lake has a chance for a shower, a better chance than we have. -- deep creek lake. it will stay basically drive around the bay again tomorrow. the lower eastern shore will see a chance for a late afternoon thunderstorms. 84 degrees in london away from the water. on the beach at ocean city, just 77. the forecast, two more days with warm temperatures. we start to drop back in the 7's saturday with the possible thunderstorm in the morning. a little cool for mother's day. we are down to 36 degrees by monday morning.

>> let's start with the plus side. for the first time in a series for their yankees, the orioles managed to score more than one run. they fell so far behind, they get swept, losing 7-5 this afternoon. the orioles will gladly put yankee stadium in the rearview mirror after dropping a third straight game this afternoon. .gknicks wish to, right field ad gone, 2-0 yankees after two. to further compound the situation, mark teixeira drives a double to right field. derek jeter comes to that score. 6-1 yankees. top of the night, he rips it. that pulls the orioles to within

three. nolan it goes to left field and is gone, 7-5. the offense -- there goes the road trip to new york as the orioles' fault, 7-5 yankees. johns hopkins and loyola men's lacrosse team face-off. notestein would more like to end of the blue jays playoff run and loyola. they head into the game with a 9-3 record. the hounds host the games in their new stadium. the old track record against johns hopkins does not look good. hopkins leads the series and -- going back to 1939. but since i have been here, we have yet to be hopkins. that is one of those things that

you always remember. we really want to get this victory. >> hopefully we will come out and play 60 minutes on saturday and honor our seniors the way they need to be honored. >> we may not see ed reed on the practice field. he has undergone a surgical procedure. the ravens do not comment on off-season players. it will almost certainly take tim tebow more than one month to become the)z he has jumped to the front of the league in selling jerseys. his jersey has become the hottest selling item on the nfl website. no. 15 for the broncos. he obviously travels well as the merchandise item. pulled in more than 30% of the sales from the state of florida.

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county. >> friends gathered tonight to remember a lacrosse star who was violently murder. remembering yeardley lov

>> another incredibly beautiful day. >> i give this one a stamp of perfection. it will never happen again.

>> mostly sunny tomorrow, another warm day, but a slight risk for an isolated shower or thunderstorm passing through. a slight chance in the evening on friday, but most of the day will be dry. changes will roll it over the weekend, dropping temperatures back a bit. it will be chilly on mother's day. >> i am calling your mother. ero>> in is the nightly news isp next. >> we will see you tonight at 11. >> of breaking news and weather any time at wbaltv.com. stay connected with us on facebook and twitter.