an average about 3% of eligible voters took advantage of the chance to cast ballots early. however, we have managed to find that some voters to tell us they have never missed an election. >> i believe in that. >> i do not know what is in people's minds that they would not turn out for an election. it is pretty sad and depressing. >> officials in baltimore city are estimating about 5% of voters will come out today, compared to 40% in the primary in 2008 when the democratic nomination was contested. you have until 8:00 p.m. to make it to your polling place. >> our election coverage continues on line. our interactive map shows how the votes for president are coming up county by county. you can track live updates in our special voter's guide at

wbaltv.com. be sure to click on "politics." >> canceling the afternoon session, apparently too far apart on the issue of the income tax rate. time is running out for the general assembly to agree on a balanced spending plan. david collins joins us with more. >> ideally, the state spending plan would have been finished yesterday. but a tape balanced spending plan is not agreed to by monday, april 9, this session will have to be extended. >> senate president mike miller warned of a budget impasse at the start of today's session. and he later repeated it, since conferees are so far apart. in half to extend the april 9 adjournment date. the last time they extended a session was in 1992, and that was for four days. after a budget was hammered out, they called a one-day special

session to hammer out differences. the senate version would raise the bulk of revenue from an across-the-board income-tax increase. the plans differ from -- in how quickly they shift the cost of future pensions from jurisdictions. the house wanted done in three years. the senate in four. as a matter referred team, the governor has issued an executive order extending the eight session, if necessary. and if it is necessary, lawmakers will only be allowed to work on the budget and no other pieces of legislation. >> the new demands today. anne arundel county -- new demands today that anne arundel county sheriff says then his

deputy chief. deputy police chief emerson davis answered questions his boss declined to address last week. davis told council members he had direct knowledge of a dossier compiled against a former county employee who had filed a lawsuit against chief boller. >> this is the biggest black eye we have had an apartment in the 35 years i've been here and no one is going to be held accountable for it. who is going to be held accountable? the police of -- the chief of police cannot do it in these circumstances. >> the deputy advised looking outside the department for a new commander. a former baltimore officer accused of killing his neighbor less than a year ago is now charged with possession of child pornography. the capital newspaper identified him as an 67-year-old charles richter. he was charged in the shooting

of his neighbor after his dog when onto his property. while searching his tom, the queen anne's county sheriff's deputies say they found evidence of child pornography. his trial was scheduled for monday, but was delayed when his lawyer had a medical emergency. public schools on the eastern shore were evacuated because of a bomb threat. >> police say teachers noticed a note indicating there would be a bomb placed in every school in the county. the school in which the note was actually found was located in chestertown. that is where rob roblin joins us live. >> police had to search all the schools in the county, which include seven public schools and three private schools. at 3:15 p.m., the search was complete, and the good news is no bombs were found. >> it was a handwritten notes, a threat to the safety of all

seven of the kent county schools. >> it was early this morning outside a kent county school when two teachers discovered a note that said there were bombs in every school in the county. >> it was found just before 8:00 a.m. this morning by school officials as they were coming into the school. it was obviously something that had to be taken very seriously. school officials immediately evacuated the high school students already in school. they turned away mittal " -- middle school students are writing and closed schools in the county for the day. about 2100 students for the county. >> police from across the state were brought in because of the number of schools mentioned in the note. bob detection? had to be brought in as far away as ocean city -- bomb detection dogs had to be brought in as far away as ocean city. >> we are clearing the schools

as quickly as possible. >> all day long, police searched all the schools in the county. for students and parents, it was a frightening experience. >> a little scary. really, i did not know what to think. i was worried about my 8-year- old. she was supposed to go on a field trip today, but did not go. >> i would not expect this to happen. i've never experienced something like this. >> scary? >> yes, kind of scary. >> police have made no arrests and have no suspects. >> thank you. tonight, 318-year-olds from maryland -- three 18-year-olds are charged in connection with the disappearance of a 16-year- old girl on monday. she apparently voluntarily got in their car with the intention

of traveling back to maryland with them. police spotted the vehicle and took the suspect into custody. the three men are charged with endangering the welfare of a child. and live with no chance of parole was descendants today for a man who murdered a 15-year-old boy and stuffed his body inside a closet. jason madison was sexually assaulted, suffocated, and stabs. his body was found inside a house in november of 2009. in sentencing today, the judge cited a scottish prayer, and told parish that he is just as frightening as things that go bump in the night. >> jason was always welcome in his mother's home. she never would put him out because of his sexuality. people can portray that and say that, but she knows in her heart, and jason knows, and his family knows. >> donte parish was released from -- from prison 11 months

before jasons murder. he was convicted of killing a man in 1999, but his sentence was shortened. >> police are seeking your help with a number of crimes victimizing and burglarizing two counties. the string of incidents mostly occurs in the middle of the night, but both counties may be being targeted by the same intruders. naughty as an answer for us. >> authorities are looking into the possibility that there may be a connection, but in the meantime, the methods they want to get out tonight is a pc anything unusual, report it. >> -- if you see anything unusual, report it. >> brian m. schultze, is one of a number of hertford county homes targeted by burglars. just last week, michelle was home with her son when she

suddenly noticed a couple of strangers attempting to open her front door. she did not get a good description of them because they took off so quickly, leaving her feeling so unsettled. >> it was really scary, the thought of a stranger coming into your home and take your staff. >> they say their neighbor also had a closing counter recently. >> the lady was in her house and thought she was talking to rise to nearly morning hours and it turned out it was a burglar. >> 10 burglaries have been reported recently in harford county. nine of them in kingvale and one in joppa, mostly taking place in the middle of the night while families are home. just last week, six homes in the white marsh area were also targeted. >> our agencies work well together with sharing intelligence back and forth. the areas affected do

geographically touch each other. there is a possibility. at this point, we do not want to narrow the scope. anyone in these neighborhoods, if you see something suspicious, report it. >> to protect your home from intruders, keep this in mind -- >> as the weather gets warmer, you are more inclined to be more comfortable and a little more free with your doors being open. now is not the time to do that. you should become a bid to whether you're in or out of your home that your doors are locked -- you should be cognitive whether you are in your home or not that your doors are locked. >> thank you. a candlelight vigil has been scheduled tonight 40 debose students in towson -- for two students in dozen who were killed over the weekend. police are still looking for the hit-and-run driver. police are searching for an older model silver or white?

the style car. -- boxed-style car. police are looking for reasons this iraq war veteran went into cardiac arrest. vigils for both students will be held tonight. and does she or does she -- or doesn't she told the winning mega millions ticket? she said she does. find out why officials question her claim. >> it was a beautiful day today. we do have a little rain in the forecast as we head to the holiday weekend. a great shot from skyteam 11.

>> a woman who claims to have the winning mega millions tickets sold in baltimore county is raising questions from lottery officials. she said she works at a mcdonald's near the 7/11 that's all the winning ticket. she told the "washington post" that she went on a pool of tickets with her co-workers, but said she bought the winning ticket separately and has no plans to share the jackpot. >> how do you know the ticket that one is not a ticket that you brought with the pool? >> because everybody had their copies from the pool. >> totally separate tickets?

>> yes. >> can you show me the ticket? >> [unintelligible] >> lottery officials say after close of business monday, no one has come forward with the winning ticket, including wilson. officials also say they do not have a picture of the winter buying the ticket, but the security tape from the store has been secured. >> if you want a healthier life, you may want to move to howard county. baltimore city is said to be the worst. they rank the counties in each state by several health factors, as well as education, access to health care and unemployment. the top five wealthiest counties in maryland are howard, montgomery, queen anne's, frederick, and carol. the most unhealthy areas, baltimore city, allegany, dorchester, somerset, and ies.line county superio

>> we started out this morning freezing in many areas. by this afternoon we climb to around 70. a 35-40 degrees wayne from the morning to the -- degrees swing from the morning to the afternoon. there is a warm front coming out from west virginia and eastern ohio. most of this activity is falling apart. the air is really dry run baltimore. the dewpoint is in the upper teens to around 20. you can see some of the high, thin clouds from those dying storms drifting in our direction. the clouds will be thickening up in the next couple of hours and mostly cloudy later tonight.

maybe after midnight we will see a couple of sprinkles. up to that time it will stay dry. 69 degrees at the airport. 17% humidity. we got up to 70 at the airport, but it managed to stay in the low 60's in the northern suburbs. 63 in rising sun. it will not be nearly as chile tonight with the high, thin cloud cover coming in. the temperatures should only dropping to the 40's as opposed to the 30's, like last night. a slight chance for a range are tonight. during the day tomorrow, that system will slip off to our south. we've got to keep it close enough -- there is a possibility that when you wake up tomorrow morning you could see a couple of showers. it does not look like a big deal. a mix of clouds and sunshine is

what we will call it. a 30% chance of rain showers, mostly in the morning. high temperatures in the low 60 putte -- ivers 60's and loh 70's. -- upper 60's and the low 70's. the water temperatures are now in the low to mid 50's. the seven-day forecast will cool off by friday. high temperatures thursday and friday will be in the upper 50 per's. a 20% chance of rain showers. going into easter weekend, back into the 60's with a slight chance of showers on easter sunday. >> from the susquehanna banks sports center, this is 11 sports. >> hoping to earn a spot in the orioles' rotation for the season, and he pitched well.

and for the effort? he goes on the disabled list. interesting. he has not build up enough and endurance, according to buck showalter. it is more about recovering from injuries. he said he was disappointed, but look forward to contributing very soon. the woman settle their support tonight. netter damen piehler take to the court in denver. -- notre dame and baylor take to the court in denver. how do you stop the 6 foot 8 inch junior from grinder? she has no peer. if the outset is to come, no doubt she will have a knock down of three. >> it is a great feeling. us seniors and the whole team wanted to get back here.

we have this chance last year and we came up short. we are excited to be here. we're looking for to the chance to get that back. >> on thursday, from the cauldron of emotion and ferocity all eyes are on tiger woods. he spoke at length today about his game. he loses confidence. he may still find that rory michael game -- that rory mackel be has the game. >> the way you can obviously move the ball out there, yes, i used to move it like that in yesteryear. the way he handles himself on the golf course and how competitive he is, he is very pricey.

it is what you have to be out here -- he is very feisty. it is what you have to be out here. >> tiger woods is one of the older guys out here. hard to believe.

>> here is what we're working on for 11 news tonight. the chosen community will spend the evening remembering students who lost their lives over the weekend, one of them being in a hit and run accident. ♪

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>> temperatures made it close to 70 this afternoon. we will do it again tomorrow, but 30% chance of rain showers. it will not be a washout. same thing on friday for the season opener. i doubt if it will affect the game that much. it will be in the 50's. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> thanks for joining us.