get yesternight. we have sunshine and a few clouds. it will be cooler. temperature started off in the 40's. the wind is out of the northeast. these temperatures are going to continue to drop a couple more degrees the whim of up to around 60 degrees. 15 degrees cooler today but it should stay dry. this trend should continue for the orioles on opening day tomorrow. >> lots of folks calling off sick tomorrow. we have fat lighter volume on the roads -- we have had lighter volume. we have a truck fire as you make your way south. no word of which lanes are blocked. the rest of the major roadways

looking pretty good. up to speed on the north and west side as you make your way around the area. street.95 at o'donnell problem free heading down to the fort mchenry. you may see some delays at white marsh. >> follow breaking news and weather any time at wbaltv.com, 895 in great shape. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> we can finally find out more information about one of the three jackpot winners. >> there will be a press conference to talk about the winning ticket sold in baltimore county. >> it could shed some light on a woman who claims to have that ticket. mirlande wilson held a press conference on wednesday. she says she was in a lottery

pool with her mcdonald's co- workers. her attorney told reporters to leave his clients alone. he said he is not seen the so- called winning ticket. >> that is the case. i cannot say with any certainty that this ticket exists. i would caution anybody until it is presented to the lottery commission for processing that it does exist. >> not only did mirlande wilson not show the ticket, she did not speak to the news conference. >> the trial is set to begin for a man charged with three rapes. nadia ramdass joins us live with details on this case. good morning. >> a man who was once described as a public enemy number 1 goes on trial later this morning.

the motive was to break into a home while his victims are sleeping. they say evidence linked the man to three rapes in baltimore city last year. authorities think there could be more victims out there. >> he catches them on aware. he typically blindfolds them with clothing, rapes and assaults them. >> the trial is set for later this morning. reporting live, nadia ramdass, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the state of maryland will try to decide whether it will retry a man accused of murdering his twin brother. he is accused of killing his brother back in 2007. the brothers had a history of violent arguments.

the previous murder trial ended in a mistrial. >> the house of delegates approved a borrowing deal for the state's capital budget. the capital budget does spur construction work. the state may not be able to borrow as much in the upcoming years. the national transportation group reports that maryland's top priority should be widening the capital beltway. 40 projects that need to be invested in now to improve our economic future. the cost of the top 10 projects amounts to $13 billion. also recommended is a transit line.

>> five states are up next for the republican primary race. new york may have the most delegates at stake. pennsylvania is shaping up to be the biggest battleground. tara mergener joins us live with this report. good morning to you. >> good morning. mitt romney -- rick santorum seems undeterred. >> we're going to win pennsylvania. >> rick santorum shows no sign of bally oowing out. >> it is battle barack obama.

>> after the clean sweep in wisconsin, maryland, and d.c., rick santorum is rallying voters in pennsylvania. >> his fantasy is he wins in pennsylvania and somehow romney stumbles and there's more momentum towards him and then texas follows several weeks after that. maybe he can win in texas. >> please help me defeat barack obama in november. >> mitt romney is also targeting pennsylvania voters. >> we have to get him out of office. he does not understand what is happening in the country. >> he hopes a victory will bring an end to the closest rivals candidacy once and for all. >> let's get out and vote and get the job done.

>> ron paul and newt gingrich say they will stay in the race until the republican national convention in august. >> are we hearing anything about who could beat mitt romney's running mate? >> there are some names being kicked around, including mark rubio, the mexico governor. andy're all playing coy saying they're not interested. we will see. >> tara mergener, thank you. >> 48 degrees on tv hill. >> the owners of a convenience store in illinois are cashing in for selling one of three mega millions dollars tickets.

>> this is a live look of traffic on on 95 north of traffic on on 95 north of o'donnell street.

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>> welcome back to 11 news today. 5:10. 51 degrees downtown. this is a live shot. mostly clear skies. maybe you can see the moon shining brightly this morning. we have some cooler air moving in from the north. low 40's right now. westminster, 43. we have temperatures near

freezing in western maryland. we expect a high near 60 degrees in baltimore. we will continue this cool trend as we head into tomorrow. details coming up on your easter forecast. >> the cleanup continues in north texas after more than a dozen tornadoes caused widespread damage. the national weather service says as many as a dozen tornadoes hit the area. thousands remained without power. gerry sandusky -- jerry sandusky appears in court later today. motion seemks -- the seeks to suppress some motions.

>> the owners of an ellicott convenience store will get their prize for selling one of the other two winning tickets. they will receive a bonus of five under thousand dollars -- $500,000 for selling the winning tickets. so for the winner has not come forward. >> that is a tough one. >> we will say. 47 degrees on tv hill -- we will see. the service industry is adding more jobs. rising gas prices are making it more difficult to get to work. >> here is a question -- do you use all of your vacation days?

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towson. looking good on 97. 53 miles per hour down towards 50. a nice start on 50 to and from the bay bridge. this is 95 at o'donnell street. southbound traffic is still looking pretty good at this time. this is 895 and so far so good making away from the harbor tunnel. we'll keep you posted on any problems. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to kurt kronke of the mta system. good morning. >> good morning. moving along nicely. no delays on the penn, camden, and brunswick lines. light rail and metro subway on schedule. the 22 bus is diverting at mason because of construction. i'm kurt kronke and now back to ava marie. >> thank you en good morning. we have mostly clear skies.

a few high clouds building in towards western maryland and reaching hagerstown right now. all the showers are down to the south. some showers pushing through virginia beach and the outer banks. we will get a few clouds filtering in. the temperatures are not bad to start out today. 40's and 50's. it is cooler the farther north you go. into westernway maryland. milder than down south. 51 at patuxent river. that will determine where you are this morning where you are starting out right now with the temperatures. we will see a mixture of sunshine and clouds. more sunshine later into the day. 62 degrees for southern maryland. upper 50's along the eastern shore. the shield of clouds west of

hagerstown. showers are further down to the south along the cold front. we're getting cooler air and that is the reason why our temperatures will not be as warm as yesterday. a powerful storm system is pushing into the southeast. that stays to our south today. up to 58 tomorrow. opening day at oriole park, maybe a sprinkle. no major concerns for the game. temperature of 58. 61 on saturday. minimal changes for rain on sunday. >> it looks like general mills has the best reputation among u.s. consumers according to a

urvey. the other top companies with the best reps include kelloggs and amazon. nearly half of americans are not taking all their vacation time. americans have an average of 18 vacation days a year. 40% chose not to take half or more of their vacation time in 2011. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. have you left vacation time on the table because you didn't want to have more work waiting for you when you came back? maybe you have another reason. you can share your response on wbaltv.com, on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. the government releases the latest job numbers tomorrow. there are indicators the economy is slowly picking up.

the service industry is seeing a boom in hiring. brian mooar has more. >> the toughest job in america -- finding a job -- is getting a little easier. >> when i first got out of school, but it was very hard to find a job. >> now she is managing a restaurant. the restaurant opened as the economy was tanking. the owner sees reason to be optimistic. the economy added an average of 245,000 jobs a month. the biggest rebound has been in the service industry --

restaurants, hotels, and retail. >> many shoppers are confident going to stores and spending more. >> what is not helping is the rising price of gas, making it harder for americans who are working to keep what they make. the president will sign the jobs act. brian mooar, wbal-tv 11 news. >> google giving apple iran for its money in the smart phone market. jane king has the bloomberg business report. good morning. >> good morning. workers are now expecting a bump up in salary. that is according to a survey.

those aged 55 and up is on the rise. others have put off retirement. we get a closer look at the weakness job claims numbers. tomorrow, we do get the march jobs report. stock markets are closed tomorrow. stock futures this morning are looking a little bit lower. a down day yesterday as stocks reacted to the lack of demand of a spanish bond auction. problems are still with us. users can watch movies on youtube as well as a google play. you can watch movies on your and

droid device. -- android device. ree.s not fo apple was second, just over 30%. blackberry continues to lose share, 13%. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king, bloomberg news, for wbal-tv 11 news. >> big election coming up. >> barbie is running with the b party. we will turn the white house pink. more of a symbol to empower young girls. a lawmaker is going after energy drinks. >> ok, barbie for president.

>> they have a barbie for everything. >> 47 degrees on tv hill. we might know where you can find batman. >> he made headlines for getting pulled over by the police.

>> batman unmasked. >> we're talking about the man behind the viral video. our bruce wayne visits sick kids at local hospitals. that's when he was doing at sinai.

>> i walked in and picked her up and held her in my arms. she smiled at thurmont summit that was the first time she had smiled in months -- she smiled at me and her mom told me that was the first time sharon smiled in months. >> batman was pulled over last month because the bat mobile to not have official license plates. that must be a pretty cool thing to see. 47 degrees on tv hill. >> a sex offender accused of multiple rapes goes on trial this morning. store in a live report. >> no confirmation that any one owns maryland's winning mega millions ticket.

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>> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. welcome back to 11 news today. i am sarah caldwell. >> i'm jennifer franciotti. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. yesterday was a gorgeous. >> it will be a lot cooler today. not a bad day.

it will still be sunny. 48 degrees right now at the airport. if you wind gust -- a few wind gusts up to 16 miles per hour. temperatures will move up to 60 miles per hour in baltimore. the site will be cooler tomorrow as well. >> we had a problem in the white marsh area. no longer any reports of a truck fire. 65 traveling southbound in the white marsh area. up to speed on the west side. 64 on southbound 95 and just pass 100. 295 checks out just fine. 95 north of o'donnell street, running smoothly toward the fort mchenry. this is 895, and problem free to

and from the harbor tunnel at this hour. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> we could finally find out today who holds one of the three winning mega millions lottery tickets. >> there will be a news conference this afternoon to talk about the winning ticket sold in baltimore county. >> that could shed some light on a controversy of a woman claiming to have the winning ticket. mirlande wilson held a press conference yesterday. she said she bought the winning ticket on her own and stash it some more in the restaurant. her attorney said to leave his clients alone and said he is not seen the so-called winning ticket. wilson did not show the ticket yesterday.

>> the trial is set to begin for a man charged with three rapes. nadia ramdass joins us live with details on the case. >> the man was once described as public enemy number one and he goes on trial later this morning. investigators described nelson clifford as a predator. he has been linked to three rapes in baltimore city last year. >> he has been public enemy number one for a number of years. >> the first was in november. a woman described being raped by a man with long nails. he threatened to hurt her and her children. two days later, a woman told police she was raped at

knifepoint, as her attacker threatened to slash her face. >> we are confident that nelson clifford was the person responsible for these incidents. >> he was already in the dna database. he has a record dating back to the 1990's. he was arrested last year. dna linkedin to a third case on harlem avenue. his m.o. is to break into a house in the early hours of the victim is still sleeping. >> he catches them unaware. he typically blindfolds them with clothing, rapes and sexually assaults them. >> investigators believed there could be more victims. the trial is set for later this morning. nadia ramdass, wbal-tv 11 news.

>> thank you. the rich rocketeers for twin brothers accused of setting a dog on fire. the jury watched tape testimony from the first trial of travers and tremayne johnson, which ended in a mistrial. the judge ordered a witness jailed for six months after she said she would rather serve time than testify. the dog died of injuries back in may. >> controversy at the university of maryland college park. messages were found inside an elevator. a noose was found hanging in the computer science building. officials say there will not tolerate such behavior. jerry sandusky facing 52 counts of alleged sexual misconduct

appears in court later today. we're joined live with a preview of today's hearing. good morning. >> he is expected to be at the courthouse later today for a pretrial hearing. his attorney said he does not want sandusky to return here. he is asking the judge to throw out all the charges. he was taken into custody and charged with these allegations after a grand jury investigation. sandusky faced even more charges as more victims came forward with allegations that he had sexually assaulted them. sandusky waved a preliminary hearing a few months ago. he spoke to reporters at that time maintaining his innocence. he is asking for this trial to

be dismissed or delayed. he wants more details about these allegations -- the attorney general said the time was back in the preliminary hearing and now the time to move forward with this case. the case is expected to take up most of the day. back to you. >> thank you. >> many people are likely planning some summer vacation time. nearly half of americans are not taking all of their vacation time. among the reasons our workload and a reluctance to play catch- up. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. have you left vacation time on the table because you didn't

want to have more work waiting for you when you came back? you can share your response on wbaltv.com, on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. i have always taken every single day. >> i cannot imagine leaving my vacation time on the table. around 50 degrees on tv hill. 5:38. you might buy your groceries at the store closes to you or your favorite one. a check of 95 in the white marsh area shows traffic is flowing smoothly down towards flowing smoothly down towards the fort

>> welcome back to 11 news today. 5:40. 51 degrees downtown. this is a live shot. mostly clear skies right now. we are expecting a beautiful sunrise in about an hour. grab your sunglasses because there will be quite a bit of sun glare. the wind out of the northeast, 6 miles per hour. we're expecting to get near 55 near lunchtime with sunny skies. near 60 degrees for the high temperature today. a very pleasant day but much cooler than yesterday. details on the seven-day forecast are coming up. >> in nationwide salmonella outbreak. >> or eight cases here and maryland. 93 illnesses have been reported

in 19 states and d.c. a specific food has not been identified as the source. where you buy your groceries could be an indicator of how much you weigh. >> every people tend to shop at discount supermarkets -- heavier people tend to shop at discount supermarkets. 10% of shoppers bought food at neighborhood stores. >> 5:43. 47 degrees on tv hill. a new season gets underway for the orioles. a new look for camden yards. >> the stadium has a new additions to show off. >> ava says it will be able

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>> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> here's a check of your morning commute. it has been a lot lighter this week. a lot of kids are on spring break this week. 61 on 95 out of white marsh and moving well down towards howard county. 61 over towards the harrisburg expressway. on southbound 295, the miles per hour down towards 197. this is 70 at 29. traffic looks good in both directions. this is traffic on 95 out of white marsh. southbound traffic moving without delay down towards howard county. we will keep you posted. that is the latest on traffic

pulse 11. now we check on the buses and trains. >> good morning. mden and penn trains on time. light rail camden yards south puts you right at the stadium. schedule information at www.mta.maryland.gov. i'm kurt kronke. now back to ava marie. >> a: trend taking over for the next couple of days -- a cooler trend. 51 at the downtown maryland science center. 52 in annapolis. 44 in college park. you'll feel a slightly different temperature. it is cooler north and west. a bit ofecting

sunshine. a few thin clouds moving in from the west. we could have partly cloudy times but we will of sunshine. 60 degrees around central maryland. 57 along the eastern shore. 62 in southern maryland. the mountains will see a few more clouds. a few clouds in baltimore. the wind out of the north, 5 to 10 miles per hour. temperatures ranging from 68 to 62 degrees. you can see those clouds around hagerstown and southwest of d.c. make sure you grab your sunshine. there could be quite a bit of sun glare. we have a showers down to the south. that extends back into the ohio valley. anywhere south of the storm

system is where we have a severe weather threat. we're on the northern end of this. more severe weather in the southeast today. that brought days and days of the severe weather outbreak. it is affecting parts of the gulf states. 58 degrees tomorrow. opening day at oriole park. most of the game is dry. >> opening day is tomorrow afternoon. fans will likely see some changes. >> the best ballpark in baseball is turning 20 years old tomorrow. you'd better bring your appetite. >> finishing touches at camden yards.

opening day is on friday. >> i am anticipating that they would jump out to a big start this year that will give everybody a lot of hope. >> structurally the ballpark has several new sidelines. the joppatowne scoreboard has been lower but four feet to improve the use of the game. >> it opens up the flag court. you can see the view from eutaw street. >> a brand-new roof deck with a gigantic bar. >> all the things that are open to all of our fans. you don't need a special ticket. >> we're excited about all the new stuff to eat. bacon on a state. a crab cake on top of a burger.

new food and a new old uniform. >> i think it will put a smile on your face and had more fun to everything you will find here. this is the most magnificent stadium baseball ever built. >> the first pitch to mark will be thrown out by rick sutcliffe. he was the first pitcher to take place at camden yards. >> that is so great to watch a game camden yards. >> it is pretty awesome. you have your orange on. coming up, we'll look at one of your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers. good luck.

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>> keep sending us those responses. we will read more of your responses in the next hour and post all of them on the front page of our website, wbaltv.com. >> i like her attitude. good morning. the orioles have made it back to baltimore. they will attend a business luncheon in downtown baltimore. it is onto opening day tomorrow. the marlins christened their new stadium on the side of the old orange baowl. that is not a picture. that is the skyline of miami. miami played st. louis. david freese.

2-0. kyle lohse took a no-hitter into the seventh inning. this is a double play. finally something to cheer about. the cardinals win for the new manager. negotiations continue between the ravens and joe flacco and ray rice. the ravens preseason schedule is out. they start the preseason on the road in atlanta. the first home game is against the lions. the coach of the lions returns to baltimore. home against jacksonville. they and the preseason on the road against the rams. you can see the other three

games on wbal-tv 11. college lacrosse. towson. the tigers remembered ryan bailey, the student who lost his life. umbc comes out in gold. umbc up 1-0. towson has a new coach and they come right back. 1-1. back and forth all night. towson wins. they scored the last four goals. the regular-season nfl schedule comes out in a couple of weeks. >> use it the weekend after labor day -- usually the weekend

after labor day. >> wednesday september 5, the start of the season. >> the police department reaches a cell but with a woman and we have the reason behind the lawsuit -- reaches a settlement with a woman. wearing high heels to work all day or for a night out on the town can often be a pain. one company is looking to profit on some emergency relief. >> it is in little cooler out there. >> the morning commute shaping up to be a nice ride on 95 at the fort mchenry.