[captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news at noon. >> good afternoon. i am at sarah caldwell. the l.a. county coroner's office held a press conference this morning regarding whitney houston. musical greats gathered for the grammy awards, which included a

musical tribute to the late superstar. >> we thank you for sharing our sister whitney with us. >> a prayer for which the houston open at the ceremony sunday night, and then came to bids from stevie wonder, rhianna, and a simple, emotional rendition of her best song. you ♪ will always love >> regarding her death investigation, the los angeles county coroner confirms to nbc news that prescription pill bottles were found in her room, but it could be six to eight weeks to determine the cause of death. >> the person could have suffered a heart attack or embolism or something. no matter what medications they are taking, we're not going to speculate. >> condolences continue to pour

in from all over the world, including one from nelson mandela. >> it is a tragedy. we are at a loss for words. >> she had the gift of wanting to live, wanting to sing. that light has been taken out. >> the corner is expected to release her body to her family so they can make arrangements for her funeral service. >> as you heard, the los angeles coroner says it will take weeks to determine how the singer and actress whitney houston died. the legendary star died over the weekend. her body was found inside a hotel bathtub. we are told there were no signs of trauma. a woman living in baltimore is remembering her job but growing up with whitney houston -- her childhood growing up with whitney houston. >> i believe she is looking down on all of us, especially the

class of 1981, and singing a joyfully with the angels. >> she works at the greater baltimore medical center and went to high school with houston bid they at en route, -- they had a homer, phys-ed, and french together. she sometimes challenged the school's dress code but they all injured her company. you can read more about whitney houston on our -- they all enjoy her company. you can read more about in houston on our website, wbaltv.com. a man with a ski mask entered a restaurant on saturday night and forced the employees to give him cash from the register. the suspect fled with an accomplice who was waiting outside. police say high winds and snow made the search difficult and they have been unable to find two men.

file of a former university of virginia lacrosse player charged with the slaying of his ex- girlfriend has entered the second week of testimony. i trust the police officer testified as morning about the script and purses -- it shows the police officer testified this morning about the scrapes and bruises found on a george huguely's light. he is charged with first-degree murder in the death of yeardley love of cockeysville. lowell melser is in the courtroom and will have the latest at 5:00 and 6:00. >> there is no doubt that today feels a lot more comfortable than yesterday. yesterday, temperatures were only in the 30's and we had wind gusts of up to 40 miles per hour. temperatures are warmer. we are currently at 43 degrees. you have to factor in the wind chill, making it feel like the

30's for about the afternoon. we are expecting highs in the mid-forties with plenty of sunshine. some clouds start to increase tonight as the winds calm. a storm is on our way. we will talk about what that could bring for tomorrow. >> baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake will give her third state of the city address this afternoon. according to a spokesperson, she plans to unveil her ideas for making the city safer. she will report to talk about plans to cut the property tax to $2.20 by the year 2020. she's expected to talk more about projects -- funding construction products with eight tax on bottled drinks. >> test scores are going to go up. that is what keeps things in the city. takehe address will

place in city council chambers at city hall this afternoon at 2:30. president obama is unveiling of budget for next year to date. republicans are already criticizing the plans that is expected to call for letting the tax cuts on those earning more than to order $50,000 a year to expire. -- more than $250,000 a year to expire. we will have more at 5:00 and 6:00. the people of athens are cleaning up the damage left behind by sunday's massive anti- austerity riots. parts of the city are still smoldering after rioters attacked buildings and businesses. >> the response on the streets of athens was dramatic and destructive. a majority of parliament approved the measure, the center

of town when up in flames. tens of thousands protested, the most violent taking on police with rocks and firebombs. officers drove them back with a stun guns and an endless barrage of tear gas. dozens of buildings were torched, including two historic theaters. after five years of recession, higher taxes, more than 21% unemployment, the newest austerity measures are a better bill. the minimum wage would drop by 1/5 and more than 150,000 jobs will be cut by 2015. without these steps, the country will default on loans and likely pull out of the eurozone. >> the only option for greece is to remain within the euro. >> in the aftermath of last night's white, a sense of

helplessness seems to be creeping in. there was no end in sight to the economic pain. anger is growing. european finance ministers will be meeting on wednesday to finalize the rescue package, but it is really just a short-term picks. the country is going to have to figure out to grow the economy. >> still ahead, your loved one may buy flowers for valentine's day, but chances are they will not be for you. another reason to lose weight in the "medical alert." how being heavy could affect memory loss. it read awakening for a woman in north carolina when a car comes crashing into her house.

>> in north carolina woman is recovering after a car slammed into her home overnight. police in charlotte were chasing after the car when it crashed into a home early monday morning. a woman was sleeping in the bedroom and was trapped but it wreckage and have to be rescued by firefighters. officials found drugs and alcohol in the car. a virginia woman nearly escaped death in a huge tree crashed through her bedroom early sunday morning.

the tree fell through the roof and it pinned the woman in her bed. it took nearly an hour and half to safely extricate her. the woman has not been identified. she was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. still ahead, we talked live to one of the stars of a new hit show, katharine mcphee of "smash." >> you may see the trees swaying a bit today. winds are calming down but are still taking a toll on the temperatures. the word is swapportunity.

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>> the time of year for florists. 1/3 of men buying flowers this week are not sending them to a wife or girlfriend. who is getting them? mom? -- mom. the majority of men say the flowers are just 11 gesture. 25% said they hoped the flowers would lead to sex. ok. analysts have crunched category from eight categories to see what it would cost to on the same vehicle for five years, and kia took the prize for best

brand. audi was named best luxury brand. prices at the pump are on the rise again. the average price for a gallon of gasoline jumped over 12 cents the past three weeks. the average price for a gallon of regular is just over $3.51. officials attributed the jump to the rising cost of crude oil. baltimore is well above the national average, $3.51 a gallon right now. is that the numbers from the latest report on gas prices. -- these are the numbers on the latest report on gas prices. alert,"'s "medical eating too much appears to increase the risk of memory loss in older age. researchers studied it daily diets of more than 1200 people over the age of 70.

those who ate more than 1500 calories a day were more likely to have cognitive impairment. i commonly used diabetes medication may affect the chances of diabetes and children. when researchers gave baby mice a daily dose of a diabetes medication, they had a significantly decreased body weight as well as improved the coast -- glucose and triglyceride levels but the second episode of "smash"is on tonight, joining us is one of the stars, katharine mcphee. you play karen cartwright, an actor going for her big break on broadway. how much does her experience compare with your own? >> all, you know, the last five

or six years there's been as comparisons between me and my character. there are a lot of things that i relate to karen, but there are things i don't relate to. it is wonderful to play something that challenges you and is different from yourself. >> you do singing and dancing for this role. how intense is it for you? >> we have been shooting since the end of august. i had a lot of dance rehearsals in the very beginning. the first three or four months i was constantly in dance rehearsals. it was great for me because i had not been in dance class and i was probably 16, 17 years old. i kind of had to reawakened my dancing side of my brain. it was wonderful. i had so much fun. now the schedule is so busy that in between shooting scenes they are trying to teach us choreography for the next

episode. it has been kind of crazy schedule. in the beginning, especially, i have been doing a lot of dancing. >> karen's relationship with her boyfriend is an interesting part of the story line. tell us how that relationship plays out. >> i have not got into the final episode yet. right now we are on episode 13 and they are still working on a 14. i think they become very busy with their own careers. there is a little bit of a strain. it is an interesting story like to see how they do with it. they support each other and love each other very much. it will be fun for people to watch and see what happens. >> it has been a pleasure. thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> "smash" it is tonight at

10:00 following a brand of desoto "the -- brand new episode of "the voice." >> temperatures are bouncing back after that chilly weekend. from minnesota it down to no. arkansas, rain into louisiana and eastern texas. as this storm that's our way and moves to the east, it is going to fall apart. we're not looking for a lot of precipitation with it. let's look at the sky cover over maryland. much of the mid-atlantic under high pressure, completely clear skies. other than that, clear conditions through the afternoon. 45 at the inner harbor of baltimore. 43 at b.w.i. marshall. 37 in westminster. we have to factor in the winds. we have had winds of about 10

miles per hour. gusts of 20 at the airport, 12 at the inner harbor. 23 in frederick. that is making it feel just a little bit colder than what it actually is. take off about five to 10 degrees in the actual a temperature right now. if you plan to be out this afternoon or evening, to us as it is going to be in the 30's. better than yesterday, what it felt like the teens and 20s. for tonight, temperatures will be dropping down into the 20s. increasing clouds as the next storm system had our way. tomorrow, valentine's day, hopefully it does not snuck up on anyone. by evening, the storm system that's our way. just a chance right now, nothing substantial. the clouds increase overnight into the day tomorrow. well out ahead of the storm, there may be some snow showers.

forecasting that west of baltimore. for now, plan for those to be mostly in western maryland through the morning hours and then we see people of the storm from the afternoon into the night. showers in the late evening hours and even that is pretty quick and spotty. a chance for showers tomorrow evening and then the storm goes on out. we are into the mid-forties by the afternoon. tomorrow, upper 40's. chance for rain-snow mix. trained by the evening. slight chance of anything. another storm on thursday. >> we are getting our first real taste of winter, but while it is demint chilly here, other parts of the country are dealing with sub-freezing temperatures. temperatures reached the teens in atlanta over the weekend, causing this fountain to freeze. wind chill was in the single digits for the southern city did atlanta could see some precipitation later this week.

coming up next, your maryland lottery numbers, and another check of the insta-weather-plus forecast.

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pick four. for all the latest news, check it out, mdlottery.com. >> one last check of the forecast. >> it is a beautiful day. still chilly at there, but the winds should be dying out. storm system comes our way tomorrow. there is a chance we could see a couple of showers by late tomorrow evening. mostly after you are done with the valentine's day plan. more rain on thursday and ending with a mix on friday. >> thank you for joining us for 11 news at noon. >> have a great day. >> follow breaking news and weather any time at wbaltv.com,

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