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>> the 14 year tradition of the ravens holding their training camp and westminster is over. it is also a major blow to the community of westminster. kai reed has the story toward >> a lot of people cannot afford regular-season tickets. going to training camp was the next best thing. today's announcement will be a big adjustment to fans and the entire was mr. community. >> we are having fun. >> it has been a baltimore ravens fan's dream for every week during the summer. >> fans get an up close look at the player, autographs, and will live long memories it. >> you know football is coming, that tradition is gone.
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that is really kind of sat. >> it was the first time in 14 years at the camp was not held in westminster. they have decided to permanently move the camp to owing mills. >> the sad part of it was we had such a connection of our fans in training camp. maybe the best in pro sports. we will not have that. >> it is a big disappointment to local businesses as well. fans are estimated to spend about $2 million every summer. >> some of the restaurants, gas stations, places like that -- it is sad because it helped us to put us on the map in the state. >> and carroll county, and in business we all have to make decisions. i am sure it was a hard decision for them to make. >> the tradition may be over in
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westminster, but they're determined to find new ways to connect with vance. >> pick the kids of and they would watch and players would find things for that -- for them. >> that is a connection we will not get anywhere else. what can we do to try to capture a little bit of that back? we are not sure but we will try. >> one plan is to hold at least three practices that will be open to the public. baltimore ravens official said one of them will be held at the stadium. >> dozens of you reacted to the announcement on the broadcast teams facebook page. of the fans who voted in our poll, 62% support the move to owing mills. you can get updates on facebook.com/ravensnews. and annapolis man accused of taking money from schools to
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bring baltimore ravens players to assemblies and never fall out there is now on the most wanted list in the county. his company never refunded the money they received from schools. it included schools from carroll, an original, and baltimore counties. it promised to have a raven's player talk about bullying but it never happened. back in october, at least 17 schools alone lost $14,000. the better business bureau has been notified. police are looking for him. he is not living at his last known address and he has been using rental cars. the tonight at 11:00, police in howard county are releasing surveillance photos as they investigate a bank robbery. he work with another suspect to withsuntrust bank. he walked in and demanded cash and then took a deposit from a customer inside. he is described as 6 foot 2
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inches and long dreadlocks here. anybody is asked to call 410- 313-stop. there is a reward money if an arrest is made. baltimore police are working with atf to solve a string of molotov cocktail attacks that have been plaguing the region for months. a reward of up to $5,000 if you can help find who is responsible for 13 separate attacks since september. if you have any information about the molotov cocktail incident, you are urged to call 1-888-atf-atre. they were not meant to keep anyone home. that is what governor ehririch aid said today. barry simms explains, the prosecution has the story all
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wrong. >> he took responsibility authorizing the call in 2010, but he denied it was intended to keep voters home. it was written by julius henson, a political consultant. he read me a proposed script and i approved it, he told jurors. was there any motivation of voter suppression, the lawyer asked. no, we were trying to get 3000 or 4000 people to leave and go vote. prosecutors say the call was fraudulent because it subjected the election was over before the polls closed. prosecutors tried to attack on that. by showing an e-mail from 40 --
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>> do you think he would have done something like this? >> absolutely not. the paul i know is one that grew up in the head. he hung out on old york road with the brothers. i just do not see that in his makeup. >> he was an adviser to the 2002 ehrlich campaign. he now works with juveniles in dallas. he says paul has always been above board and says the case should not been brought against him. >> mr. henson will have his day in court. today we are here to support paul shurick. the jury gets the case. reporting from baltimore, barry simms. >> authorities continue their
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search for to the suspects in connection with the most recent quarter at yo0w brothers carryout. freddie jones, jr. was shot during a robbery while he was leaving the restaurant. he died in a hospital. it happened a long rebound avenue. for a closer look at the two remaining suspects, you can head to our wbaltv.com website. . anyone with information is urged to contact police. we have an update for you on breaking news we brought to you at 5:00 and 6:00. route one has reopened in hartford county after being shut down because of a serious car accident. it happened near smith road and arlington. sky team 11 was high above. mena -- helicopters rushed to the people to shock trauma. still no word on what sparked a
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deadly house fire this afternoon on the eastern shore. flames broke out in stephenville, one man was inside. the 47-year-old was pronounced dead on the scene. state police are investigating. >> republican presidential hopeful herman cain is back in atlanta for the first time since and adultery allegation. he is also telling the media tomorrow he will make a decision about the future of his campaign. he arrived at his home this afternoon to talk to his wife gloria, his wife of 42 years. this is their first face-to-face meeting after a woman came forward this week in clancy -- she had a 30-year affair with a cane. he did not say if he would drop out of the race for the gop nomination. >> tomorrow in atlanta i will be
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making an announcement. nobody is going to get me to make that prematurely. >> his announcement saturday will be made an atlanta at the grand opening of what will be his door to a campaign headquarters. he also said he needs to consider what he would do with the campaign donations he has collected if he drops out of the race. today members are showing the biggest monthly decline in jobless rate since january. that makes five months that there grow the economy has generated 100,000 jobs or more. a word of warning, the decline is due in part to more than 300,000 people who have quit their job searches. >> it was the news that give a current and former president something to cheer about. >> we need to keep the growth growing. >> he announced new initiatives to make buildings more energy efficient alongside president clinton. >> this is good business that
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creates jobs. >> the brought the unemployment rate down to 8.6%, 82. five-year low. some republican leaders cautioned the numbers do not tell the whole story. >> more than 300,000 americans left the labour force last month. that means they stopped looking for work. i think we should all be concerned about that. >> despite the overall figure still give a boost to wall street that had one of its best showings this week. it comes on the heels of other positive news including $52.4 billion in record spending by shoppers over the holiday weekend. >> it is a good sign the customer is coming out and spending a little bit more. we do anything as a hopeful and positive sign for the economy. >> the question now, will the momentum last? >> we will see next month if it sustains. if we build on that or if this is just something that comes with the holidays. >> more than half of the hiring
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country in the retail sector as well as restaurants and bars. in washington,wbal tv 11 news. >> howard county has the lowest unemployment figure in the state of maryland. 5.1% for the month of october. that is down from 5.4% in september. compare that to a statewide average of more than 7%. >> we are moving in the right direction. we are very pleased that folks are hiring. we are pleased that our focus on economic development is really paying off. >> the state of maryland on the plan rate is well above the average and among the lowest in the country. our county is also kicking off a new economic bush tonight as part of the holiday season. in addition to a new welcome center, community leaders are kicking off with the call midnight madness. businesses and restaurants will be staying open till midnight to
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celebrate the start of the shopping season. they are devoting free parking until christmas. the new welcome center is a happy post office on main street. the inner harbor fireworks display will go on this new year's eve. the baltimore sun says it has made a donation that will allow the show to go on as planned. that means the sun will serve as a sponsor of the event. downtown companies are joining in as sponsors. the news tonight as the mayor is praising the businesses for helping make the change. >> a charlottesville judges as the family lacrosse player cannot testify at sentencing proceedings. we will talk to a legal expert to find out why. >> it sounded almost like a hurricane. i have lived here all my life and i was amazed by the stuff
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that was flying last night. >> it is not over yet. weathercasters are predicting fierce winds blowing through the west coast this weekend. we will take a look at the damage it has already done. >> we move into the weekend with chilly morning temperatures. after that not too bad for saturday and sunday. right now it is a cool 42 degrees at the airport.
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>> at john hopkins doctor has been accused of stealing $150,000 to a nonprofit agency. he is submitting false timecards to deliver a facility that provides care to adults. he set up and control the account or the agency deposited the money. he stands trial this month. a charlottesville judge ruled that the family members of former lacrosse player hughley
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did not testify if they are present in the quarter. they are trying to lift the ban, but the judge says he is rejecting the defense's motionandrew leavey says although it is an unusual ruling, they have a reason behind it. >> he wants to make certain that witnesses are only testifying from their own knowledge and not what they heard some other witness testified to. >> the trial will take place in february of next year. the state report on a possible merger between the university of maryland college park and the baltimore campus is due out in the next week or so. the state board of regents is reviewing testimony from two public hearings. the merger report is being
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compiled at the request of the maryland general assembly. the mayor believes it will hurt west side development. the chancellor says the board of regents is not taking any sides. the once in a decade when storm that blew through the west coast has calmed down, at least for the time being. not before leaving behind serious damage that is affecting thousands of people. thousands are still without power and many school buses and businesses remain closed in southern california today after the worst storm in at least a decade. hurricane greatest costs were at 97 miles per hour blasting through the los angeles area at the height of the storm. >> i ask for a continued patience on the part of angelenos as we recover from what has been an incredible display of the power of mother nature. >> the storm left cities in a state of emergency after millions of dollars of damage.
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the worst of the storm is likely behind us, but six other states are in a winter storm warning mode. >> now, your 11 insta-weather forecast with tom tasselmyer. >> they may get a another episode sunday night into monday next week. a much quieter start to the month of december. temperatures are warmer than what you would expect. after a cold morning, 2640 low. we've managed to almost hit 60 at the airport and did hit 60 in downtown baltimore. it is well short of the record high of 72. the record low was a little out of reach as well. ninety-three's on the second day of december in 1967. it is almost up to freezing and very close to freezing in frederick. they are already back down to 28 degrees. even areas still in the 40's on
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the eastern shore will be cooling off rapidly. it is still below freezing out there. it is already done to 39 degrees on the boardwalk in ocean city. we are in for another chilly morning. high pressure is strengthening. it should be a clear saturday morning. 27 suburbs, 37 at the inner harbor. the area of high pressure producing our nice weather is centered near the great lakes and also to the south. the front skipped through a very dry atmosphere prevented it from doing much at all. some high thin clouds will start coming in on sunday. these are clouds coming out of the next powerful storm in the rockies. winter storm defects and a high pressure is building over the rockies that may produce some strong santa ana winds in parts of nevada and california late in the week. several inches of snow already
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snowing in albuquerque and santa fe. advisories go all the way up to michigan. southwestern storm with some cold rain and snow. parts of the plan states tomorrow. snow in denver. on the east coast a much milder quiet weather pattern. stormy weather will be west of the mountains. there may be some showers and around cleveland. for the baltimore ravens, they will not be dealing with snow but there may be some showers in cleveland. is one of the snow here months of the year. typically they get over 14 inches of snow in december. temperatures during the game 45- 50. sunny skies tomorrow at 54 degrees. was will average five-10 knots with which it around 1 foot. they got cold nighttime
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temperatures to generate some snow, but during the day it looks like highs in the 40's and 50's for saturday and sunday. but for a pattern changing the atmosphere. 52 degrees on saturday, 56 on the eastern shore. sunny to partly cloudy skies. look for a sunny day in ocean city and in salzburg. 58 with clause increasing on a sunday. a decent day tomorrow but a little on the side. clearing windy and cold weather by the end of next week. >> state championship weekend in downtown baltimore. in the biggest game of their lives, a host a place that will never forget. stay tuned for sports. tonight's jackpot is an
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estimated $75 million. to win the jackpot you must have these five white balls. let's see if we can make you a millionaire tonight. the first number is48, 24, 51, 56, 30. 35 is the megaball.
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>> for championship games at the stadium. i cannot imagine any coming close. orchard taught to a lead but nobody left this one. third touchdown of the night. it gives the cougars a 21-14 lead letting it fly, 64 yard
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touchdown makes it 28-21. under one minute to play, shields with his fans all watching. letting it fly one more time. he goes up and get said. 28-27. they said that was taunting. it forced a 35 yard extra. heard the soft market. over time. williams on third down. they decided to go for the two- point conversion and the wind. he flies through the air. ball game. old mill wins the state tile. it was unbelievable. the ravens hopes a little bit of that lingers. this week on the road in
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cleveland. even without ray lewis, he probably will not play against the browns, but his absence seems to have raised the level of everyone's plate. --play. "everyone says we cannot come back and pull off a big vehicle -- victory. we will be ready. it will be a of sea north football. it will go down. >> our tax question right now for the day -- how confident are you the baltimore ravens will win this weekend. text a, b, or sea. -- c. 17% are worried so far. only one universal question and golf and is will tiger woods once again be great. two years without a win, the
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most dominant players ever not resembling the once iconic call for. the big problem for tiger woods has been a potter. not the problem today. for the 11th, this putt will eagle. drains it. 8 under par. look at the touch he still has. drops it. tiger woods 67, 8 under par. that is a look at sports. please stay with us.
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>> right now we have breaking news out of north baltimore. firefighters are battling a fire on the 6100 block -- we know it is a four story apartment building but there is no word on exactly how much damage. we do not have any information on injuries. we have a crew heading to the scene. the latest details will have for you as they become available. we will check with tom tasselmyer with the weekend forecast. >> the next great chance hold
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off for monday night. until then enjoy a beautiful december weekend. rain chances arrive monday night and the waves will be significant tuesday and wednesday before it tapers off in the afternoon and that will be followed by windy and cooler weather for thursday and friday. in cleveland it looks like rain this time. i was hoping for a snow cave in cleveland. ame.ow gm >> that is a look at our news. we thank you for joining us. we will see you back here on monday.
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