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[captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> good afternoon, everyone. we begin with breaking news. several county middle school students are being treated for smoke immolation after a fire aboard their school bus on route 20 -- treated for smoke inhalation. a student ignited a road flare.
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the student was detained and the bus heavily damaged. we will bring you more information coming up tonight at 5:00. a disturbing story in baltimore city. the body of a 13-year old girl is found under trash bags in an alley. a discovery made by her own brother. it happened in northeast baltimore. kim dacey has the latest. >> we kind of figured that something had to have happened because she didn't come home and it is not like her not to come home. >> paulette marshall says her 13-year old niece monae turnage when roller skating saturday night the never came home. her family reported her missing at 1:00 a.m. her 16-year-old brother found her body under trash bags in an alley in northeast baltimore. >> two other boys in the neighborhood were walking the alleys and stuff, because they have been walking all night and
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all day trying to find her. >> she does have some signs of trauma but we are not quite sure what she was killed from. >> people in the neighborhood where monae was found watched the police activity last night and are set in by the news. >> it saddens my heart. it does. and i pray for the whole neighborhood anyway, all the time. >> whoever did it, i hope they have to live with this for the rest of their life. you need to turn yourself in. >> monae's mother was visibly upset and her aunt says she will be sorely missed. >> she was a good kid, a very good kid. she went to the school right here. we never had any problems. she was just a really good kid. >> wbal-tv 11 news. >> one man is dead after a shooting in west baltimore. police responded to the 400 block of oxford cord around 11:30 p.m., when they found a
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21-year-old man suffering from gunshot wounds. he was taken to shock trauma and pronounced dead at just after midnight. no word on a suspect or a modem. baltimore city police are investigating an of a deadly shooting, this one from early sunday morning. in this happens -- it happened in north these baltimore. someone shot travis joyner multiple times in the chest during a fight. harford county officials are searching for information about five weekends standings in edgewood that took place late saturday night on metal would court. we are told while police were out in the first victim, three more victims approach to the officers and early sunday morning the fifth victim showed up at franklin square hospital with a stab wound in the lower torso. police say all five victims will be ok. a two anne arundel county firefighters are recovering from injuries suffered battling fires
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overnight. the recall to a burning home just after 1:00 a.m. at king's college drive in arnold. two firefighters were injured. one was treated at the scene and the other taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. smoke detectors allowed family members to escape safely. no word on what started the fire. >> snow has been falling in the southern part of the state for the last couple of hours. not a lot of accumulation but it is still possible. looking at current conditions and bwi marshall and there has been some rain/snow mix well above the radar. some is starting to reach the ground. wintry mix at bwi, but most of the south. 38 is the current temperature. as we head throughout the afternoon it is possible you could see light snow showers baltimore down to the south.
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heaviest in the seven counties along the western side of the bay, including st. mary's county -- heaviest in the southern counties. beautiful weather in the seven- day. >> a devastating start of the week for dozens of communities across tornado alley. at least 38 families must deal with the overwhelming grief of losing a loved one. a closer look at the cleanup process. >> this morning across tornado alley battered communities do communities are preparing for anything but a normal monday. the message seems a bit obvious. henryville hospital was torn apart. but there other signs of survival. sunlight bring to the steady rhythm of crews working to pull away what they can. others are sifting through the rubble by hand to find anything they might be able to say, evidence of their lives before the storm. >> she is probably 70, and she lost everything except what we
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can pull out. >> more than three dozen families already know they will not find any hope in this debris. they lost loved ones. one of those gone, 15-month old angel babcock. she was found fighting for her life in this field. her mom, dad, said the brothers already dead. yesterday she passed away after being pulled from life-support. for grandfathers' shared his emotions just before the agonizing decisions. >> we are going to pray there and i will tell this little girl, that i will tell her that it is time for her to meet her mommy and daddy. >> while those left behind now fight through their overwhelming grief as they face the difficult struggle to survive. wbal-tv 11 news. >> new details involved in the indictment of anne arundel county executive john leopold. the rank and file of accounts of
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police force will reportedly me today to discuss a no-confidence vote against lee apart -- leopold and police chief teare. lieutenants and sergeants issued a similar vote. he is accused of using officers as campaign workers and of other occasions allegedly instructed officers to drive him to sexual encounters in the parking lot. the city school system is taking steps to prevent cheating scandals during the upcoming state assessment. "the baltimore sun" reports the city will spend $360,000 on testing monitors. this will ceo will also issue a video message morning about the consequences of cheating. under a new contract, teachers and administrators are evaluated in part by student -- on student achievement. schools are being investigated for some form of cheating. tv for your pets? in reality. a new cable network aimed at catching the attention of your furry friend. an apology from rush limbaugh
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regarding comments he made toward a georgetown law student. but is it all forgiven? but first, less than 24 hours away from super tuesday, the last minute push for votes and last minute push for votes and who
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>> the race for the white house is entering the home stretch, leading up to super tuesday. the defining state may be ohio, where mitt romney and rick santorum are running neck and neck. a traditional bellwether state could play a key role in deciding which republican gets the nomination. >> it is a tough state for us only because of the fact of the money disadvantage, but we have a great grass roots campaign. >> in all, voters in 10 states will go to the polls tomorrow. 419 delegates up for grabs, and 1144 needed for the nomination. conservative radio host rush limbaugh apologizes to a georgetown law student over the weekend for insulting her. he suggested sandra fluke's support of contraception coverage it was a way to force americans to support her sexual
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the activity. he said he did not mean to notfluke and was trying to be humorous and chose the wrong words. it came after several advertisers pulled commercials from the show. the issue fired of some of our facebook fan. still to come, do your children snore? why it may make them more hyperactive on the are aware. wary about the teenagers save the when they are behind the wheel? a new device that will allow you to monitor their speed and location. >> we are tracking the storm moving into the mid atlantic. already snow being reported across different parts of the state. we will show you where we come back to the radar. but a live look outdoors. cloudy and gloomy out there.
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>> parents -- most parents worry about their child's habit behind will but now there is a device that can put you back in control. it allows parents to put parameters on speed, geographic boundaries, and even curfews. mary peton has a closer look. >> if we wanted to know what time he left school or what time he got to the mall or whenever we wanted to track, it gives him the ability to go day-by-day. >> aaa's new onboard systems use a wireless technology to pinpoint the location for parents of young drivers. it can also set maximum dream, geographic boundaries and curfews. >> i have been getting a number
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of alerts letting me know on my cell phone that the vehicle has exceeded the speed that was said earlier. >> if the parameters are broken, parents will receive an e-mail or text message. aaa says the device is not about parents spying on their children but about safety. >> the hope is that through the various tools available to both parents, that they will be able to have conversations about safety and be able to talk to their teen about speeding and driving past the curfews and other key aspects. >> this is a parent who had the device and their son's car and it has had a great impact. >> he has not had a single accident, has not had a speeding ticket or any kind of violation. so, we feel that it has helped in that way. >> the california highway patrol reports that 264 drivers and passengers ages 15 that -- 16-19
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were killed in crashes across the state in 2009 and more than 26,000 injured. aaa says it hopes these on board devices will keep the numbers down. but the credit unions are seeing a record number of customers, including -- according to the credit union administration. the total number of members are at a record-breaking 92 million. analysts say some customers was for -- spurred by new fees imposed by banks and other took advantage of being transferred a, an event organized to encourage the switch from big banks to smaller ones and credit unions. time warner cable and cox media are testing a new channel aimed at your dog. agreed to "business week" dogtv is to attack dog lovers and even to provide entertainment for dogs left home alone. relaxation -- so far the program is only available to subscribers in san diego but there are plans to expand across the country by the end of the year for $4.99 a month.
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>> that is all fine and dandy. but if the -- the dog does not purchase things so the advertising, i would be curious about how that would work but an interesting concept. let us get back to the weather. the radar is really messy. a looks like a lot is going on. a lot of it is really not reaching the ground. just about an hour ago we finally started seeing a couple of clicks around the city. we saw reports from union j oppa -- you in joppa very light in general right now. you have to go further south to st. mary's county, around california, where you have accumulating snow which is pretty heavy and has been falling the past couple of hours. it is shifting eastbound into the rural eastern shore, and even ocean city should start to see a little slow. definitely something we will be
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talking about through the afternoon and early evening. let us take a wider view of the storm right now and we can see what is happening. the actual area of low pressure sitting right over the mid- atlantic, moving offshore. the trailing cold front is mostly dry all the way down to the southeast. good news as they continue to clear up from the severe weather last week. unfortunately back in indiana they got some snow from the storm and is causing problems. behind this, and large area of high pressure that will bring quiet whether to the entire east the next couple of days and we will keep our eye on a storm that moves and later in the week. we see the storm system moving into the mid-atlantic, drying out into the but the snow coming down heavy and parts of va, the southern part of the state -- parts of va. -- virginia for the south and texas, temperatures and upper 60's. in this in the warmer weather that will head the next couple of days. it is cold enough to snow --
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even though it is above freezing and bwi. you can really get snow up to 45 degrees for the something to keep in mind. but if you are above freezing, that is when it has a hard time sticking on the road. even if snow is possible, even the natural area. clearing skies late and very chilly tonight, dropping into the overnight lows and the 20's. the futurecast will show snow and southern maryland, like amounts in the metro area, and we clear out as they drive the next couple of days. accumulations, maybe 1-3 inches a mary's county, baltimore metro, partly expecting any accumulation. in the mid 40's this afternoon. 50 tomorrow with sunshine. beautiful wednesday, 60 degrees. a cold front that comes in the end of the week which could bring more rain showers thursday and also a drop of temperatures by end of the week as well.
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>> in the medical alert, do your the to one's snorer? research shows it might make them prone to hyperactive. a large study of more than 11,000 children shoat sleep problems often precede behavioral problems -- those who snore and has need this -- sleep apnea in children have a higher percentage of developing hyperactivity and emotional problems by age 7. are your teenager's even going to sleep that night when you think they are? about one-third of 15 year old boys and nearly a quarter of 15 year old girls leave the house after 9:00 p.m. at least once a month without telling their parents. it 2000 teenagers in the u.k. were serving. those who frequently and secret , at night were more likely to smoke and drink alcohol. going out late at night were more common in kids living in more populated areas and those with troubled relationships with their parents.
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>> know when they face a six and a half-hour bus ride home, the lady terps the extra push to they needed to take home the title and a long legacy of maryland excellence. but the 10th title but not come easy. it took the best scoring day of elissa as's career. in the end, and maryland's capitalized on a turnover and marilyn never trailed again, winning 60-55 and elicit thomas goes home as the mvp. coming up, your numbers and another check of the is the weather forecast. but first, a look at how wall street is the farming this hour. street is the farming this hour.
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m a eads turnout sunday night at the fund-raiser as several hundred showed up to honor the legacy of ron smith. the crowd gathered in towson -- where ron smith's wife june announced the fund that raised more than $50,000. they would use the money to raise awareness of the deadly stages of pancreatic cancer. tonight at 11 is at 5:00, a 13- year-old girl found dead by her
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own brother. learning more about the investigation as police search for clues. it's a baltimore city police officers now defendants in a $30 million of losses. 11 is as monitoring the trial and we will have all the latest details. and a rare cancer that can be vague and hard to spot. how you can catch peritoneal cancer early and get treated fast. now your maryland lottery midday pick 3 and pick 4 numbers. >> good afternoon to you. i am invalid jackson from wbal video. let's play the lottery. 8. 2. 4. 824. >> when you play the scratch of you could instantly $50,000 apply on-line at with even more chances to win.
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your first number for pick 4 -- 5. let's move along and get to this number for everybody, we have 7. and then here is this number, we have 6, as printed on the ball. we will wrap up, it is 1 -- 5761, let yourself play. >> in little snow out there? >> is indeed slowing. the heaviest the southern maryland commencing mary's county. a lot of other people saying they are seeing a raise anywhere from pasadena and now. . keep sending it to our facebook page. seven-day forecast, expecting slight chance of snow shower this evening. meanly south of baltimore. clear skies mid-week and warming up into the 60's. springlike pattern. >> thank you for joining us for
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