>> there is still a sense of shock on this campus today and a real concern about what comes next for penn state. >> a new era begins at penn state with an interim coach on unsteady ground. >> i take this job with very mixed emotions, due to the situation. it but the scars are still fresh and deep, accusations that former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky is a sexual predator. >> how could they ignore it? it is unconceivable that you would not do something about that. >> adding to the shock and frustration comeuppance accusations that joe paterno may have been -- adding to the shock and frustrations, accusations that joe paterno may have been covering it up. >> he is a father figure and an icon, and to see him go in this manner is disappointing.

>> disappointment that led to anger in the streets, as word of his firing spread light across the campus of last night. -- spread across the campus late last night. students today were left to wonder what comes next. >> i do not know how the campus is going to move forward. >> the new coach said he and his team will help shape the future of this battered institution. >> i will find a way to start the healing process. >> a tougher challenge, certainly, than any he wore his players have ever faced on the field. -- he or his players have ever faced on the field. >> a charge that will likely continue for a long time. >> and more pictures from penn state are on our website. our sister station wtae was

right in the middle of it all when the protest broke out. correct what does our -- >> what does our gerrie sandusky have to say about this? that is tonight at 11:00 p.m. >> in west baltimore, police confirmed they are investigating a rape inside highland park elementary school. authorities are conducting a special investigation into the alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl. the suspect is a 13-year-old boy. it happened on october 12 and details are just now coming forward. baltimore city police are now identifying the man shot last night in northeast baltimore. 25-year-old santos villa nueva.

police responded to the 3300 block of the whole neighborhood. we are told villa nueva was shot in the chest. he died at the scene. >> police have identified the vehicle they believe was involved in a deadly hit and run in august that killed a tow truck operator. authorities are looking for a dark red, 1987 to 1995 need on pathfinder. -- nissan pathfinder. according to witnesses, the driver did initially stopped at the scene, but then continued on, traveling east. the man killed, james schreiber, had been working on a broken down sewage truck on the road. if you have information, call metra crimestoppers at 1-866-7- lockup.

the vehicle may still have damage to the front passenger's side. police need your help cadging a man in these surveillance videos that happened just before 11:00 a.m. this morning at a wells fargo aijalon 9200 block of national pipe. he told -- along the 9200 block of national pike. he told customers to get on the floor. >> tonight, the officials -- officials say the big woman who caught fire at her home has died from her injuries. officials still do not know what caused the flames. the victim has been identified as 57-year-old leslye thornburgh. all we know right now is that she caught fire in the backyard and ran inside for help. that is when the -- her 84-year- old father tried to put out the flames, but also got hurt in the process. there was some kind of flyable

what -- a flammable liquid in the backyard. lopez has announced that he is no longer representing gary g. radogno. -- giordano. giordano maintains that his wife never returned from snorkeling and he did not kill him. law officials there have decided they do not have enough evidence to keep him and he will soon be released. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake is not backing off the bottle tax. instead, she is pushing a plan to increase the tax from 2 cents to 5 cents. it would help renovate area schools, the mayor says. the bottle tax has been quite controversial from the start and raising it is expecting -- is

expected to raise even more controversy. >> we caught up with the mayors for the after she posted the pit -- the proposal on line. she says it will help pay for area schools, but others say it is irresponsible. >> revenue from the embattled city bought tax has already fallen short of expectations. it was estimated to bring in $5.8 million a year, but only generated $4.7 million in its first year. mayor stephanie rawlings blanked -- mayor stephanie rawlings-blake announced a plan to raise it from 2 cents to 5 cents. >> take a look at some of our schools around the city and you know our schools deserve more. we think this is a way to get there. >> school administrators are still looking into how much money is needed.

an aclu figure put the figure at $2.8 million. generating -- increasing the bottle tax to 5 cents would generate $2.2 million. the tax increase needs approval from city council, and it is expected to face stiff opposition from the beverage industry and business. after hearing the mayor wants to increase the tax to 5 cents, one person writes, "mader stephanie rawlings-blake continues to demonstrate an outright disrespect for baltimore business, in my opinion. it is somewhat of debuts out of power. -- of an abuse of power." >> fully committed to finding a way to speed up the pace of school construction, so we can make sure the facilities match

the greatness of our kids. >> the school and city council will include -- will introduce an amendment to increase the tax. coming up, feedback on the proposal. >> we have some good news tonight. nearly all of the b.g.e. customers that have been living without heat or hot water in the past few days have had their service restored. construction crews monday morning had a 12-inch gas main that knocked out service to residents and customers -- residents and business customers. if your heat is back -- not back on, contact the utility for a lighting of gas appliances. >> weather changes are on the way. a cold front moving off the coast as we speak. showers coming in and cooler

temperatures as well. the last of the rain is along the i-95 corridor. it will continue for another couple of hours before it finally tapers off. it will drop to the upper 30's inow 40 -- and the low 40's western maryland. tomorrow will be a windy day. the strong, gusting winds will move over 30 miles per hour at times. cold air just in time for veterans day. does it last through the upcoming weekend? we will check out the seven-day forecast in a couple of minutes. >> we will see you then. it was once one of the crown jewels of shopping when it opened in the 1980's, but the owings mills mall has seen closing of store after store. >> that is about to change as the county executive announces a $70 million project to bring them all back in a big way.

>> to give you an example, i grew up in the rock fell area and i remember back in the mid .980's when this mall opened it is sad to see what this mall has become. mostly, a lot of blight, but as you said, that is about to change. it is about to undergo a major reconstruction, changing it from an indoor mall to mostly an outdoor mall. >> folks, after a great effort, the wait is over. it is happening and it is happening now. >> it is out with the old ended with the new at the owings mills mall. the county executive signed a memorandum of understanding concerning the joint venture to complete the bree construction -- restructure the mall. >> to the people of owings

mills, congratulations, because it will be happening now. >> a recent study showed 500,000 people with household incomes over $80,000 live within 10 miles of the mall. the developers felt this was proof they needed to do the project, funding the whole thing, about $70 million. >> we will create a catalyst for growth in the community. this will be a retail hub for all of west baltimore county. >> those in charge of the project say everything is still in the planning phase, but promised a major demolition of the mall, creating a more outdoor experience, like the hunt valley mall, made up of big box and junior box stores. >> we will have j.c. penney's, macy's, and amc theater. >> the project is receiving a

lot of praise from employers locally, looking forward to getting rid of the eyesore and putting the mall area back on the map. >> we hope this is going to bring that whole area of to a level of service that the community would like to see. >> the big question is, what stores are coming here? the organizers of today's announcement could not really tell us because they said everything is still in the planning phases. they did not even have artists' renderings yet. they are still coming up with ideas. planning should take another 6- 12 months, with the demolition coming sometime in the beginning of 2013. they are planning to have this entire project finished sometime in 2014. >> big changes going on. it turns dark you can't really buy just about anything on line, even skillet -- it turns out, you can really by just about anything on line, even skeletal

remains. >> coming up next, a strange investigation that no one was expecting. >> and new moms taking vitamins from their babies and dried placenta. but why? >

>> tonight, the mummified skeletal remains of a child found at the university of maryland are back home tonight after a woman tried to sell them on e-bay. they are now back at the university school of medicine to be examined. the remains were part of a collection of scottish remains to be examined. the woman who had tried to sell the remains said she got them from a friend who worked in demolition. she is not facing any charges. >> in tonight's medical alert, according to the cdc, the majority of smokers want to quit. and last year, they say about half of them tried, but only 6% made it.

here's more on why it is so hard and why the fda is also trying to crack down on those selling cigarettes to minors. >> more than two-thirds of the people who smoke in america say they want to quit completely. >> and while more than half of those people try to quit last year, the cdc reports just 6% of smokers were successful. president obama is one of them. >> i know you quit smoking. >> i did. >> his successful quit will undoubtedly lead to thousands of others succeeding in quitting as well. >> african-americans are the group most likely to want and try to quit, but at the lowest success rate. they spoke menthol cigarettes three times as much as the general population. >> the fda found that they think there is evidence that meant all makes it harder to quit. >> is also harder to quit the

earlier you start. the vast majority of adult smokers picked up the habit as teenagers. aw bans theal los selling of tobacco to minors. >> the nation's retailers are at the front line of protecting our kids from initiating tobacco use. >> the cdc report found a majority of 18-24-year-old smoker's attempted to quit last year. experts say is a good first step. >> when you try to quit, it often takes many times before you finally succeed. >> and if you never try, your chances of success are zero. >> this one is certainly in the unusual category. there seemed to be a growing number of new laws taking pills made from their placenta to reduce -- new moms taking pills made from their placenta to reduce the likelihood of

postpartum depression. she said her placenta was clean, sliced up, and then ground out to be put into capsules. she said it also helps in milk production and helps to regulate the ramallah. but some doctors warn that -- to regulate the hormones. but some doctors warn that using the bills to regulate hormones to avoid postpartum depression is risky. >> and now, your 11 insta- weather plus forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> airliner showers, mostly just light rain, but showers nunda last -- nonetheless brought along the i 85 -- i 80 corridor. this is the last little line of it, at least for our area. the bulk of it is going up and to boston and new england. to the west where it is colder, some snow across parts of

michigan, indiana, and the ohio valley. kohler showers are tracking to baltimore right now. -- colder showers are trekking through baltimore right now. 57 degrees at the airport. the normal is 59. a couple of hundreds of an inch of rain so far. it is currently 47. we're likely to set a new low for the day later this evening. temperatures are almost too freezing at oakland at this hour. they are likely to see their rain change to snow overnight. the rain will be off the coast by 10:00 p.m. or so. it will be increasingly wende and talent -- turn colder around baltimore. in western maryland, another batch of snow comes in. showers tonight, then breezy and

clearing. by morning, 32 in the suburbs and 42 at the inner harbor. the front is off the coast. the rain is falling behind the front. the winds will be picking up as the cold air suites in from the great lakes and the same front will push tropical storm sean away from the eastern seaboard. it is not a threat to west, but it does have 65 miles per hour winds and is expected to track northeast of the verb -- of bermuda at tomorrow. our emphasis will be on the return of sunshine, strong, gusty winds, and cold air tomorrow. temperatures will be well below normal tomorrow. also called on saturday. partly cloudy skies developing on sunday. a sunny day tomorrow, but brisk. northwest winds at 25, gusting to 35. sunrise tomorrow morning at 6:45

a.m. and going down at 4:55 p.m. a small craft advisory in the western maryland mountains -- a small craft advisory on the day, and snow in the western maryland mountains. a bit more comfortable announced by sunday and monday. around here, winds will be gusting up to 35 miles per hour tomorrow. a high of only 52. 58 on saturday. the lower eastern shore, the wind is still brisk with gusts of 40 on the beach. 58 with sunny skies on saturday. a chance for scattered showers monday through wednesday. >> more and more people are into bowling at maryland state university. >> and it looks like they are more qualified than ever before. new at 5:30 p.m., where those

students are coming from and where they are now. >> rick perry says he will soldier on, despite his epic gaffe. the latest, coming up next.

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at verizonfios.com today. because there's never been a better time to build the perfect fios bundle. >> despite a startling and embarrassing live tv memory lapse in last night's debate here in detroit, rick perry said he will not quit the race for the white house. >> it was a bit uncomfortable. steve handelsman has our story. >> rick perry went on the morning talk shows to say he will not quit. >> you bet, i'm going to continue on. this campaign is about ideas, not about who is the slickest debater. >> but it has been endlessly replayed. >> it is 3 agencies in the government when i get there that are gone.

commerce, education, and what is the other one, let's see. >> afterward, he faced up to the mass. >> yes, it was embarrassing. of course it was. >> he is going on letterman. human error is the strategy. >> if you can laugh it off, all the better, but it will certainly be an uphill fight. >> hermine kaine got a break when rick perry stole the spotlight. cain got a break when rick perry stole the spotlight. the biggus story was -- the biggest story was rick perry. >> rick perry has the money to

fight on, $15 million, and he says he will show up at the next debate on saturday. meanwhile, hermine kaine's campaign says he has raised more than $14 million. >> he was only yards from the finish line when he collapsed. >> tonight, and miraculously recovery. initially thought dead, the man talks about those who saved his life. >> i heard it was cancer. well, i had not heard that one before. >> a new treatment change her life and it may change the way

>> if you are watching wbal tv 11 news at 5:00 p.m. in hd with the stan stovall, donna hamilton, your insta-weather plus forecast with tom tasselmyer. >> new tonight at 5:30 p.m., they call it the cancer is dapper. it is an exciting, minimally invasive treatment for operable tumors. it is giving patients and doctors some new hope. >> a look -- it uses electricity to actually zap tumors and it made one day change the way cancer is treated. >> joya more than ever has an appreciation for life these days. in 2009, she was having symptoms of acid reflux.

bothersome, but she was not concerned. >> i am 49, i was thinking, i've never had this before, but ok. i started taking sempre the sec and was not getting better. -- i started taking medicine and was not getting better. >> then she started vomiting and was losing weight >> about four weeks later, the doctor said, nine times out of 10 when i see this, is cancer. i had not heard that one before. >> this is how joyce looked a little over two years ago. that is all normal. the rest of these innumerable spots are cancer. >> wow, all of these white spots. >> all of these white spots are tumors. >> doctors say it originated in her pat -- in her pancreas and metastasized to her liver. not a good situation. >> i thought i had a few months

to live, maybe. >> the first course was chemotherapy. but she had a net -- an amazing response. >> all she was left with after a year of chemotherapy was one, albeit large, a tumor in her liver. >> a hot spot about the size of a golf ball. that is when the doctor suggested a new procedure called ire. >> it does not use heat or cold. >> cryotherapy use one of the two. you either burned or freeze the tumor. despite zaps the tumor -- this zaps the tumor. >> it leaves intact the various other parts. >> and it is minimally invasive. >> i literally introduced

needles through the skin into the target tissue and i do my appellation -- oblation without a major hole. you can see that these needles are positioned at precise intervals throughout her level -- her liberal -- her liver in and around the tumor. >> that has had -- it has been a year since her treatment. >> this is all scar tissue. >> and the doctor says ire can be used to populate tumors in the central nervous system, but not in the head or chest yet. >> patients that are not a surgical candidates, not radiation candidates, now we are opening up opportunities for them for treatment that were not there before. >> and the things that may be

within a decade ire will change what they are doing today. >> this may be the kind of technology that helps us get there. >> to read a half years have now passed since joyce's diagnosis, -- two and a half years have now passed since joyce's diagnosis. she is glad to be alive. >> and diane a warrior, to, but worrier,- i'm a too, but i'm a survivor. >> seeking to the entire interview at wbaltv.com. click on "medical alert. amped >> the white house is now reacting to a disturbing

allegations of sexual abuse out of penn state university. in the meantime, angry students have been taking to the streets in support of head coach joe paterno, who was fired late last night. baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake says she wants to increase the top tax from 2 cents to 5 cents. the bill would help renovate city school buildings. we're told it would increase that amount to $2.2 million. that money was supposed to go to street cleaning and other public-works projects. officials say they have now found the vehicle used by the man who abducted the washington nationals catcher, sees from his home last night. the captors have not yet made contact with his family. is the first time a major league player has been abducted in the country, although other player''

relatives have been kidnapped and held for ransom in the past. >> in tonight's education alert, the number of students attending morgan state university are on the rise another year. >> what is behind the increases? tim tooten joins us with details. >> morgan state is doing a much better job of selling its academic programs to prospective students, students who are coming to stay until graduation. >> the student body is experiencing an historic high at morgan state. the administrators at baltimore schools have been keeping a close eye on the numbers, but they're not the only ones who have seen at the campus grow. >> i've also noticed it from the amount of glasses that fill up quickly. i definitely see the numbers going up. >> right now, the student body is a little more than 8000. that is a 10% increase, due in

part to the number of students in graduate programs. but there's more to the story. >> we have seen an increase in scores in the process because we have been receiving high performing students from all over the state and the country. >> and more students are coming to school and staying lager. right now, the student retention rate is 72.9%. that is a 4% increase over last year. >> we have been reaching out individually to any student with academic or financial issues and saying, basically, what can we do to assist? >> and students are saying that is helping more in achieving better,. >> i am a student athlete and last year we had at least four girls graduate. numbering an increased in student athletes. >> and they expect this next year to be another year of

record growth. >> and the dean of the school has just begun his second year in the job. >> there is another sex abuse scandal making headlines tonight. >> this time is against the u.s. a swimming coach. when we come back, a 14-year-old girls startling allegations. >> and another aftershock in turkey. rescuers continue to work around the clock to save lives. >> and changes coming to owings mills mall.

>> it looks like penn state is not the only institution caught up in a sex scandal. a family is suing and the lawsuit alleges that their daughter was molested by a coach and it was covered up. >> this fosters a culture that

places the protection of predators coaches and head of protecting athletes. >> the suspect is currently serving time for earlier cases. >> eight people rescued it from the debris after yesterday's 5.7 magnitude quake. at least eight people are confirmed dead, including a japanese aid worker. 26 people were rescued overnight. >> amazing. foreclosures have skyrocketed nationwide and here in baltimore, it is no different. gregg's still ahead, five days

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>> chaos on the campus of penn state. coming up at 6:00 p.m., the firing of joe paterno is still touching a raw nerve with students, but now the feds are launching an investigation after the fallout of child rape charges. and the mayor of baltimore plans to increase the bonnell having triplets is such a blessing. not financially. so we switched to the bargain detergent, but i found myself using three times more than you're supposed to and the clothes still weren't as clean as with tide. so we're back to tide. they're cuter in clean clothes. thanks, honey. yeah. you suck at folding. [ laughs ] [ female announcer ] just one cap of tide plus bleach

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alma mater for a very special veterans day event. jennifer franciotti has the story. >> those two -- 9 >> the 90- year-old remember to some of his classmates during world war ii. alums from theer bolo school are back. >> i hope they don't forget what we accomplish because it is so different today. >> the students are getting an oral history lesson, a unique veterans' day event that social studies teacher steve bowersox is sure will have an impact. >> we see them in the street and

sometimes it just seems like they're older people, but you know what they went through with our school and its heritage and history and those kinds of things. >> it is pretty cool. >> i am really interested in world war ii, and it is a loss and to hear veterans talk about what they went through with that whole thing. >> westminster i alumni veterans started with a counter -- a calendar for the students. and for some, a chance to talk about life experiences, especially those in the pacific, is very special. >> i got along well with the navy. i had no trouble with the discipline, which some people do. it was a different life. >> and the school is hoping to sell enough calendars next year to make a world war ii monument outside the school.

>> and every day, we give thanks for americans veterans, especially this friday. you can help celebrate these brave men and women by sharing your photos at wbaltv.com, click on your note -- ulocal. >> and now, your 11 insta- weather plus forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> a line of showers moving across central and eastern maryland at this hour. right across the baltimore metro and up and down the i-95 corridor. not exactly what you want to see and most of-hour, bu baltimore county is still dealing with rain. western maryland, not quite as wet, but getting chilly out there and they will start to see some moisture return. this time it will probably come in as rain and snow off the coast. reduce heat and air mass that is quite chilly -- we do see an air

mass that is quite chilly. look how warm it is all the way up into new england. 55 in caribou, maine. but only 45 in louisville ky. we are already seeing the impact statewide here in maryland from mid 50's in the eastern part of the state to the middle and low 30's in the western part of the state. the skies will clear up nicely by tomorrow. a lot of sunshine, but colder. it will be quite chilly. tonight in baltimore, showers ending, clearing and breezing. 42 at the inner harbor. the rain is falling behind the front off the coast. this will help to push sean

away. it will be a close call, though. it is looking like it is going on the north side of bermuda and and will pull away. nice weather for the weekend. sunday looks like we will pick up a bit of cloud cover, but with the southerly breeze it will warm up a bit. winds gusting to mark to 35 miles per hour. a small craft advisory on the day. a westerly wind, 2025 knots. the -- 20-25 knots. snow in western maryland that might actually stick until tomorrow morning. the winds will gust over 35 miles per hour for a time tomorrow. it could be in when you're on the beach at ocean city, with a gust of 40 possible tomorrow.

temperatures in the 50's before it warms up sunday and monday at ocean city. for the ravens, unsettled weather. typical seattle weather. cloudy skies. maybe low 50's at kickoff. southeast winds at 10. there is a 70% chance that some showers will track across the seattle area during the game on sunday. tomorrow, a windy veterans day with the high of 50. cloud cover returns on saturday with temperatures beginning to warm. >> foreclosure filings are on their way back up. the foreclosure filings increased by 7% in the month of october. that is according to realty track. california, florida and michigan

also saw a spike in activity. even though filings were up 7% last month, they are down 31% compared to october a year ago. and if you are among the many struggling to pay for your home, for the next five days in baltimore you can get some in- person mortgage help from a big bank for free. it is part of a national effort called "save the dream." lenders will be offering, in some cases, a principal reductions or mortgage restructuring. it runs tomorrow from 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. and it ends on tuesday. google says it will pull its app from the blackberry operating system on november 22. what does that mean for gdl blackberry users? those who have already stilladed the aca pp will

be able to use it. if you have not downloaded the apt, you have until november 22 before it is gone. >> we are talking about an effort at howard county community college to make sure students who have problems paying for rent, transportation, and other living expenses like child care get the help they need. each hub is in exchange for a donation. the goal is to raise of $700 by 11-11-11, which is tomorrow. we are cracking open the penn state investigation out of our washington bureau, new at 6:00 p.m. >> honoring some local heroes, that story, coming out.

>> for bob, running has been a way of life. he has run in 16 marathons. he was about to cross the finish line in this year's marathon when he collapsed and his heart stopped beating. he survived, thanks to the people nearby. >> for bob, he has been running his entire life. he is 55 years old now and first-round running when he was 12 years old. last month's marathon is a race he will never forget.

he was only yards from the finish line in this year's baltimore marathon when he collapsed. >> i fell about 200 feet from the finish. a baltimore city policeman started to administer cpr. then the medical folks came and they did cheap -- cpr and they shocked me. >> luckie for bob, lieutenant colonel ross pizarro was close by. >> i knew he did not trip and i knew it was something serious. when i initially saw hampshire, he just did not look well -- when i initially saw him, he just did not look well. >> there was a special ceremony today at the marathon finish line to honor those who helped save bobbit life. >> fortunately, everything worked in his favor and it we resuscitated him.

everyone worked as a team to quickly resuscitate mr. puhle. >> and it was a chance for bob to say thank you. >> you may have been doing their -- they may have been doing their jobs the day, but i want you to know you gave me a second chance at life. i will never forget you. the outcome of your efforts will be with me forever. >> bob and his family know that he is one lucky man. >> to go to a total stranger and help him is amazing. we want to say thank you to everybody, even those who sent their well-wishers and their blessings and prayers. it was amazing. >> that is all for us at 5:00 p.m. here is what is coming up at 6:00 p.m. >> here is the latest -- i have the latest on the penn state

investigation, plus the white house has the reaction. >> and it is out with the old and in with the new at owings mills mall. >> city hall announces a proposal that will generate construction -- a discussion over school construction money. >> this is wbal tv 11 news at 6:00 p.m. >> our big story tonight at 6:00 p.m., it was chaos on the campus of penn state university after joe paterno was fired. hundreds of students rioted, prompting paterno to call a press conference. >> tom bradley said he takes his place with mixed emotions. the team plays its first game after the fallout this