am donald hamilton. >> and i am brought daniels. it looks like alabama and mississippi are going for rick santorum in the alabama primary. >> he has now been declared the winner, and barely edging out mitt romney at newt gingrich. obviously, a very disappointing that for mitt romney. 11 news reporter brian mooar has more. >> alabama and mississippi, and the candidates were fighting for 90 delegates at a lot more. rick santorum is the projected winner of the alabama primary. this bolstered his plan that he is the conservative choice. >> what i want to say first to the people of alabama, you made a great difference tonight. thank you very, very much for your support. >> mitt romney was campaigning in missouri, but on this election day, he had his cubs on alabama and mississippi. >> i am the one guy in this

race you can be barack obama. >> not only pumping up his strong lead in delegates but sending a message. newt gingrich, who won south carolina and his home state of florida, was the only -- his home state of georgia. without a win, the nomination seems more like a dead end. >> it is about being smart. >> newt gingrich says he will fight on to the convention in tampa, but right now, surviving the showdown in the deep south is what counts. mitt romney and rick santorum were going to puerto rico, which holds its primary coming up. brian mooar, wbal tv 11 news. >> and now, let's go to kerry cavanaugh. she is in the newsroom with the final push for voter turnout. >> participating in the upcoming merriman presidential primary,

and president obama is running for reelection in a heavily democratic he state, it is not expected to draw much excitement. however, a stronger incentive to vote, some political analysts believe entrenched politicians will never give it a chance. >> a killer of an american democracy, but more and more in maryland are opting out on election day, making for increasingly low voter turnout. baltimore's last mayoral race had a historically low turnout rate of 12%. the city election director says he does not expect our state's primary to draw a much better results next month. >> at least 15% or 20% of early voting for the presidential election, but i think because the momentum is down and the main candidate is unopposed, think that the numbers are down. >> tuesday was the deadline to register to vote in time for the april 3 primary.

jones says most of new voters are high school students who just turned 18 or naturalized immigrants. he says those in baltimore city this year include hundreds signed up by the naacp. that is a far cry from the waves of people who registered to vote before the last presidential contest. they say the process over 30,000 applications. >> fraternities, sororities, clubs. >> at johns hopkins university, one doctor says more in maryland would vote if lawmakers changed the election scheduled to pick up federal and state races. he says it makes it very hard for newcomers to get noticed. >> the only people who get a benefit from increasing turnout are the citizens and people who are interested in running for office and cannot win right now. >> the city's election directorate said to register republican or independent to register on election day, and

meanwhile, if you cannot make it to the polls on april 3, there is early voting. kerry cavanaugh, wbal tv 11 news. >> a death of a woman who was struck and killed by oncoming traffic last night, police believe the woman was trying to escape a fire when she darted on to the road. police say the 55-year-old was produced a dead at the scene not far from the trailer fire on the same street. -- was pronounced dead at the scene. and new tonight, is serious shooting in baltimore says an unidentified man to a hospital. he is currently listed in critical condition. it happened around 9:00 this evening. police say they discovered an unidentified man suffering from wounds described as serious. no word on a possible suspect or

motive. >> spending 55 years in prison for attempted murder after a 10- year-old boy was shot in the arm. he was convicted last month for a crime he committed in august 2010. prosecutors say that he opened fire on a man. that man then ran into a house where the 10-year-old boy was, and the intended victim was not hurt. >> and from minnesota to california and right here in maryland, tide laundry detergent. surveillance video from a supermarket shows someone loading the car could 15 to 20 bottles, taking it out of the store, and stealing it in a getaway car. later, his accomplice is seen selling that to a salon. they expect the higher price of the brand made it a hot commodity on the block.

and a catalyst, the controversial westboro baptist church. >> it appears they had the last word. kate amara has more. >> a huge protest outside the glen burnie high school tuesday afternoon, but it was actually a counter protest. >> to support and show them that it does not get through to them. >> part of a grass-roots groundswell. hundreds of people trying to drown out the controversial westboro baptist church. >> i just think that everything they do and everything they say is just a complete contradiction korea >> the church was outnumbered. just a few members showed up as classes got out for the day. >> half the students have been lied to all of their losses. >> they were protesting our status new gay marriage law. they were protesting, sexuality

at the funerals of soldiers, and last year, they won a court battle in a case that began in maryland. >> to put us on trial. >> that rennert was dismissed by the counter contingent, organized by several community groups and a strong push through social media. hundreds here are calling this a teachable moment. >> coming around. love is so much greater than hate. >> kate amara, wbal tv 11 news. >> secaucas released an alternative budget. republicans proposed balancing the state spending plan without raising taxes or fees, and their budget does not shift the cost of teacher pensions to local jurisdictions, but it does include $511 million in cuts. >> it is not a revenue problem. we have got an out-of-control spending problem, and what happens is that we spend and then we have to tax to backfill.

>> they will try to get their amendments in committee and on the house floor. >> and now, to a sign that maryland may be on track to economic recovery, adding new jobs. 6.5% is the lowest unemployment rate we have seen in three years. this makes another straight month that unemployment numbers have dropped, and analysts are counting the warmer winter as creating jobs in construction. >> this is the warmest we have had since 2007. construction jobs are up across the board. obviously, we would like everything to happen faster, but the trends all indicate that things are moving in the right direction. >> for more jobs added last year, and in a statement, governor o'malley said that maryland has recovered 69% of the jobs lost if during the bush recession. >> gas prices continued to climb across the country, even hitting the $4 mark in some

areas. kai reed? >> they are always urging people to take more transportation -- public transportation. there is a little less room on the mta buses lately, and the same goes for the light rail. >> a ticket for many is cheaper than a gallon of gas. >> they say you rather by rail, somewhere, or bus, more people are choosing alternatives to driving. they obscene about a 10% increase since january of last year. >> it is a lot more affordable for people to get on the public transit system and to get out on the roads. >> the average price for a gallon of gas is $3.82. it is a 24 cent increase from last month.

that is money that one commuters says she would rather keep in her pocket and take along with her on the bus. >> parking. i am at a certain age where i get a discount, so i save money there. >> and gas prices threaten to surpass the $4 per gallon mark, economists worry about the impact on our fragile economic recovery. >> the more impact that has on the prices of other goods, so i am quite concerned. this is one of the things that we have been seeing. >> at least some business owners are seeing some benefit to the rise in gas prices. bikes at the baltimore bicycle works are going fast. >> people are moving away from driving, filling up the cars as well as maintaining them. that is one reason korea and

able to open these up. >> and one penny above the natural average. they say a number of factors are driving this, from tensions in the middle east to oil speculators. reporting live, wbal tv 11 news. >> crews taking pictures around the area, showing gas prices. do you know where a good deal is? if you do, take a picture of it, and then share it on wbal.com. a remarkable teacher shows no end in sight, and she just turned 100 years young. >> crazy. >> and remarkable story and the impact she is having on the lives of young people. >> and two large concrete cows in annapolis.

and the message? please do not stop. next. >> and warned today, but we will see if it continues as we check out the insta-

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>> and softer side reveal too complicated an intense man, richard nixon. this week, the nixon library is unveiling letters to patricia nixon. he called her his irish gypsy, who radiates all that is beautiful and happy, and he said he planned to be with her every day and every night. those letters were offered on

her birthday. he called her his dearest heart. >> ♪ happy birthday to you >> a teacher turns 100 years old and is marking nearly 80 years as a teacher. she started as a physical education teacher before taking some time off to raise her children. she returned to her passion for teaching and was at the lutheran school in chicago, where she continues to teach today, a kindergarten and reading. >> reading is so important. if they cannot read, they cannot really do anything. >> i would not be where i am right now without you. >> much has changed with computers in school. the old-fashioned way, one on one. her 100th birthday. >> and thanks for the ninth story, too.

it is something you just cannot miss when you drive past the state agricultural building in annapolis. two large, concrete cows, dressed for the holiday, but the question is, exactly who is behind the mystery? rob roblin does some digging. >> the mystery. who is dressing up these cows? today, they were decorated for st. patrick's day. employees were once decorating them, but that stopped, and then a mystery person started decorating the cows. >> years ago, they started getting decorated for other holidays. >> any idea who is doing it? >> we suspect somebody local. we will come in one day, over a weekend, sometimes over a week, and they will be decorated. >> a deputy secretary says they seem to have a different outfit for every season. >> they might be dressed up as

uncle sam for fourth of july. we have had a bride and groom dressed around june. the usual holidays, christmas, easter, sometimes at the start of school and the start of summer, they will be decorated appropriately. >> they seem to be a popular attraction in the neighborhood, whether people driving by or just taking a stroll. >> i think it is nice to see them decorated. i think people really like them. >> they do them for every holiday, every season. it is always interesting. >> having it dressed up as a cow is pretty cool. hallion, pretty cool. >> but the mystery remains. who is decorating these concrete cows? >> it is a mystery, but for all of these years, they have been doing it. it is getting passed along.

>> whoever you are, please continue. rob roblin, wbal tv 11 news. >> now, your forecast with tom tasselmyer. >> summertime out there today, unseasonably warm weather. no snow plowing or snow blowing conditions, but it was 19 years ago today that that was exactly what we were doing, digging out from one of the big storms. not only the snowfall but the wind, the heavy surf along the coast, severe thunderstorms. record-setting low barometric pressure reading. it was just a super storm of the way from florida to new england. 1993. 19 years ago. areas west had a whole lot more. 17 inches, and going back into the mountains, there was a record in the state that day, 47 inches from one single storm. the record low pressure, some

tornadoes reported. a number of people lost their lives. shoveling the snow, severe thunderstorms, all of that mixed into one super storm 19 years ago today. this time around, relatively quiet and unseasonably warm. 80 degrees. 83 downtown. the record 85. we did not set a record, but we were nearly 30 degrees warmer than normal. 53 was the normal high. in the afternoon and evening, kabbalah scattered showers, and even some lightning strikes that went through, and thunderstorm trucking across the bay and over into cabin county. -- into one county. west of this and back into the mountains, the skies had cleared out nicely, and the pressure is settling in. temperatures are going to cool off. 57. 59 in hancock. 54 in frostburg.

some cooler air coming in on the west breeze. the sunrise is at 719 -- 7:19 in the morning. at bwi-marshall, it has been a weak front. it will drop the temperature a couple of degrees tomorrow, but then a mild air mass over the middle of the country will come our way. upper 60's in minneapolis, 75 in south dakota. a weak frontal boundary tonight. the next few days, it will still be warmer than normal, which sunni, clear skies in the area wednesday, mostly sunny on thursday, may be some isolated showers on thursday in the afternoon and evening. on friday, the strong west coast storm system arrives here with some showers and storms to and the work week, so tomorrow, a beautiful day. sunny and pleasant. northwest wind on the bay with just a one-foot chop on the waters. the bay water temperatures are getting close to 50.

an isolated thunderstorm in the mountains tomorrow, and then another chance for rain on friday. the eastern shore, enjoy it. sunshine. lower eastern shore, very comfortable weather wednesday and thursday. our 7-day forecast, st. patrick's day with temperatures in the low 70's and only a little cooler to finish the weekend on sunday. >> free agency in the nfl, and big names, big deals, and one big trade. how will it all impact the ravens? the latest, next in sports. ♪

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>> well, happy summer. >> spring and summer. it is not even really spring yet. we have got to add winter into

that. we have got a couple of showers. watch this radar here. this starts to pop up right about there. right out over the bay. some evening thunderstorms associated with the warm air across the region. a front coming through. the insta-weather plus 7-day, temperatures, will, all of the way down. from 80 to 83 into the mid 70's. >> what happens when you get winter, spring, and summer? >> tomorrow. >> that is it for 11:00 news tonight. >> we will see you back here tomorrow.

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