inherits a billion-dollar surplus, low unemployment. o'malley signs the biggest tax hike in maryland history. raids chesapeake bay fund to cover spending. gives raises to top aides. business climate ranks 45th worst in the nation. now 200,000 jobs lost. o'malley covers up jobs report that proved maryland's economy stalled. if re-elected, o'malley will raise taxes again. whether he does, is up to you. >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news at noon in hd. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> good afternoon. i am sarah caldwell. a violent weekend begins with a violent monday morning for baltimore city police. a call came in for gunshots and the park heights area of northwest baltimore, where police found a man's body. >> they found an adult male in

the rear, suffering from apparent gunshot wound to the head. >> police have no suspects or motives in the case. the weekend violence left five people dead and several others injured. police said they are deploying additional units to address the outbreak of violence police commissioner fred bealefeld met with senior commanders at headquarters this hour. we will have the latest tonight on 11 news at 5:00 and 6:00. city police are investigating what they are calling a suspicious death in west baltimore. they found a body inside a vacant rowhouse at the hundred block of north freemont avenue around 5:45 sunday evening. the identity of the victim has not been released. a georgia man is behind bars in maryland, charged with kidnapping. police said a 28-year-old victim called 911 to report that she and her two children had been kidnapped by her estranged

husband. within an hour, police in cecil county located the vehicle and arrested the suspect. he now faces kidnapping and child abduction, assault, imprisonment, and other charges. he is held on $750,000 bond did the trial of a man accused of murdering his wife will continue tomorrow. prosecutors claim that he killed his wife back in march 2005. she disappeared while heading to a concert. her car was found 11 days later. those close to her say that she told her husband to move out of the house and that the marriage was over. to this day her body has not been found. prosecution say they do not need a body to prove their case. baby medical center is returning to normal after officials discovered bedbugs in a patient's room last week hospital officials say it was an isolated incident. it is unknown where and the room the bedbugs were, whether added

that it itself or on the furniture. -- whether in the bed itself or on the furniture. >> good aernoon. i'm tony pann. a little touch of summer right now. temperatures in the low 80s. at b.w.i., is 82 degrees. humidity in effect. we are going to make at least into the mid-80's this afternoon. at 3:00 or four :, there will be a chance for a few scattered sean -- 3:00 or 4:00, there is a chance for a few scattered thunderstorms to develop. it will cool later on this week. we will show you the seven-to protest in just a few minutes. -- seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. >> the broncos came to town having never won a game against the ravens at home and again left baltimore with a loss.

the offense against baltimore's no. 1 pass defense, but the running game with the raid was events proved to be a bit much for the broncos. ravens, 31. they had to foxboro on sunday to face tom brady and the new england patriots. ravens fans will gather this evening of for autographs and more. it will be held from 5:00 until 10:00 tonight fans will toward the locker room -- tour the locker room, and is your's event, with 5000 expected, has been sold out since last week. huge ravens and jennifer franciotti will be at the event and we will have because tonight at 11:00. -- details tonight at 11:00. over the weekend, a u.s. mining company broke through the

remaining rock and completed a title that will be used to hoist the chilean miners out one by one. >> at the entrance to the steeple, 33 miners will come out -- at the entrance to the staple of the 33 miners will come out of, the preparations are now in place. they were welded together and will drop down. it is designed to keep some of the rocks from falling in. we are waiting for what is essentially the president as well as all of the officials from the engineering side to say bring them up. at this point, it looks like that is going to be on wednesday. >> we are finally to the point where we can let our guard down and relax. we can read about adrenaline going to our body at work speed -- we can breathe without adrenaline going through a body

at warp speed. you come down off of that, and now what? >> we don't know who is going to first and who is going to last, but the -- but all of them have said that they want to be last. what a brotherhood. >> and what a moment that will be. coming up, they are dominant when it comes to computer operating systems, but now they are working on a smart phones. details on the "consumer alert. and we are covering the nation, next.

>> handle and a police officer on medical leave is charged with first-degree -- an illinois police officer on medical leave is charged with first-degree murder. he says that it was of shooting three men and killing one -- he is suspected of at shooting three men and killing one. he has been on the force since 2005 but is currently on medical leave with an injured shoulder. eight young suspects were arraigned a day after one of the most brutal hit crimes in recent history. police in new york said that members of a gang known as the

goonies tortured and sodomized a man after they learned he was gay. they also attacked a 30-year-old man believed to be involved with the teenager. a ninth suspect is still at large. still to come, the dangers of giving children cold and cough medicine in the "medical alert." >> we have a summertime heat this afternoon. we could see thunderstorms develop later on today. we would check the seven-day in a few minutes. there is the bay bridge, or one of the bridges. i'm not sure which one. carlotta, help me well, we like it. weather is next.

>> in this afternoon's "consumer

alert," state and federal authorities are looking into a certain type of internet fraud. coupon click fraud is what is called. it is so pervasive that congress and the federal trade commission are investigating. it is what consumers pay for an item and are invited to click here to save on the next purchase. but there is not a coupon when you click, but an invitation to join the discount club. but even if you don't join, you have given your credit card information to the club, which enrolls you automatically. microsoft is working to take over smart phones' operating systems. >> it was only -- it was almost a year ago that microsoft stir things up by launching the windows 7 operating system. today they are aiming for a similar buzz and sales in the smartphone wars with the launch of windows found 7. large displays and functions and

content are part of what microsoft hopes will separate their offering from the competition. microsoft's, a mobile operating system has trailed the rest of the pack for years but the likes of the i found and an -- the iphone and android devices have dominated the rest of the market. at&t is up among the carriers selling these. the microsoft new smartphone foray expected to hit store shelves first in europe, with the west availability by thanksgiving. -- the u.s. availability by thanksgiving. >> the microsoft current mobile operating system ranks fifth in market share. if you are thinking of switching cell phone carriers, here is a way to text and a service id make sure that your old contract has expired to

avoid early termination fee, and make certain that you can bring your old number along. test your new phone at home in places you go for a single coverage. -- and places you go for signal coverage. >> the bridge we are looking at before is down at ocean city. just figure that out. see, we can figure it out when we tried it feels like summer, and that is why we are thinking about ocean city. upper seventies in the northern suburbs. up around the pennsylvania line, you guys will top out at the low 80s to near 80 degrees to baltimore city down south, it would not be surprised to see it mid-or upper-greetings to the afternoon. humidity is not all that bad. when you get temperatures in the 80's this time of year, it is pretty impressive. we have a warm front cutting across pennsylvania right now. little ripples of energy in the upper levels of the atmosphere

riding along the front down into the mid-atlantic region. with the heat in place, the average temperature is fairly unstable. there is a lot of instability in the atmosphere. there could be what we call a trigger mechanism going, and we could see thunderstorms develop this afternoon. we see one of those trigger mechanisms across the ohio valley right now. this is going to come down towards us. later on this afternoon, there is a possibility we could see thunderstorms develop. if we get the storms developing, some of them could become a strong, including large hail and strong winds. keep an eye on that it still only a 30% or 4% chance of that. 30% or 40% chance of that. your pc hands of those clouds developing and pennsylvania. -- you already see it signs of clouds developing in pennsylvania. chance for a shower or thunderstorm late in the day.

some of the storms that developed could be strong. high competitors between 82 and 87. sunset at 6:34. overnight tonight, partly cloudy skies, a chance for a shower thunderstorm. the afternoon will drop back into the 50s and 60s. during the day tomorrow, area of low pressure moves off the coast and winds will shift to the northwest. we will still keep that chance for a couple showers in the forecast as this moves away from us. temperatures will drop off a good 10 degrees. the local air is going to come in at the end of the week. we may not get out of the fifties for highs by the time we get into thursday and friday. enjoy this if you are a summer weather fan while it is a rounded mid-80's this afternoon, with a chance for a thunderstorm. making it to the mid-70's on tuesday. still a chance for a couple of showers. it's a dry on wednesday, the temperature will that cost average. -and 69 degrees. -- high around 69 degrees. there will be rain in the picture and it will cool off

dramatically. high temperatures on friday will likely be in the mid-fifties. it will clear up by the time we hit the weekend temperatures by the the 70's time we get to sunday. >> in the "medical alert," a new study confirms that race plays a role in breast cancer treatment, but experts are not sure why . the study finds that african- american and hispanic women are less likely to receive recommended or model therapy or chemotherapy when compared to white women -- recommended a hormonal therapy or chemotherapy compared to white women. they say that more effort is needed to make sure that all women with the disease that the treatment they need. in 2007, the food and drug administration warned parents not to give young children cold and cough medicine. now, nearly three years later, a new report is showing that a lot parents still don't know about

the dangers of giving kids these drugs. >> they all had a fever and then they developed a cough. it was a belief copper -- really deep cough in the long street it was scary to hear it. >> when her children came down with the flu, she was concerned about treating them very over- the-counter cold and cough medicines had been deemed harmful for children under the age of 6. >> we had to give a lot of chicken noodle soup, orange juice, as much as we could. >> well aware of the recent changes and fda guidelines, a new study shows that 2/3 of parents they have no idea of the risks of cold and cough medicines. >> medications that side

effects. cough and cold medications are not necessarily montford younger children, even though that is what -- not necessarily meant for younger children, even though that is what it says on the bottom. >> side effects include increased heart rate and convulsions. there is debate about whether these are effective for children under the age of two. parents should focus on prevention. >> making sure that they wash their hands, that the children wash their hands, and when they cough, cough into the den of their shoulder -- bend of the shoulder as opposed to in their hand. >> but it can be virtually impossible to avoid terms. when children to become sick, give them a fever reducer. a lukewarm bath can also help. when it comes to coughing and sneezing, there is not a whole lot parents can do. a humidifier can relieve

congested chicken noodle soup and he can be soothing. but for the most part, kids need to ride it out. >> coughing helps bring food and digestion, and it helps the child to feel better. -- food and congested, and it helps the child to feel better. but the body cost for a reason. -- coughs for a reason. >> the family is focusing on prevention -- flu shots, and washing, staying healthy. >> if you are looking for a way to boost your brain, you may need to relax and think less. researchers at the university of kentucky tested three students on their reaction time after for -- after 40 minutes of medication or 40-minute nap. all of the participants improved scores after meditating, but all

but one performed worse after taking a nap. longtime editors need less sleep. -- long time at meditators need less sleep. up next, another to the forecast, and your maryland lottery numbers. woman 1 sync: i knew what bob ehrlich did as governor. man 1 sync: raised my property taxes 60 percent.

woman 2 sync: let utilities hike our rates 72 percent. woman 1 sync: but i didn't know what he's done since he got fired as governor. man 2: ehrlich's raked in millions. man 3: he worked for a wall street bank that took 10 billion dollars from the bailout. woman 3: 10 billion of our money. woman 4: our money. woman 5 sync: and he worked for another bank that collapsed. man 4: costing tax payers 17 million. anncr: tell bob ehrlich big banks don't need help. middle class marylanders do. i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message. the real andy harris. his past attacks have been called deceptive, his new attack, false. harris voted for deregulation increasing our electric bills by 72% it's not surprising, harris always sides with the big guys. he opposes cracking down on wall street and supports tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas. harris even opposed making big insurance cover cancer screenings.

andy harris' extreme ideas will cost us. two governors, two different approaches. even in good times bob ehrlich didn't make education a priority. he increased college tuition by 40%, cut school construction by $200 million, and ehrlich voted to eliminate the department of education while serving in congress. but in the toughest of times, martin o'malley has made record investments in public schools, new school construction, and o'malley froze college tuition four years in a row. with martin o'malley, our children always come first.

>> coming up on "oprah," she goes one on one with detective mark fuhrman about the o.j. trial. that is at 4:00. at 5:00, stephanie rawlings- blake is heading back to the city after attending a meeting at the white house about the nation's infrastructure. why the president says that crumbling infrastructure is costing american lives. that is tonight on 11 news at 5:00. and now the maryland lottery pick three and pick four numbers. >> good afternoon to you, maryland. happy columbus day.

angela jackson from wbal radio. here are your pick 3 numbers for today. pick four is up next, but first, play keno now until october 24 for the chance to play. -- the plate 3 pick three place. we are all set for pick four. let yourself play. >> tony, we have got a little bit of warmth today. it goes down and back up again.

what is the deal? >> 30-degree temperature difference. by friday, may be just the mid- 50s. seven-day forecast, a changeable week as far as temperatures go. there is a chance for a few thunderstorms this afternoon. not everybody is going to see the rain. but out of the storms that do develop, some could be rather strong, including large pale but keep that in mind. on tuesday, a system pushing off the coast. temperatures still above average. the average height is 69. 86 today. 75 tomorrow. by the end of the week, we will go the other way. we will call this a nor'easter. chance for rain and high of only 55. >> i don't see any flurries. >> added upper elevations of the mountains -- >> you know what, tony, you are done. watch tonight at 5:00 with donna

hamilton and stan stovall. >> follow breaking news and weather any time at wbaltv.com, and stay connected with us on facebook and twitter. [ male announcer ] martin o'malley sworn in. inherits a billion-dollar surplus, low unemployment. o'malley signs the biggest tax hike in maryland history. raids chesapeake bay fund to cover spending. gives raises to top aides.

business climate ranks 45th worst in the nation. now 200,000 jobs lost. o'malley covers up jobs report that proved maryland's economy stalled. if re-elected, o'malley will raise taxes again. whether he does, is up to you.