right here in maryland. that's bob ehrlich-- a 72% increase for us and $2.5 million from special interests for himself. nice work, bob. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news at noon in hd. >> good afternoon. i am sarah caldwell. a key member of the baltimore city police -- rather, baltimore city council pleads no contest this morning in a criminal case involving two developers. jayne miller was in court and joins us now. >> as helen holton -- the

council city chair, a little to helen holton presides over economic development. she pleaded no contest to one count of violating campaign finance she was fined and given probation before judgment. it could force her from elected office. she does admit that there is convincing evidence against her. she is accused of giving two developers, jon tester practice ronald lipscomb -- john paterakis and ronald lipscomb money. >> i will serve on the city council and serve baltimore city to the best of my ability.

i thank god for being an ever- present help. i think my family and friends for being a constant support and strength. >> despite her declaration, the case is not quite over. she was initially charged with the more serious crime of bribery in connection with a payment for the opinion poll. a judge dismissed that charge. the state is ringed the dismissal and the highest court has not issued ruling. -- is reviewing the dismissal and the highest court has not issued a ruling. >> good afternoon. rainy, windy -- not windy, but breezy and chilly. off and on rainshowers. nothing of any consequence. not heavy rain. off and on showers. it will stay with us through the afternoon and evening. basically, what you see is what

you get. temperatures will not move much. maybe into the mid fifties. just to give a perspective, the average high temperature is 72. 15 degrees below average today. we will have better news coming out at the end of the week. >> we will check back with you then. one person was killed this morning after being hit by a train. this happened just after 9:00 at eastern ave in middle river bridge 125 passengers on board when the accident happened. the victim died at the scene. no one else was injured. two armed robbery suspects are at large and a third was shot by a police officer but it happened at a family dollar store lost night. -- last night. kim dacey has details. >> three masked gunmen walked into the family dollar store

around 8:30 last night. a witness outside the stores saw it and ran to get help. >> there was a baltimore city police officer outside the restaurant. a citizen came in and said that the store was being robbed. >> the 3 dunman saw the officer in uniform approaching -- three gunmen saw the officer in uniform approaching. >> the officer withdrew his service weapon and fired a defensive shot towards the suspect. the suspect went down and was shot once in the upper body. >> that suspect is expected to survive. the other suspect fled on foot. police are praising the good samaritan who acted quickly to stop the robbery. >> brave, courageous work on the part of citizens. >> the police officer has been

placed on routine administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation. a man is behind bars accused of murdering a teenager in front of his home. harford to the authorities arrested michael jones, jr. after they say he shot and killed shakir derrick wingate saturday night. wingate, a student at joppatowne high, was attending a birthday celebration for one of his sisters when he and his pregnant girlfriend went to the car parked outside of his edgewood home. investigators say that moments later, jones shot wingate several times. >> he would give you the shirt off his back. he gave it to me. >> investigators believe that the shooting was a result of an ongoing feud between jones and wingate. jones faces a charge of first- degree murder. a campus is in mourning after the sudden death of a harvard community college student --

harford community college stent the freshman collapsed during the first day of tractable practice -- a basketball practice. he was taken to a medical center and pronounced dead. he was a member of several other sports teams. school administrators have postponed a sporting events and practices until further notice. three people are recovering this afternoon after an early-morning fire in east baltimore. officials said the fire started yesterday morning on the second floor of a home at the 300 block of north robinson street. thvictims were taken to johns hopkins hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries. no word on what sparked the blaze. coming up, a van carrying churchgoers' on a trip crashes along a georgia highway. find out what investigators believe happened to fire ravages of home in ohio. within a dozen people inside. within a dozen people inside.

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buried in his website - a promise to replace the tax code with a 23% sales tax and eliminate the mortgage interest deduction. a bush tax panel said families would pay $6,000 more a year. a reagan tax advisor calls it a very dumb idea. but that's not his only bad idea. harris was the only senator to vote against expanding the child care tax credit and against the state's cancer treatment program. andy harris' extreme ideas will cost us. >> at least four people are dead after a church van flipped over in southern georgia. the van pulled over late sunday night, killing at least four people and injuring another 13. the van was carrying passengers from a columbus church to florida. investigators say a tire on the

wheels prompted the driver to lose control. five people are confirmed dead after a house fire in lawrence county, ohio. fire officials said that an eight-month old is among the deceased. seven other people were taken to the hospital for burns and smoke inhalation. officials said that the fire does not appear to be suspicious. the cause is under investigation. search crews spent the weekend looking for a missing boy in oregon. officials and volunteers combed the the outer northwest searching for the boy. the seven-year-old went missing months ago. investigators say they have not seen any new leads and a just trying to be as thorough as possible. still the come, doctors are calling it the most effective birth control on the market, but most women have never heard of it. >> cool, damp, chilly weather over the next few days. first, a look outside. light rain in baltimore city.

52 degrees downtown.

four years ago, bob ehrlich got fired as governor of maryland. for good reason. first, he protected tax loopholes for giant cable cable companies. then, he let utilities jack up our rates 72%. and for the last four years, he worked as a hired gun for big corporations, even a bank that took billions from a taxpayer funded bailout. ehrlich sides with corporate executives again and again and again tell bob ehrlich big banks and billionares don't need help. middle class marylanders do.

>> in the "consumer alert," great news for current and former verizon customers. the company posted a statement saying that it would credit customers who were improperly charged for in it for urgent web access. there were questioned after customers complained that they were charged for what used for accidentally pulling up the internet. -- web use after accidently pulling up the internet. customers will receive a credit of $2 to $6 on their bill. one out of every four homes was a deeply discounted house, and at that pace, the market should be able to work for distressed properties in three years.

a real estate trucking group says it will take that long to resell homes and that the market back in line with numbers prior to the recession. congressman elijah cummings is calling for a moratorium on foreclosures in maryland. it comes amid recent reports of fraud by lenders. the congressman says that the actions may have led to actions that could have been -- evictions that could have been prevented. he sent a letter to gov. o'malley and the attorney general asking for a 60-day when it comes to getting married, more and more couples are choosing to wait. >> as if there were not already enough reasons to put off her wedding, at something else, the economy. if you have a job, he might lose it. -- you might lose it. the number of people join in

weblog is the lowest in 100 years. -- joined in wedlock is the lowest in 100 years. marriage-eligible couples find themselves returning to school in a bone dry job market. more are living at home with mom and dad. the thought of a house purchase and children and take care, when it is hard to get credit and a loan, is daunting to say the least. mayor rich and the long term -- marriage in the long term, what about right away? many are putting off marriage because of the cost of the wedding. there are bright spots in this downer. individuals like this man, going through divorce himself, said that the economy will not stop him from getting back on the course when the time is right.

is the financial aspect a factor in your decision? >> no, because i am kind of romantic at heart. >> hope and lob spring eternal -- love spring eternal. >> it is breezy and in the low 50s and we are dealing with a little bit of rain. it will not be like it was this morning. scattered ranches was still popping up on hd doppler. the heaviest stop is in central pennsylvania. this is wrapping a lot of atlantic moisture inland. we could see bright orange and red showing up there. we don't need any more rain. i don't think we're going to get any flooding. we did not need this rainfall here. with the cloud cover around in

the north winds, temperatures will move. maybe we will sneak out a couple more degrees. if you are watching to the pennsylvania line, you guys may stay in the low 50s all the way through the afternoon. 52 at the airport. same thing in rock hall. 53 degrees in catonsville. here is the weather set up. this is on the surface, and we can call this a nor'easter. it is not as strong as the wind that went through thursday, but still some rain out of it. in the next few days, and area of low pressure in the upper levels. this will taper off and away and this will stick around and into its way over towards us. -- and inch its weight towards us. there is a nice area of high pressure that will take control in the end of the week. off and on rainshowers through

the day today. it will be breezy and cool, with high temperatures only in the mid-50's. sunset this evening at 6:44. overnight tonight, mostly cloudy skies. temperatures will drop back into the 40's. i hope it will be at a steady rain. tuesday and wednesday, might get peaks of sunshine. variable clouds, a chance for rain down to 30%. temperatures stay in the 50's. we are not even coming close to that average high of 72. by the end of the day, we will flip things around. at this point, a very nice weekend coming up. sunshine and temperatures in the low-to-mid-70's. >> in this afternoon's "medical alert," the most effective form of permanent birth control on

the market is one that most women have never heard of. it is done without surgery, right in the doctor's office. >> oldest daughter, she is 123 my son, it he is 6. my youngest is made i -- nathan, and he is to 3 is just enough for me -- and he's two. 3 is just enough for me. >> the decision about which potential to use was not so simple. >> i tried birth control pills, the patch. none of them worked out great for me. >> that is what her doctor suggested this procedure. two quills are placed into the flow been tubes through -- two coils are placed into the flow into its through the cervix.

it is 99.7% effective. >> you want that there so that you never have to worry. >> this doctor says the procedure itself takes 10 minutes and it is done while the patient is awake. recovery time is limited to about a day to crabbing and nausea are the most common side effects -- cramping and nausea are the most common side effects. >> like stents put in a person's heart. >> only about 30% of women to choose the procedure. it is a trend that may be changing. >> the thing that is becoming overwhelming the compelling is safety, or bec -- safety, recovery. >> it is not reversible.

this mother says it is her only word of warning to other women, their choices when they will be happy with forever -- make sure that their choice is one that they will be happy with it forever. >> boys may be at particular risk of food allergies. a survey included data of antibody levels in the body back and fight elegies to peanuts and -- that can flag allergies to peanuts and shrimp. boys can have risks of four times higher than that of the rest of the nation. coming up next, the maryland lottery numbers and another check of the insta-weather-plus forecast.

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lisa ling talks to the ape and have conversations. that is that for cock -- at 4:00. at 5:00, citizens are urged to be vigilant and careful when visiting popular tourist attractions and mass transit. that is at 5:00. and now your maryland lottery numbers. >> good afternoon to you. i am angela jackson from wbal radio. let's play the lottery. pick four is up next, but first, don't miss your chance to win season tickets for 2011.

mdlottery.com/ravens, and enter by october 6. here is pick four. let yourself play. >> toni is back. he has been keeping a close eye on the ryder cup. >> i am a little upset, because europe 1. i'm surprised you did not lead the news with that. no golf today. it is not going to happen this

afternoon. the average height is 72. 50 or so degrees below average. unseasonably cool. -- 15 or so degrees below average. unseasonably cool. tomorrow, a peek at sunshine, and the chance for rain drops down to 30%. by the end of the week, it will break out and get to sunshine. nice weekend coming up. >> looks fantastic. this past weekend was pitiful. we did the show with the baltimore city police department to watch all the neat stuff, and we went out pumpkin picking. thank you for joining us. watch tonight at 5:00 with donna hamilton and stan stovall. >> follow breaking news and

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