investigating a case of animal cruelty after another dog was found injured. >> officials think she may have been the victim of a local dogfighting ring. >> officials are calling that a dog princess and say she was found limping in this parking lot. we want to warn our viewers that the images are disturbing. >> she had loans from her nose to retail. >> this is what princess look like when she was found last week. her injuries are so graphic, we had to blur them out. >> i called her over to me and i noticed the marks on her. she had a lot of cuts and scars.

i was talking to were a little bit, i found the injury underneath. >> her condition that leads us to believe that she was involved in dogfighting. >> she was found a few miles away where -- from where the rocky road was found last month. officials think the two dogs were linked to the same dogfighting ring. >> she would look at you with trust in her eyes. >> because of the severity of her injuries, animal control sent prettiness up -- princess away for treatment. princess is expected to survive her injuries. officials want everyone to know the signs of dogfighting rings. >> a lot of dogs being kept in

one location. they can watch for a lot of people coming in and out of a location. >> anne arundel county police are investigating this case. any suspects will face criminal charges. the u.s. humane society is offering a $2,500 awrewward. -- reward. >> the remains of an infant were discovered inside the trunk of a car in calvert county. someone reported finding the child inside their car in prince frederick last night from 6:40. it is not known who left the child there or if there is any connection to the car's owner. no word on the child's identity, a gender, or age. an autopsy is being conducted. >> a bus -- it is the combination of a three-month

baltimore city and homeland security investigation. we are live at baltimore's city police headquarters. >> investigators say they used wiretaps to track down the three suspects and the more than $30,000 worth of weapons, drugs, and cash. here is a look at the three people police have in custody. each of them is involved in a major guns and drugs operation. >> we pretty much took down a gun ring operation. drugs and guns go hand in hand. >> it all started when one of the suspects was arrested for a handgun violation in january. homeland security joined the chase. detectives served search warrants at this storage facility and four homes in baltimore city and baltimore county. the results were 16 weapons,

heroin, ammunition, and $8,000 worth of cash. a total street value of more than $30,000. >> this individual was responsible for putting a lot of weapons out on the street. >> please spoke to several people who lived on the same street. -- we spoke to several people who live on the same street. >> i am shocked. >> one of the suspects, kyle lives about a dentist's office in baltimore city. >> they kind of looked sketchy. i thought he was doing something, but never what we just heard. >> police say they are still investigating the guns to determine where they originated from. the suspects are selected to face federal charges -- are expected to face federal charges. >> a traffic stop leads to a chase and then an accident in baltimore county. this was just before noon today

along route 40 east. the officer tried to pull over a vehicle when the driver took off. during the chase, an officer ran into another vehicle. that person must take into the hospital. there is no word at this hour on their condition. the driver got away. >> a cabdriver is a victim of a robbery in anne arundel county. the incident happened to the before 3:00. -- happened just before 3:00 a.m.. police said the suspect is a white male in his 20's, a medium build. >> a former lawyer is behind bars tonight after being sentenced for stealing from his clients. he represented people who had been heard on the job. he was convicted of felony theft and sentenced to a year in the

baltimore county detention center. he was disbarred, prosecutors called him a common criminal. >> there is worried that other o'malley is likely to veto any medical marijuana legislation. that is being met with surprise and disappointment. >> the governor is concerned that state employees could face a federal prosecution if any of the bills passes. the federal law prohibits the use, possession, and distribution on manufacture of marijuana. two house committees heard testimony on three bills. one would allow doctors to prescribe marijuana. in other lead to an educational research institution dispense it. the third allows a medical patient to grow their own. a 22-year-old cancer patients as marijuana and would help

increase its appetite. >> it is not so much pain. nausea.hunteger and it has always been a challenge. for me, it saved my life from starvation. >> lawmakers to support medical marijuana vow to continue to push the legislation through the state house. one plans to personally lobby the governor. >> things are looking up for the american economy. a quarter million jobs added last month. that is more than what was expected. 227,000 jobs for added in february. this is the third straight month that employers have exceeded the 200,000 mark. president obama says he is confident about the latest numbers. >> when i come to places like this and i see the work that is being done, it gives me

confidence there are better days ahead. >> as more jobs are created, some believe unemployment could hit 8% by election day. experts say we need at this 185,000 jobs per month to get there. >> mitt romney's speech in birmingham this afternoon reinforced many a criticism of president obama's economic record. alabama singer endorsed mitt romney. mitt romney blasted president obama is handling of the federal deficit, but the candidate backtracked after briefly saying he is not a politician, telling the audience, i kind em. -- kinda am. >> we're finally going to have a balanced budget. [applause] by the way, politicians always

say that. i am not really a politician. i guess i kind of an because i was governor for four years. my heart is a conservative businessman. >> he hopes to steal away the deep south. rick santorum is drawing criticism towards mitt romney. in some of his most pointed language of the campaign, he went after his record on health reform. santorum told the supportive audience in kansas that mitt romney reinvented based on political expediency. santorum also pointedly asked the audience, who do you trust? >> the is and gentlemen, we already have one president that does not tell the truth. we do not need another.

[applause] mitt romney reinvents himself for whatever the political occasion calls for. >> newt gingrich is calling himself a tortoise and the race. ron paul says no one -- says he will not quite yet. >> go to our interactive map on wbaltv.com. almost a year after the devastating earthquake and tsunami, japan is still struggling to recover. there are some signs of hope. >> we have more on the country's recovery. >> all along this battered coast, communities? denver -- devastated by last year's tsunami are remembering that terrible day with the sadness and a determination to rebuild their lives. entire towns were obliterated when the raging waters swept in,

following a 9.0 earthquake. 15,000 people are dead, 4000 still missing. >> my mother and wife for snatched away by the tsunami. they are still missing. i am doing work with this group so i am employed. now that i am alone, i get depressed. >> one year later and much of the wreckage that led to the coast has been cleared. former towns have become barren wasteland. most has been piled into vast mountains of debris, some of it feared toxic. that is equivalent to 19 years' worth of trash. more than half a million buildings were destroyed or damaged. there has been plenty of talk, there is still no real blueprint for rebuilding. thousand still live in temporary homes. there are signs of hope, though. we filmed a group of seaweed farmers out harvesting for the

first time since the disaster. they have been supported by the u.s. charity. there is no shortage of spirits. people are resilient. >> this dara on an american airlines flight that forced crews to remove a passenger. >> some cold air is coming in for part of the weekend. we will show you the seven-day forecast. 40 degrees of the airport.

>> a huge job for a baltimore

county. they will build the world's largest -- world's tallest indoor roller coaster for a shopping mall in china. they have built over 20 spectacular roller-coaster is all over the world. they're not releasing details about the new roller-coaster. the company has built a roller- coaster is in florida, california, and indonesia. the newest roller-coaster is being built for the great mall of china near beijing. if everything goes as planned, it to the opening next year. >> the passengers in this next piece of video had quite a scare this afternoon when a flight attendant made some frightening announcements over the intercom. the woman warned about the plane crashing. it took at least four crew members and passengers to control the woman. passengers say she did not seem stable and that she said she did not take a medicine.

>> she started making these statements about wanting to get into the cockpits. a lot of other incoherent statements. >> the plane returned to the gate and the attendant was taken to the hospital. this sunday will be the start of daylight savings time. >> synchronize your watches. or your cellphone spread we will set our clocks ahead an hour. -- or yourself funds. we will set our clocks ahead an hour. we take a closer look at the effects of springing forward. >> time is of the essence this weekend. time stand still for no man and there is no time to lose, except for saturday.

>> most of us are pretty sleep deprived to start with. now you are losing another hour. >> the switch is a bit more difficult for night owls. early risers spend the extra hour in the dark. how big a deal can this really be? we are talking about one hour, 60 minutes, 3600 seconds. experts will tell you that it can change your entire way of life. studies have shown an increase in traffic and workplace accidents on the monday after the switch to daylight savings time. the report published in the new england journal of medicine documented a 5% increase in the number of heart attacks at three days after the march time change. the most difficult clock to resect is our own internal timepiece. >> all of your organs have clocks as well. it is not that you just get

tired, at the rest of you, your hormones are altered, in your metabolism is altered. >> for most of us, it is a little less dramatic. " i like my phone, it does it for me. >> time marches on. >> that clock picture keeps freaking me ou >> organs have their own clocks? pianos, guitars. >> we can only get into trouble from here. 67 degrees today at the airport. 70 at the inner harbor. those numbers look a little strange because most of the day

did not feel like 70 degrees. the high temperature occurred just after midnight. after that, a cold front went through. most of the state, we have been running into the 50's and 40's. -- most of this day, we have been running into the 50's and 40's. 44 downtown. it is triggering some snow showers downwind of lake ontario. it looks like most of that is staying north of garrett county. 37 at bridge league, 32 in ocean city. -- ridgely, 32 in ocean city. downtown baltimore might be a little bit milder. there is a bit of a wind chill to factor in. decent lake enhanced snow showers.

winter returning to upstate new york. it looks like that will stick to our north. for our region, it will be dry. high-pressure makes its way from the ohio valley to baltimore. sunday morning will be cold, but it will be rather mild. we will start another warm up as early as sunday afternoon. the weekend features clear skies, a chilly at night, sunny in the afternoon. temperatures should stay above normal. the weekend looks gorgeous. bright sunshine tomorrow. it will be a little bit cooler than that. the wins will be brisk. on sunday, it will turn much warmer. a small craft advisory up for the bay tomorrow.

sunshine, very cold in the morning in the mountains, 39 in the afternoon. much warmer on sunday. on the eastern shore, temperatures will be running into the 40's tomorrow. 60's on sunday. in southern maryland, a big 10- degree jumped from saturday to sunday. the ocean waters are still chilly, though. 47 tomorrow, clocks go forward one hour on sunday. it officially happens at 2:00 a.m. monday night and tuesday, some scattered showers. when stay dry. wednesday it dry. >> high hopes and hard red tonight as the state's top basketball team's fight for a chance to advance to the high school state finals. we will tell you about the trade of the year in the nfl.

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>> bill looks like peyton manning can forget about applying for the redskins. washington pulled off a huge trade. washington will reportedly signed a three first-round picks a share -- this year to move up to the number 2 spot and the draft. redskins appeared to select robert griffin the third. state semifinals tonight in college park. we start with class 2a.

the house is on fire in college park. left-hand off the glass. second quarter, they killed the clock for 7.5 minutes. tied the game at 14. second half, here comes the lakers. lake clifton and control. down the stretch, at lake clifton be south carroll 46-34. largo advanced this evening with a 61-44 win over easteron. newtown will be wearing the maria and uniforms. -- maroon uniform. in control.

second half, converts at the other end. 75-72. dunbar advanced today. ron harrison jr. from outside. not intimidated by dunbar. young will finish for the poets. outisde shooting. 86-68. they are going for a record 14th straight state championship. merecer with the wteal.

--steal. a jumper on the baseline. gets it to go. to much teamwork, good ball movement. century knocks them off 47-20. century will face calverts in the finals matchup. semifinals, dunbar moves on to the state finals, a dominant performance. dunbar will face western attack in the championship game. -- tech in the championship game. maryland inn's this season it with a loss to carolina. carolina came out running. 4-0 starred for north carolina.

11 points tonight, the high scorer this afternoon. 30 points, there is free from the corner. carolina, too much office for maryland. terps had 13 turnovers in this game. north carolina takes a down. at the plate, a tampa bay, site of the head. worst moment in baseball when you wait to see how a batter fared. immediately, at good news, went to the hospital, cat scan is negative. the only thing he suffrage was a list to us. unbelievable.

stick around, we have a look at the beautiful

>> cool temperatures, 40's tomorrow. back into the 60's on sunday. >> good night, everybody.

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