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the house hurt. and then you throw them outside like trash. >> a grieving family feels betrayed by two boys who police say covered up a 13-year-old girls accidental death. >> monae turnage's is our big story tonight. police say her death was an accident, the tragic results of three kids playing with a gun. we are live outside baltimore city police headquarters. >> police say an awful situation got even worse when the boys panicked and decided to put monae turnage's body out with the trash instead of calling help. they are questioning the whole account of how tweeting with a rifle turned deadly. the family is packed with loved ones mourning the loss of monae turnage.
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they said the weekend searching for the eighth grader. just before dark, her brother discovered her body under trash bags in an alley. >> it is devastating. >> police say she was accidentally shot in the chest wall handling a 22 caliber gun at a friend's house. >> i do not believe that story. >> the 12 and 13-year-old boys that were with her did not call 911. >> if that is an accident, i hurt my friend, i will call the police. i will get some help. not have the family of looking and pretending like you do not know what is going on. >> police say the boy's stuffed her body under trash bags. they pretended to be upset over the disappearance. >> when he took her brother down the alley, you take that side of the alley, i will take this side.
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>> the boys are charged with involuntary manslaughter. family isnage's haunted by the thought that she may have survived if the boys would have called for help. >> that is not a friend. >> police called this a senseless crime, alluding to the possibility that more charges could come down. once investigators to find out who got -- who owned the gun and how they got access to it. we are reporting live downtown. >> new tonight at 11:00, one person is dead and another is heard after police are calling in aggravated assaults. the incident happened around 9:40 tonight. police say one man died at the scene while another was rushed to the hospital with serious
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injuries. the nature of those injuries are unknown. >> what life was taken and a three-car crash in northeast baltimore. it happened this afternoon around 3:30. we hovered over the scene while rescue crews responded to the incident. two others were hurt, one of them seriously. >> anne arundel county police want to make the public aware of an incident that occurred in local goodwill store. last thursday, and then displayed sexually explicit photographs on his cell phone to a minor inside the store. a're told the man has lingering -- had been lingering in several goodwill stores in the area. if you have any information that would help police, called police. two days after anne arundel county executive john léopold is indicted on charges, the
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police union calls on resignation from the county police chief. >> we have the very latest from annapolis. >> this was a writer the scheduled county board meeting planned for everyday business, but the recent indictment of the county executive was in no way swept under the rug. it was not on the agenda. >> we have a county executive under five counts of indictment. >> the recent scandal involving anne arundel county executive was a popular topic of conversation. >> i do think the county executive should resign. it is making our county a joke. >> i am asking you in front of all these people to demand that he resign. >> he was indicted by a grand jury on friday. to facilitate sexual encounters between him and a county employee. >> all the facts involved, all
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the different ramifications. >> léopold said on monday that he was going about business as usual. >> the only proper venue to hear our side of the story is in the courts. i am very confident. >> the anne arundel county police union has called for a no-confidence vote. according to the indictment, at the police chief was informed about the campaign work but to add new action. -- but took no action. >> are police officers have called for a vote of no- confidence in our county executives and our police chief. our announcement is the rallying cry for you the council to take action. >> some board members spoke individually about the charges and county business. >> as far as the no vote of confidence, shame on the police department. the county executive and chief have done a great job. >> i have a lot of questions and i think it -- it is important
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the public has confidence in the chief of police and the legislative branches. >> the police union's no- confidence vote continues tomorrow. as far as léopold case is concerned, county executive can be removed from office if convicted of a crime. removal would require a yes vote from five county board members. >> the maryland house of delegates and the senate are so far apart when it comes to balancing the budget that some are now suggesting this session be extended. the issue is the disagreement with the governor. the revenue proposals to balance this year's books and cut a deficit in half. the issues discussed today, how to phase in the governor's budget. an increase in a state personal income tax. the state is looking for a point to 5% across-the-board increase
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by the house has its eyes on the increase in the tax for the top seven to 10% wage earners only. a federal judge has ruled md. handgun permits law is unconstitutional. u.s. district court judge said the law which requires residents to give a substantial reason to carry the hand and violates the second amendment. the ruling stems from a case involving a victim was unable to renew a permit in 2008 when he could not chevy had been the subject of threats. >> voters go to polling places and caucuses in 11 states in just a few hours. it's is super tuesday. we have the latest. >> rick santorum is hungry for a win in ohio. >> who wanted the most? >> santorum has lost his lead. mitt romney is coming back in
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ohio poles. >> we have been all over the state. from a to z. >> of the 11 super tuesday states, ohio is the biggest prize. with no high wind, mitt romney could emerge as the clear front- runner. -- with an ohio win, mitt romney could emerge as the clear front- runner. >> it is going to be about the economy and jobs. >> santorum claimed he is the guy who is proven. >> we need a conviction conservative, someone with a record and a vision. >> been great hopes for a triple win. >> with herman cain, gingrich was in chattanooga tonight. >> the plan stops the great gas holdup and puts money back in your pockets.
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>> it is a message from ohio that mitt romney wants a clean win that clears his path to the nomination. they could all win enough delegates to keep this race going. >> just a reminder, our coverage continues online. you can check our updated candidate profiles and see photos and videos from the campaign stops on wbaltv.com. >> the death toll continues to rise as residents affected by this weekend's massive tornadoes began the cleanup process. so far, a total of 40 people have been confirmed dead. as many began to pick up the pieces come at snow made that task more difficult. the tornadic that swept through indiana brought wynns in excess of 170 miles per hour. -- winds in excess of 170 miles
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per hour. >> all across the south last friday, severe thunderstorms and tornadoes began springing up everywhere. areas that had already been devastated by tornadoes last year were hit again. in the community of harvest, in north alabama, patricia ryan was working with her church group. >> we were doing work from tornadic that happened 10 months ago. on friday, we're doing our work. we have a large group. we heard the tournedos sirens. -- tournedos sirens. it was frightening because it was our first experience being in those weather conditions. we are all from maryland and
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west for jenna. -- west virginia. it's to give us a new perspective. it is one thing to work on projects after the event. it is another to be in the midst of an event. and experience what these people lived through. >> after the storm, patricia returned to the homes are broken been working on. many of them had been damaged or destroyed again. >> a tornado touched down to streets behind for we were working. the next day, we went back and saw the terrible devastation. homes completely destroyed. other homes completely gone. you could not see evidence except for the foundations. >> despite the damage, the people in harvest, alabama, are determined to rebuild again. >> they are hardy people and
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they are ready and wanting to rebuild. they do not want to pick up and move. you can see the expression on their faces is just purging. >> -- hurting. >> considered a medical pioneer by many, we have reaction from the family of christopher lyles on his sudden death. >> a change in scenery for the g-8 summit. >> there was some snow in parts of maryland and the mid- atlantic, but there is a huge warm-up headed this way. right now, it is kind of chilly. [ female announcer ] with xfinity,
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>> a slight change in scenery for the g-h meeting. -- g-8. it will be moved from chicago to camp david. camp david would help leaders facilitate a free-flowing discussion. the summit will take place may 18-19. some unity between the members of u.s. and israel. president obama met with prime minister netanyahu to discuss how to handle iran's increasing nuclear activity. both agreed that diplomacy is the best way to resolve the crisis. president obama says he stands behind israel, but purges the prime minister -- but urges the prime minister to stop iran peacefully. >> a baltimore man considered by
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many to be a medical pioneer, christopher lyles, passed away earlier today. he recently returned from sweden where he became the first american to undergo a synthetic trachea transplant using stem cells technology. that is an experimental procedure. he was a father and the department of defense engineer. his family issued this statement. "christopher was the recipient and a strong advocate of stem cells there bapy." christopher leaves behind a young daughter. he was just 30 years old. >> a small sign that winter is still here move through our area. >> in other parts of the country, winter is still packing a paunch. over the weekend, more than 27n.
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weather is going to be improving over the month of march. >> winter has been a flash in the pan back here at home. >> if you cannot wait for spring, this has been a great winter for you. but if you love winter, you are out of luck. that is because the mild winter cost to local ski resorts to close early. they were skiing here at liberty on sunday. >> unfortunately, the weather has gotten the best of us. we had a decent season, though. everybody knows how warm it has spent. >> it is all over on the slopes in pennsylvania. tough to get a great this year. >> this is unusual. we opened on december 30 this year.
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that is about three weeks late for us. >> they are making snow and plan to be open through next weekend. it seems they are the exception. >> yes, this is a bit of an anomaly. >> there is a silver lining. liberty's golf course never close to. >> we have been golfing all through the winter. >> racking up more rounds this winter than any other since they started keeping track. >> western maryland is still open and plans to stay open until early april. our newest project is a 10:00 newscast. if you listed tonight, you can tune in every night at 10:00 for the half-hour newscast. you can find it on comcast channel 208.
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>> york insta-weather-plus forecast -- >> in this strange winter, it is kind of a chilly day. a trace of snow at the airport. the high veld six degrees short of the normal. 50 is typical and we only had 44. record high, 83, back in 1976. 4 inches of snow, the most amount of snow that has ever come down on the fifth of march was in 1902. there is some snow on the ground across the nation. they have some snow at of the system and cut across central virginia. even a little bit of snow in the southern part of a maryland down in st. mary's county.
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that storm system moved out quickly. behind it, a few flurries. baltimore and the skies have been clearing for the evening. we will wake up to clear skies and some cold temperatures. it is already close to freezing. 21 degrees at oakland, 37 downtown baltimore. it is freezing on the boardwalk in ocean city. that high-pressure system will keep us to leave tomorrow. as the height gets -- as the high gets out of here, the suddenly went on the other side bringing mild weather all the way to the northern plains states. it is 54 in kansas city. that mild air will move into the mid-atlantic. not tomorrow, but wednesday and thursday. temperatures should hit 60 on the wednesday. we could see temperatures in the
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mid-60's on thursday. a couple of clouds, mostly sunny tomorrow. 44 in the mountains tomorrow. i almost 60 in western maryland on wednesday. eastern shore sees the same thing as a warm front passes by. lower eastern shore, a significant warming up around ocean city. 44 degrees tomorrow. we're back to 60 on wednesday. a cold front on thursday night. that bring some scattered showers. we go back to daylight savings time at 2:00 on sunday. spring forward one hour. we lose an hour on sunday morning, but it will be a nice day. >> see if the greyhound's nights
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and is in agony or ecstasy. >> the maryland lottery, let yourself play. the jackpot has an estimated 1.2 $5 million. if you're winning numbers for this monday -- 13, 20, 26, 6, 41, 2. if no one matches all six numbers, the jackpot climbs to one -- 1.35 million dollars. mine was earned over the south pacific in 1943.
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they earned a spot on the n.c.a.a. tournament, a win over fairfield. it is the most successful season at loyola. two early fouls. wait for staff, fairfield takes the lead. laurel opened the second half on a nine -- loyola open the second half with a 9-0 run. greyhound keeping the pressure on. it came down to this. a final seconds, up three. no good. loyola with the rebound. walker secured the win.
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a year ago, a shock to the country. vcu earned a return trip to the dance tonight. this one went down to the wire as well. for 3. the final minutes, it came down to a final shot as well. final seconds. vcu will advance to the dance, 59-56. you cannot read too much into an exhibition baseball score. scott opener today, a shaky start. joshed harrison with a double into left field. pittsburgh had a 1-0 lead.
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rbi single to left side of the infield. harrison comes in to score, 2-0 pittsburgh. home run to left-center field. the orioles did when their other game today. -- win their other game today. he will spend this off-season looking for a new team to work for. the ravens released today. he played only two games because of a knee injury. the baltimore native became expendable. it frees up almost $6 million in salary cap room for the ravens. houston, texas, signed their star running back. it should have an impact on the ravens hopes of signing ray.
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>> almost had four seasons in one day to day. >> that is an interesting observation. it will stay chilly all day tomorrow. there is only one season tomorrow. it turns chilly again into the week ahead. clocks move forward one hour on sunday. >> i do not know why you sound so excited. >> thank you for joining us.
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