fios. a network ahead. [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. >> good afternoon. i am mindy basara. a 66-year-old woman remains in critical condition after police say she was attacked by her teenage grandson with a hammer.

14-year-old hassanhii garrett admitted to police that he attacked his grandmother in their home yesterday morning. he reportedly told police he was angry about the way she had been treating him but he is charged as an adult with attempted murder, assault, and use of a deadly weapon. we will have the latest at 5:00 and 6:00. baseball hall of famer and orioles great brooks robinson is recovering after he was admitted for an emergency procedure. he was rushed by ambulance to the hospital yesterday suffering from a fever and infection. he is scheduled to undergo a routine procedure that same date. he says he remains cancer free up a successful treatment for prostate cancer in 2009. he thanked his fans for support and prayers and ask for privacy as he recuperates. all the more city police major remains on suspension as investigators -- a baltimore city police major remains on

suspension as investigators figure out how a handgun registered to him ended up in the hands of someone else. investigators say he contends the gun was transferred to the business owner years ago. they are trying to figure out how it was transferred. >> we want to figure out how to transpired. >> suspensions of routine of four high-ranking officers while investigations are ongoing. a dozen midshipmen expelled after whistle-blowers within at the naval academy alerted commanders that they use a controversial but legal drug. george lettis has details. >> spice, k-2. whatever street name you choose, it is a popular synthetic drug that when smoked provides a similar high to marijuana.

it is even -- it even looks like marijuana. it is legal in the u.s., but it got 12 midshipmen expelled in september. >> they have a responsibility to stay clean and be straight. . >> the navy banned the use of synthetic drugs in 2005. last year to ban possession of it. spice is easily found in paraphernalia shops and on the internet. it is not clear how the midshipmen got access to some. >> it kind of depends. i am not 100% sure. >> the academy says that the investigations and expulsions were the result of other midshipmen coming forward with information to top brass. >> frankly, that is sort of what i would like to see out of the people running our navy and armed services. son has o'brien's

been accepted to the academy. >> it is totally appropriate that people who go to this institution are held to a higher standard than you and i. >> authorities banned some of the chemicals made to use these drugs, but the band has been in effect for year while they take a closer look to see if they should be banned permanently. >> three teenage girls are back in the custody of their parents after police arrested them for allegedly defrauding in fake bomb threats. if forced harford county officials to shut down five schools in the area. they tend belair high school but found in threats to four other schools. annapolis police have released a description of the man accused of trying to abduct a teenage girl. investigators say that the 16- year-old colt was she was walking to her school bus stop yesterday morning when a man

tried to a doctor and gave bridge road -- tried to abduct her at a ridge road. she was able to escape safely. he was reportedly wearing a red hooded sweatshirt and dark jacket. if you of information, call annapolis police. libyan opposition leaders said that rebels will accept a u.n.- mandated cease-fire is a small market of people's forces from all cities and allows peaceful protests -- if muammar gaddafi pulls his forces from all cities and allows peaceful protests. >> even as members of gaddafi's inner circle continue to defect, the libyan leader remains defiant. in a statement read on a libyan television, he accuses the west of starting a crusader war between christians and muslims. >> it will become out of their

control with whatever weapons of destruction and they have. >> rebels in benghazi have been doing a little bit better than in recent days. they are trying to hold events of land about 120 miles outside benghazi. they're not just returning, as we have seen them do the last several days. we have seen them firing more rockets directly onto gaddafi's troops, at an even with the rebels are attacked, some of them are scattering but others are holding the line. that is the first time we have seen them do that since the conflict began. >> to japan now, where the forces began an intense search for those still missing since the earthquake devastated the country weeks ago. 18,000 japanese servicemen and 7000 u.s. military personnel are taking part in operations.

the area covers the shores the were largely submerged. the earthquake and tsunami have claimed at least 11,500 lives and left 16,400 people officially unaccounted for. a small earthquake as rocked greece. the 6.2 earthquake hit a ground to o'clock 30 this month, rattling buildings as far away as egypt and turkey. greece is one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries but serious damage and deaths are rare. meteorologist john collins is here. can you expect an earthquake so far away to be felt here? >> i wouldn't feel it, but the seismographs can feel the earth shake and it gets transmitted across the ocean. but we are not sensitive enough to sense that although i did notice that the rain let up a

little bit. we had rain this morning, quite a bit of it. there are still few showers running along the maryland- pennsylvania line. nothing significant at all. all the big stuff is in new england did they are getting at snow. it is about time we got away with something here. we will talk about the forecast and rain and the weekend. >> thank you, john tripp straight ahead, what is headed to the box office this weekend. and a delay for patients to stay connected to loved ones -- a new way for patients to stay connected to loved ones. >> jobs added, yet signs of struggle continue. why the economic forecast continues to be gloomy. i'm kate amara in washington.

"projects afternoon's economy" report, the unemployment rate falls to a two-year low. despite the good news, analysts have a gloomy economic forecasts. kate amara has more. >> according to the u.s. labor

department, employers added 215,000 jobs last month, bringing the unemployment rate down to 8.8%, its lowest level in two years. but even with signs of progress on the road to economic recovery, potential pitfalls remain as state and local governments, desperate to balance budgets and cutting spending and shedding jobs, and rising gas prices and other consumer costs, economists believe we are in for another tough year and have a gloomy forecast for the rest of 2011. >> i think that we have stuck with unemployment hovering around 9% for much of 2011. >> economists say that the fact that got its claims drop last week at the outlook continue to improve, the second decline in three weeks, and a survey released on wednesday showed that half of the largest u.s. companies plan to ramp up hiring in the next six months. small businesses are finding it easier to get access to credit.

in washington, i'm kate amara, wbal-tv 11 news. >> if you have high blood pressure, he probably got it from your mother. two dealers in a comedy just in time for the easter holiday. >> a live like the radar shows a lot of stuff going on a. big snow in new england. insta-weather-plus forecast just ahead.

--in this afternoon cost afternoon's "medical alert," if you have high blood pressure you probably inherited it from your mother. --lf of those descended fr

researchers identified a blood pressure mutation in a mother's dna that is passed down to children. being hospitalized for an illness or surgery can be a scary and lonely experience, especially if you are separated from her family. a hospital is experimenting with the video conferencing technology as a way to keep patients connected with loved ones. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] >> this the first launch -- a time since she was admitted to hospital for testing that she has been able to see our parents because they are elderly, they could not come in person, but they can now make a virtual participation. >> the camera will tilt and panza you can get anywhere in their room -- and pan so you can get anywhere in the room. >> it now allows a patient to

talk online with a loved one who may be too ill or for a way to visit. >> you have a confirmation from the participant on the other end that they have a web cams available, and they download simple software, and they are able to make the connection. >> the interaction it is often boosting the patient's morrale. >> it really lifted by a spirit to get to visit with the parents, and lifted their spirits, because they put the money to see her -- they have been wanting to see her speech or. >> -- see her and to speak to her. >> i love you. >> take care. >> a customized on my program produces breathing problems among infants and toddlers. over 250 mothers took part in

web-based information on how to improve their child's sleep habits. the mothers themselves live longer and better and had fewer symptoms of fatigue and depression than mothers who did not participate in the program. >> now your 11 insta-weather- plus forecast with it meteorologist john collins. >> here we are in baltimore and the beltway. along the pennsylvania line, some of the oranges -- some of the areas that got us now are seeing rain showers. it is on the back of this big nor'easter spinning off the coast of new england right now. further south you go, clouds, and the clouds are showing signs of wanting to develop a few holes in them.

sunshine gets through. the sunshine would be nice. we've not seen any for a while. since the reign -- rain ended, at temperatures of the pump up a little bit. still in the 30's at parkton and westminster and western maryland, to. oakland is 20 degrees at the noon hour. you can see a swirl of the clouds here. this is the low pressure center. the eye of the storm, so to speak. biggest is now -- biggest snows under our banner. this whole storm is spinning to the northeast, eventually pulling out of our area. we're still kind of under its influence. this is the snow and rain spinning around behind the storm.

there are elements of energy behind a system that will keep us under right through tomorrow. there is a distance out to the west we will have to deal with. it does not stick to its outp -- itis not straigh and doesn't restrict itself out for a while. the basic weather story -- a lot of that will be no. at the pennsylvania line. there may be a few breaks for sunshine here and there. 47-52 for the high. northwest winds gusting as much as 27 miles an hour. insta-weather futurecast shows a little speck of activity this afternoon and evening -- sprinkle activity this afternoon and evening. more of these disturbances, just enough to unsettle the atmosphere. sunday looks like, bought by --

sunday looks dry, but by sunday evening, warmer air comes in. eventually, it will boost the temperatures. 54 on sunday. shower chances today and tomorrow, kind of spotty. monday, opening day, a little warmer, with a chance for a shower two. >> and a couple of pic -- an apocalyptic groundhog day, the easter bunny -- a preview of what is headed to the box office this weekend. >> i don't know who you are. gyllenhaali gar -- jake loses its identity and then his life in "source code." he is part of a government experiment that allows him to enter another person's body during the last minutes of life. it is an apocalyptic a groundhog

day and he tries over and over to solve a crime. pg-13. >> 4000 years of tradition doesn't need to just because of one is selfish bunny. "hop," y, -- in this is no ordinary not content. while out in the big bad world, he is overrun by james marsden. pg. >> there is something in there with him. >> a family deals with evil spirits in "insidious." they have moved their brood into a new home only to find out it is full of evil. the move to a new home, only to

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and marilyn moderate - -- the maryland lottery -- let yourself play. >> are we going to warm up at all? >> we have to wait a day or two or eight -- for it. tomorrow morning, snowflakes here or there but nothing major. sunday, we have a shower chance that may or may not affect opening day locally here. tuesday and wednesday, here is the warm-up, but thunderstorms -- >> i don't care. >> there is a little bit of sunshine in that picture. >> thanks for joining us for 11 news at noon. >> be sure to join stan stovall and, hamilt -- donna hamilton for 11 news at 5:00.

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