-- and no clue. cooks should -- city sheriff's deputies -- >> city sheriff's tagged vehicles to help satisfy an award given in court to two people who claim they were exposed to lead in city housing. in a public appearance today, we asked the mayor repeatedly if it was ok by her. >> again, it is ongoing and very complex litigation, cases that we inherited, and i cannot say much more than that. >> [unintelligible]

>> again, this involves very complex litigation. >> these are publicly owned assets. >> it is not that i do not understand your question. i understand you quite well. i am not commenting because of the ongoing litigation. >> the mayor's office is not a defendant in the litigation. in the past, the mayor has criticized the judgment as a money grab by lawyers. she said she was working as a resolution to the non-payment of the judgments. we asked for today where it stands. >> i am working on it. >> she provided no details of what that working balls. in the meantime -- what that work involves. in the meantime, one of the lawyers involved said they are working on the text of the auctioneer. the auction should take place in march. >> jurors have reached a partial

verdict in the case of a man accused of raping a 12-year-old girl at a skating rink. they found him not guilty of rape or statutory rate, but said they were deadlocked on two sex offense charges. the victim identified him as one of three attackers that drug can't -- directory entry storage area and force her to perform -- and dragged her into a storage area and forced her to perform sex acts on them. >> we knew that he was innocent. we knew that justice would prevail. and we have been praying for a long time. we're really happy. >> a 16 and a 19-year-old both pleaded guilty to their involvement in the crime. prosecutors could retry the third teenager on other charges. >> he retired city principal was found murdered inside her home that had burned down. lowell melzer has the latest on

the investigation. >> detectives spent about an hour in the 2600 block of east little street in east baltimore. that is where police are trying to find any shred of evidence that can help them solve this case. >> it was originally thought by police that 84-year-old mary heinz died from a fire in her homes in the 2600 block of east little street last thursday morning. but it was revealed after an investigation that she had been stabbed and upper of times before the fire began. she began working in the baltimore city school system in 1948 and retired in 1981 after serving as principal at william vander hughson elementary. she was found on the first floor for home between the front and middle rooms. neighbors had even reported that the gas and electric had

been shut off. as of right now, police do not have much to go on and they're looking for all of the help they can get. >> we cannot stand for this. >> any observations, even if they just happened to see miss mary, as she is, in the referred to come out and about, those types of -- as she is commonly referred to, those types of information would help. >> you are now eligible for a $2,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

>> we have had some snow in baltimore here and to the south. light flurries around baltimore. those floors have tapered off pretty rapidly. at the site centreville, then, cambridge -- it looks like centreville, benton, a cambridge will have some snow tonight. coming up, the seven-day forecast. >> you can also track the winter weather in our area on our website. wbaltv.com and on facebook. >> the ravens in the entire state of maryland seem to be --

and the entire state of maryland team to be gearing up for a playoff game this began. >> it makes the road to indianapolis a little more promising. >> live with more on what fans think about that. >> cincinnati is out of here. they lost. pittsburgh lost to denver last night. playoff gamea home against houston. that is coming up this sunday and the fans are getting ready for the game. >> @ the ravens zone, everything is purple and people were getting their gear ready for this weekend's playoff game. >> i will decorate my porch. i will incorporate my purple lights into my christmas lights that are still up. my children think i'm upset anyway. i will decorate my car. -- i am obsessed anyway. i will decorate my car.

>> hopefully, we will have a great game at home. >> the ravens stuff is selling at a rapid pace. >> lines of people are getting in here. the parking lots are filling up. >> have you ever seen it this busy before? >> know, especially since we are playing next we. -- no, especially since the airplane next week. -- we are playing next week. >> you did not order enough? holy cow. >> what is the big thing people are looking forward to buying? >> plight. -- lights. >> purple lights? >> yes. >> no matter where you go, it looks like everyone has their

special plan. >> i'm getting a license plate holder. >> i'm getting some things, showing off spirit and trying to send some good vibes. >> everything in the area is purple. it is kind of like a purple haze. jimi hendrix would be proud. jerry sandusky is -- gerry sandusky is watching everyone getting ready for the game. >> the ravens are heading into it -- the post-season with a franchise best year. it is the only team to go to the playoffs for years in a row. -- four years in a row. despite that success, they still have some experience. 12 rookies on this roster. they have never played in the post-season before.

and some key players as well, tory smith, jimmy smith. and throughout the week, john harbaugh will expect his veterans to help get the inexperienced playoff players up to speed. >> the biggest advice to me is to listen to the vets and watch the mets more than anything. -- and watched the veterans more than anything. do what matt burk does. that is the big advice we can give them. our guys are great mentors and our young guys are great student. -- students. >> live at the ravens camp in a owings mills. >> bring it on. much more ahead here on 11 news

at 6:00 p.m. >> duyn sally kidd. following the gop presidential -- i am sally kidd following the gop presidential contenders in concord, new hampshire. we will have highlights, coming up. >> a little bit of wintry weather in this january, 2012. we will check out the seven-day forecast, coming up. forecast, coming up.

>> it is campaign crunch time in new hampshire. the first presidential primaries tomorrow, and today, republicans are campaigning hard at trying to chip away at mitt romney sleet. sally kidd is -- mitt romney's lead. sally kidd is live with the update. >> republican contenders have been making the rounds into the evening. they have been at diners and town halls and businesses all day. rick santorum has an event from across the street from us, his family -- his final rally of tonight. mitt romney unwittingly gave his opponents some fresh material. >> i like being able to fire people who provide services to me. >> jon huntsman seized the opportunity. >> governor romney enjoys firing people. i enjoy creating jobs. >> romney says he was taken out

of context, saying that he was referring to insurance companies. >> it goes with the territory. >> huntsman is enjoying a bob in the polls, running third in the latest -- latest survey. >> i feel pretty good about the momentum we are experiencing. >> ron paul appears to be helped -- holding steady in second place. >> we have to have confidence in ourselves began that free markets and free societies work. >> newt gingrich is trying to distinguish differences between himself and the front runner. rick santorum is hoping to capture a share of the undecided vote. >> this president is continuing to crush the american economy with more and more regulations. >> many are still making up their lot -- their minds. >> it is disconcerting to be undecided at this point. it is not comfortable. >> in keeping with tradition,

the first votes of this primary will be held at midnight tonight in the small towns of dixfield lodge and hearts location. >> sally, thank you. >> after a record low voter turnout in the last mayoral election, a new coalition is lobbying the state legislature to move the timing of the baltimore city elections to coincide with peter the gubernatorial or the presidential elections. >> -- with either the gubernatorial or the presidential elections. >> it decreases the voter turnout. >> one state senator said he will sponsor a bill to that effect during this year's general assembly session. the baltimore election coalition hopes that the election will be moved to coincide with the gubernatorial election in 2014. >> and now, your 11 insta- weather plus forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> a little bit of light snow made it up into baltimore.

as you can see, it did not stick around long. already sliding off solve and east. there's still some snow falling in parts of maryland. it mixes with and changes over to rein in st. mary's county. -- changes over to rain in at st. mary's county. this batch of wintry weather will be gone. it is just a taste of winter, really. it has been a tame winter so far. temperatures are at or above freezing. that is good news to help out the evening first -- evening rush hour. 35 degrees or so. that is, around the baltimore metro area. the roadways do have pape and above freezing.

maybe a slick spot or two. the on the lookout for slippery conditions for another couple of hours, and in the skies will clear. so far, 300th of an inch of melted snow at b.w.i. marshall. a record low, 2 degrees, in 1970. a record amount of snow on this day from the big snowstorm that rolled through here in 1996. january 7-nine, we picked up almost 17 inches of -- at b.w.i. marshall. over 30 inches in millers and owings mills. that was part one of a two-part storm. another big storm rolled through the area. it was one of the snowiest winter is we've ever had in baltimore, 1996. a bit of cloud cover lingering in pittsburgh up through the great lakes. by morning, most of that will clear -- clear out of the region.

in the temperatures will drop into the 20's once again. this storm will be gone by tomorrow afternoon. behind it, clearing skies, sunshine, and warmer temperatures tomorrow. a new storm is developing down to our south. when this one comes our way on wednesday, it is likely just rain. 72 in new orleans, 62 in atlanta. that southern storm will bring warm air and in the rain. tomorrow, skies clear out, wednesday, rain moves back and. -- moves back in and heavy rain is possible wednesday evening into thursday. 48-53 tomorrow with some sunshine. a wintry makes on wednesday heading into thursday morning. the rain could be heavy on the

lower eastern shore winds tonight into thursday. temperatures going back above normal for a few days. a cold front with some flurries on friday and partly cloudy with 40's on sunday. sunday night, maybe some more wintry weather developing. >> with you from the the ravens training camp at owings mills, by week is behind and now our attention turns 2008 showdown and the divisional playoffs with the houston texans. a significant difference this time around. it is the fifth round draft pick out of north carolina as the rookie quarterback. he did sensational and the wild card brand over the bengals.

-- the wild card win over the bengals. even though houston as a rookie quarterback, he is getting a lot of respect from reagan's players. a -- the ravens players. >> he's pretty good to me. he's got a lot of his mannerisms and things he does on the field, it is almost like he is made. everybody is a competitor. you never know who you were going to face. when you get out there, you're going to compete. he's doing a phenomenal job right now. >> interesting story developing at morgan state where the bears have suspended men's basketball coach todd bozeman after an alleged incident with one of the players. bozeman allegedly punched one of

his players during the game against south carolina state. both bozeman and the player named in the incident, senior guard, larry gas field, both denied that the coach actually punched a player. the coach has been suspended with pay while the university to investigate the matter. but even though the terps men's basketball team lost over the weekend, high honors coming today for the maryland 7 foot freshman, the native out of ukraine. he has had an impact and has a bright future if he continues to develop the way he has in his first season he played 15. last week against cornell. -- the way he has in his first season. he played 15. last weekend against cornell. last weekend against cornell.

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