[captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> good afternoon, everyone. american college student amanda knox is free. monday, an italian jury overturned her conviction in the murder of her roommate meredith kercher. >> the judge in a somber tone

seemed to take forever. guilty of slander, announced the judge. the center of three years erased by time served. then the murder, the judge declared she was free. amanda knox collapsed. family and friends cried openly and in braced. escorted from the court room for the last time, she had to be supported by prison guards. >> there was no murder weapon, there was no dna. >> her family is finally free to bring her home. she was a 20-year-old exchange student when she arrived in italy. four years later, she leaves italy with more experience than most people ever achieved in a lifetime. the prosecution will now appeal the verdict all the way to the

italian supreme court but it will take some days and time to file the papers. the current judge who made the verdict will have to file a written verdict about why the jury came to the conclusion. that could take up to 90 days. we are told that amanda knox is not required to return to the court session. >> as you heard, her legal troubles might not be over just yet. the prosecutor in the case is disputing the jury's decision. he says he will appeal to a higher court. crews are investigating a fire in hartford county that happened at 9:30. there is no word on any injuries. the exact causes under investigation. police have arrested a man in the shooting -- in the case as the shooting of an employee. gary stokes jr. shot the

employee while he was on a lunch break. he is being held. a clan burney family might have to make some repairs after their home was struck by a car. phnom was injured and at the scene was quickly cleared. -- no one was injured and the scene was quickly cleared. >> many of you have seen a welcome sight today and that is the sunshine. we have some clouds building in across the western part of our state. we have full sunshine out right now on the eastern shore. clouds will build in as we go through the day. temperatures are on the cool side. we are in the 60's at the airport. temperatures will be warming up through the next couple of days. we will talk about that in a

couple of minutes. course we know what killed orlando brown. -- >> we now know what killed orlando brown. he died of complications with diabetes. he was only 40 years old and he leaves behind three sons and a daughter. baltimore county police are investigating the death of a man who was found in woodlawn. he was found in the lawn of a home. no word of his identity or a suspect. the case has been ruled a homicide. and this gave a fugitive is behind bars again. he broke three of his leg shackles -- and escaped fugitive is behind bars again. he broke free of his leg shackles. he was caught a few weeks blocks the -- he was caught a few blocks away. lawmakers are back on capitol

hill this afternoon with a laundry list of things to accomplish. topping that list is passing a spending bill that will keep the federal government up and running. our washington bureau reporter has more. >> this is a divided congress returning from recess. >> we have some much to do. we have had a problem because of republicans in the senate. >> topping the list, green light in a spending bill. the senate passed the measure last week. >> we have spent our time on a key issues that should have taken a matter of a few hours. >> other items, free trade agreements with south korea, panama, and colombia. funding for the rest of the year through 2012. the president is pressing congress to approve his jobs

plan this month. >> it has been several weeks since i sent out the american jobs act. as i have said on the road, i wanted back. "republicans are resisting saying that it is more stimulus spending. >> this is to impose 1.5 trillion in new taxes and that is economically counterproductive. >> gop leaders say that the jobs bill will never see the light of day in the house. >> halloween is not just for kids anymore. coming up, how much consumers will spend on dressing up their pets this holiday. andy and the violence, the city receives a grant to stop domestic violence. -- ending the violence.

>> october is breast cancer awareness month. in honor of the event, not the white house base itself in pink. -- the white house bathed itself

in pink. the disease claims the lives of 40,000 american women annually. leaders hope that a grant will help to end the cycle of domestic violence. the money is intended to help police monitor homes that are at high risk for violent behavior. police say they have visited more than 800 homes to check on domestic violence victims this year. more testimony in the manslaughter trial of dr. conrad mary. a key physicians testified on the dangers of one drug. the anesthetic can cause life- threatening side-effects and that murray never mentioned he had given the drug to michael jackson. the defense says that michael jackson was an addict who administered the drug himself. apple is at it again. the new update said to rollout

and what the users can expect from the iphone 5. we also can answer your plant and gardening questions. >> with the sunshine making a comeback in the mid-atlantic, temperatures are starting to bounce back. we will talk about how long they will get by the end of the week. there are a few clouds in the sky. 53 at the a

>> if you feel rushed or stressed in the morning, you are not alone. forbes released the list of the most stressful cities in the country. baltimore was number 12. los angeles was awarded the title of most stressful. some think it has to do with the technology are around us. forbes called baltimore the eighth most wired city.

you probably use them at the gym, worked out with a that calculates how many calories you are burning. how accurate are they? -- workout equipment that calculates how many calories you are burning. >> right now, i did about an hour and 10 minutes including cool down and i burned about 600 calories. >> how accurate do you think that the calorie counts are on these machines? >> i don't think they are accurate. >> at this laboratory for sports medicine and motion analysis, strength and conditioning director explains that when it comes to calorie burning accounts, some exercise machines are less accurate than others. >> with the elliptical traders, this has a tendency to over predict your caloric expenditure.

one of the ways it could be more accurate is to actually use the arms in conjunction with the legs. >> there are two simple rules that you can follow to maximize your workout and make the count more reliable. avoid a quick start button. use the manual setting and always injure your weight. that is a piece of information that the machine needs to figure out how many calories you are burning. >> that is the speed of the action as well as how much you weigh. >> do you ever do this while you are on the treadmill? this will affect the actual amount of calories burned but not what it says in the machine. do not lien on the machine is the second rule. >> this is not to actually

absorb your body weight. >> maintaining an upright posture will make sure you are converting your calories. >> we have been talking about stress and exercise. i am here with kerry ankle -- engle. this is a way to let everyone know that we are getting in a big pumpkin tomorrow. this year has been a little bit more difficult but we have a new 276 pound pumpkin. >> where they come from? >> they come up the river.

>> a very cute idea. >> we will answer some questions. i have a head this history doing wonderfully. will it be able to withstand the temperatures? >> it will be able to take temperatures down into the 40's. i would bring it in as soon as you can. make sure you give it plenty of light. also try to give it some humidity. >> i might be moving and i have a lot of bleeding hearts that i don't want to leave behind. will i kill them if i move them? >> generally not. take up as much as the roots as you can. keep them well watered or hydrated.

get them in as soon as you can. >> are they poisonous to animals? >> they certainly are around all of my animals. i have not noticed any issue. there is an insecticide made from the chrysanthemum flour. >> we have a little bit of time. >> i will tell you right now, this is a great time to get out there and do some fall planning. if you have some issues, go ahead and reseed. other things going on, bolts, tomkins. -- bulbs, pumpkins. >> thank you. if you have a guard in question, you can send them to us.

-- if you have a gardening question, you can e-mail them to us. you can send them through the mail as well. >> it has been a pleasant sight to see the sunshine return after days and days a very cloudy weather. we have some across baltimore. those are starting to build back in. they are still under the clear skies. you are dealing with the clouds. pretty thick clouds west of hagerstown all the way to oakland. there might be an isolated shower popping up towards the west. we are getting into this dry weather. here is the low pressure system. this is the same storm we have seen for two weeks.

it is now moving offshore. we have some clouds behind it. the high pressure system will be moving in for the next couple of days and that is the sound that we want to hear because this will bring clear skies, comfortable temperatures, and reasonably easy weather. more of what we think this fall in the state of maryland. >> temperatures are pretty chilly. it is 15 mile per hour wind gusts. the wind is kicking up a bit out of the north and west. the temperatures have been able to get back into the 60's. 62 in hagerstown. they are definitely bundling not as we go through the afternoon. we have started to see those temperatures getting into the mid to upper 60's this

afternoon. it is breezy. i mentioned the wind out of the northwest. it is about 10 degrees warmer than where we were yesterday. 62 as we head into the evening. after we get past sunset, the wind will calm down as well. it will be another cool one as we are already dropping into the 50's for the rest of the evening. we have a small craft in advisory out in the day through 6:00 p.m.. we will have one out, northwest wind. temperatures will drop down into the 40's. it will be another chilly one. expect the wind out of the northwest, flies to 10 miles per hour. we are calling for the high pressure system to build in

tomorrow which is where we see the full sunshine. the knights will be still rather chilly. we will keep with the comfortable weather. the weekend looks good and we are calling for a warm-up. we could be near 80 by next sunday. >> in our consumer alert comic two digital music giants are joining forces, rhapsody is taking over now after -- is taking over napster. rhapsody has 800,000 current subscribers. napster has under 400,000. apple makes its first product announcements and steve jobs left the company. the first would be iphone 5. they cannot unveil their new

feature soon enough. >> this is over 24 things like speech to text, voice communication, and navigation. gps is a huge element of the enjoyed popularity. >> experts expect a more popular -- and more powerful processor. apple is expected to announce the new features today. the days of the click will ipod are numbered. man's best friend is getting in on the trigger trading. the national retail federation says that had owners plan on spending $310 million on dressing up their pets. -- man's best friend is getting in on the trick or treating. that will be the day when i will address of my cats. up next, the maryland lottery. we will get another check of the forecast.

first, a look at how wall street is performing this hour. is performing this hour.

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do you want to have a chance to have a meal with a former reagan? the drawings are on november 6th. -- be want to have a chance with a former ravens? first we have 6, then 8. 8. 4-8-8-4. the maryland lottery, let yourself play. >> looks beautiful. "we earned it after days and days of dreary weather. 65 for the afternoon. we are back to the 70's. we went that way into the weekend. sunshine each and every day. this weekend and might get even warmer.

>> and thank you. thank you for joining us for 11 news at noon. have a great day.