the 84-year-old husband and wife died from gunshot wounds. there are classifying this as a murder-suicide. they have identified decouple and are still trying to wrap their minds about what happened. >> i did not think that would be possible with these two people. they were good and kind of people. it is just a very strange thing to even talk about. there has probably been a whole lot more to it. >> family and friends say they have problems with health, but it is unclear what happened. he >> are other big store, maryland's jobless rate stood at 7.4% for september. >> despite close ties to the federal government, the employment picture shows that the state was the economy is still struggling to grow.

david collins joins us live in the studio. >> economists like to look at trends. although the recovery remains sluggish, one expert believes that the state goes the economy is trending in the right direction. >> money for jobs and education! >> it inched up to 7.4% in september. state labor officials say that overall, trans with regard to economic recovery have been steady in the right direction. one local economist agrees. >> is marilyn's economy treading in the right direction? >> i believe so. in terms of the area of growth, i still seek strength in our i.t. sector, health sector, education sector. >> according to latest numbers, they added non-farm jobs in september. 4000 of them resulted in striking rise in workers' going back to work. >> at this point, we are not a

manufacturing state. we are a very service oriented state. >> compared to this time last year, the social service industry hired the most people. jobs could be found and office parks and fields of management of companies followed by wholesale trade. employers in the science and technology fields are hiring. the federal government added near letters to the payroll. the infusion of military personnel into has run its course. company announced plans to eliminate a hundred positions in its electronic position facilities. local government said 5400 jobs in september. these jurisdictions will provide the details on why next week. >> that is disturbing. unfortunately, there are times when you have to do bore with

less. but the bottom line for the month of september, private sector unemployment offsets cuts and local government. we will get a report on what caused the declines. >> in washington, senate democrats today unveiled the next remnant of the president obama's jobs bill. it is a $60 billion transportation projects to build roads and bridges. the measure would have also raised taxes on millionaires. >> i think you are going to see very similar votes to what we saw the last few weeks where democrats hang together and the republicans all say no because it is paid for by a tax increase. >> today's unveiling is the second measure of the president's pass a jobs plan to be rolled out and a smaller piece of legislation.

the leaders rejected the original $447 billion bill last week. >> hours ago i spoke with iraqi prime minister. i reaffirmed that the united states keeps its commitments. he spoke of the determination of the iraqi people to forge their own future. we are in full in agreement about how to move forward. >> with those words, president obama declared an end to the war and iraq. the president declared an end to the combat mission last year. today can the official announcement that they will also be leaving iraq by the end of the year. more than 3400 american troops and killed since the 2003 invasion. coming up next on the nightly news, a look at what is next american president and then i iraqi sovereignty is restored. >> the alleged trigger man and a

border for hire scheme is on trial. the townsend gas station owner was killed in the plot. >> we are in bel air because the trial was moved here and to hartford county because of pre- trial publicity. this afternoon, jurors watched the police interview that they conducted with walter bishop, jr. he said he was scared and did not want to go to jail. he denies involvement. he said he was in the area but he did not kill the victim. later, he did confess saying he stood there, closed his eyes, and pulled the trigger for times. then he casually walk away. >> prosecutors call the murder of a gas station owner cold- blooded and premeditated. the alleged triggerman was pressured into committing the killing by the victim was the wife. bishop is on trial accused of

shooting 49-year-old william ray porter several times in the head. police found the victim at the gas station on top are road. he was barely breathing. officers first investigating a possible robbery after the white described the assailant as a black man wearing a black city. the investigation took a strange turn leading to accusations of a murder for hire scene. they described a bishop and his role saying he did it for the money and carla porter had a plan to kill her husband. prosecutors believe bishop received $300, was promised another $9,000 for the hit. the defense told the jurors that carla porter would go to the ends of the earth to have her husband killed. for at least one year, she had been telling family members and friends that her husband had been hurting her.

defense attorney said nobody tried to stop what ended up a tragic murder. it is unbelievable the length this woman went to. walter bishop went through great lengths to back out of it. bishop of up to his role in the offense. he made a confession to police where he was truthful, tearful, remorseful. he assisted the police and finding the weapon. >> now, an assistant medical does it -- examiner said that william porter was shot under the left eye. in the taped interview with police, he told them that the victim pose a wife to ask if the victim was dead. he said, i guess. she also suggested that he might have to shoot her in the leg or arm or something. >> it is life plus 20 years for the man accused of killing john hopkins researcher. john wagner was given the

maximum sentence saying he would show him the same marcie that he should. he was stabbed to death while walking to his home in july of last year. the researcher was on the phone with his mother at the time. she testified to hearing her son's murder. frederick police have arrested a man who they are calling a peeping tom. he entered the college illegally. he was found hiding in a shower stall inside the woman pose a bad thing. he was ever arrested on charges of trespassing and burglary. he is currently free on a $25,000 bond. but police tell 11 is the man who was found dead inside a car was shot to death. the body of 21-year-old was found along salt drive on wednesday night. somebody noticed the car was parked illegally and called police. if you have any information on the border, you are asked to call crime stoppers at 1-866-7-

lockup. >> brian jackson was found murdered inside in south baltimore home last week. he was laid to rest today. he is awaiting extradition to bear lead appeared >> if you wanted to travel to one of the most expensive cities in the country, you might go to new york. if you want to go to the most inexpensive, drive a couple hours west. >> forbes.com says it will give the beauty and bang for your buck. -- buck. >> the latest on the ravens in dairy and prove that talk is not cheap.

>> cool temperatures moving into the been the atlantic could result in a

>> the potential college merger. state officials are saying the benefits and cost of making university of baltimore -- university of maryland in baltimore and in college park when university. a public hearing was held today. >> it was the first of two public hearings held to get input on the proposed merger. it is clear that both sides are prepared to make their case. >> i have serious concerns about the potential development on the

west side. we have a president who is focused on the west side fully engaged. that is how i would like to keep it. >> state senator mike miller will push for the merger and annapolis disagrees saying baltimore would benefit from combining the two campus is. >> the jobs created here because of research development, it is a win win for everybody. we are stuck in the 1960's because engineering does not talk to madison, medicine does not talk to business. >> students are the only ones caught in the middle of what is turning out to be an educational tug-of-war. >> i am not on one end or the other at this point. >> i don't understand the benefits of it. i know it will save me a little money in the long run. i know we had a conference of it. >> there is a potential benefit of having more donations and

funding. if it can give me a scholarship, that would be great. >> the head of an intercity church also has his doubts. >> you have a university of maryland baltimore with its tremendous assets and friendliness and camaraderie with our community. to have those decisions to be made in college park really works against our interests. >> the board of regents to both sites should give the process time to worry. >> we have not made any preconceived notions or conditions. this is really open form. we want all the information we can get. that we will sit down and make a decision. but to can expect strong reaction from college park as well. that is where the next meeting is scheduled on friday. you can hear more on this in terms of recommendation before christmas. >> some very interesting proposal. the event of a national cyber attack, maryland officials want to make sure the state and the country are protected.

>> that is what these guys are doing here. there are competing. there are showing real life skills to use every day to help defend our nation, state, and corporations that work for pure >> there are taking a cyber challenge in downtown baltimore. there are competing for up to $100,000 in prizes and scholarships. >> one of the most expensive cities in america is a little more than two hours from here. nestled in the appalachian mountains, you would think that the city would be anything but cheap. according to forbes.com, it is one of the cheapest places to live in the united states. 4 miles of tracks to its historic downtown, cumberland appears to offer at all including low gas prices, low parking. that is just to name a few. >> i am surprised at ford's.com has read this as the cheapest place to live. to me, the prices of apartments

these days have gone up while the value of the dollar has gone down. >> cumberland attracts a lot of visitors every year, but tourism is not necessarily come without a price tag. a lot of festivals and museums are either free or priced lower. >> the colors are starting to spread east into our area. it should be a great weekend to get outside and enjoy the changing the colors and our region which will peak around here in the next 10 days or so over the course of the next week. 61 degrees at bwi marshall and way below the record. 90 degrees on the 21st of october. back in 1947, a record low with a cold at 26 degrees. it may be coolly enough for a little patchy frost. sunday morning is the best chance for that.

a little bit of cloud cover that is lingering will prevent temperatures from falling too low. most of the cloudiness will collapse. sprinkles we see to the north and west will diminish as well. and the colder areas of western maryland were temperatures have been stuck in the 30's all day, some of those sprinkles could be matched with a little wet snow over all tonight and tomorrow before high-pressure tanks full control of the region. he could see skies are expected to be mostly clear statewide by tomorrow morning. around here it is 37 in the suburbs and downtown. winds out of the west will the minister for less than 10 miles per hour overnight. they will go nearly call tomorrow night. as with the coldest temperatures are likely to occur. class a to cloud cover it is a lingering in our region. a lot of sunshine for saturday and sunday. right underneath this area of high pressure is the core of the cold air. temperatures were in the 30's. it went all the way down to the gulf coast and the panhandle and florida. it was 39 degrees in atlanta.

the cool air will be working its way north and east so that tomorrow night will be quite cold. for this night, freeze warnings are out. frost advisers go all the way down to the gulf coast. the chill is coming in. even with lots of sun tomorrow, it will be cooler than normal day. highs of 58 degrees to 63 degrees, a breeze of 12 miles per hour. with only about a foot. a beautiful day of the chesapeake tomorrow. finally the skies clear out. they will get some sunshine there. chilly day tomorrow at 49, and to the low 50's on sunday. the son will be out in abundance. a beautiful weekend. 61 degrees tomorrow. afternoon highs in the low 60's. on the lower eastern shore including the ocean city, a beautiful weekend. sunny skies for saturday and sunday. if you are traveling south for the ravens on monday, it will be

mostly clear skies. temperatures in the 60's. nebraska ones that run 10 miles per hour. --northeast winds about 10 miles per hour. >> this is 11 sports. >> good evening. i am pete gilbert treated this thursday for the ravens today, in preparation for monday night. it gives promise of a return of a few players. on a series now, chris kyl practice one again. jimmy smith practiced again as well. reese jones drew, a menacing

runner. >> he breaks a ton of tackles. this guy is like a rolling ball of butcher knives. he is scary. he runs over linebackers. he knocks guys out. we have to do a great job as always of setting the edge and not getting in the outside. he is a downhill die. he can cut and spend and do everything. -- he is a downhill guy. >> troy polamalu was fined $10,000 for using a cell phone in the bench area. maybe it was not him. maybe it was an identical twin. the call was made to his wife to let her know he was ok after a big hit. i guess he needs to go handsfree. the rangers played small ball.

some grreat defense, too. elvis andrews, a greatfklip to second. bottom 7, pitch hitting. same matchup in game one and the same result. top of 9th, barely beat the throw. pop fly tied the game at 1. another fly, bringing in elvis andrews. etexas takes a 2-1 lead. great baseball for the rangers as they head back with the series tied 1 game a piece. >>they played a classic pth

inning. they stole a base. it took guts and they executed it. >> please stay with us. and look at the 74 tests after this.

>> two elderly people were found dead inside a home in middle river. police say it was a murder- suicide. >> today our troops and iraq will definitely be calm pre- holiday spirit >> the end of the war f. iraq is in sight. we will talk with some local military families who will be together and type or christmas.

>> chilly but glad we got rid of the rain. veryhs in the 60's, a comfortable afternoon. the next shot of significant rain is thursday next week. >>thanks for joining us.