>> live, local, latebreaking this. is wbal-tv 11 news at noon. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- good afternoon >>. i am sarah caldwell. a grisly murder takes another disturbing turn. the man at they have in custody for that matter has admitted to doing much more than killing his victim. jennifer franciotti explains. >> harford county authorities said that the suspect in this case has admitted to eating parts of this victim, and he has given no motive and is showing no remorse until. two weeks ago, 21-year-old alexander kinyua was a third- year engineering student at morgan state university. now he has admitted to

cannibalism. >> he admitted to killing the person and cutting them o -- putting him up with a knife. he asserted that he had his internal organisms, specifically his heart and parts of his brain. >> kujoe agyei-kodie rented a town house upon by the kinyua family. he was arrested following an assault inside his dorm room. the victim was reported missing last friday, and police got a call from one of the suspect's family members about a gruesome discovery in the basement. >> a human head, at two human hands. >> the tenant may have potentially confessed to killing the man with a knife, eating his organs, -- he eventuall -- the kenyan native to eventually confessed to killing the man with a knife and eating his organs.

>> killing someone and then cooking their body parts, and eating it, the magnitude of the problem goes beyond the characterological defect. >> police say the investigation is not over. the suspect's family members' accounts of the disappearance of not catching up, so they are wondering if somebody else was involved in the crime or at the very least involved in covering it up. >> meantime, state police are looking to identify more victims in the case of a man accused of taking pictures of children inside public bathrooms. 28-year-old brian williams of pennsylvania is charged with taking pictures of children inside two estop bathrooms at i- 95 -- two rest stop bathrooms on

i-95. authorities saw him taking a picture of the boys using a rebel at the rest stops. -- a restroom at the bus stops. they are asking anyone who may have been at the bus stops between noon and 4:00 p.m. to come forward. the war of words continues between baltimore county delegate pat mcdonough and mayor stephanie rawlings-blake. it comes after five boys and one girl attacked a 50-year-old federal employee at hopkins plaza. police say the group punched and kicked the victim but did not steal anything. wednesday morning, another fight broke out on the sidewalk at charles and lombard streets between two groups of a juvenile is. the delicate accuses the mayor of ignoring an escalating problem. >> they are too busy engaging in name calling. the rawlings-blake administration wants to play the

race card and some people in the media, not tv, want to play the demonization card. i want to play the "let's fix the problem" card. >> the mayor's office responded, "mcdonough should debate himself and his colleagues, who voted for deep cuts as a result of the doomsday budget." panel members will hold their first meeting to address gambling in the state. they will meet in annapolis in hear presentations from casino licensees on proposals, including table games in maryland casinos. the panel will weigh in on the potential construction of a casino in prince george's county and come up with ideas for a special session in july. >> there is not a whole lot happening, weather-wise, at the present time, but that could change in the afternoon hours.

humidity has been going up all morning. dew points are now in the 60's. the atmosphere is going to use that moisture to cook up thunderstorms this afternoon. we see hints of it down in virginia. these will become more numerous and head up towards baltimore later this afternoon and evening, and some of those contained wind gusts of up to 60 miles per hour. there's a chance of a few tornadoes this evening as well. i will explain it all when we come back in the main weather assignment in a few minutes. >> students attending maryland state universities should brace for a tighter pinch. for the third straight year, tuition is going up for those students. the board of regents for the state university system announced a 3% hike on thursday. the additional revenue would report of the make up for shortfalls in the budget. officials said that the

proposed $2 billion operating budget for next year includes more than $5 million in cuts, but that still was not enough. under the new plan, the president of each campus will decide how to implement each cut. the university system will face a $5 million reduction in its reserve fund. a much anticipated indication of how it economy is doing -- government released its jobs report for may, and the news is not what economists had expected. tracie potts runs down the numbers. >> the nation's unemployment rate picked up to 8.2% today, but the bigger story is the number of jobs created will. we 69,000, less than half of what economists predicted. >> i was just wrong. >> job numbers for the last two months were less than originally thought. it looked like things have been improving, but more people may now be looking for work.

>> are more people offering their hat in the ring because they are hopeful, but we are not generating jobs? that is a bad combination. >> the president's candidacy hangs on a convincing americans that things are getting better. >> it is clear that the american people are still asking the question -- or other jobs? these numbers are pathetic. >> the administration responded that gov. mitt romney had one of the worst records for job creation in massachusetts. >> he tried to bring those same principles to massachusetts, and the middle class suffered. the state flag far beyond the rest of the country in job creation. >> romney made a surprise visit to california in front of the solyndra plant that went bankrupt after getting stimulus money. >> he is taking money from the taxpayers and giving it to his friends. speaking >> of mitt romney and

the job he wants, he has a new endorsement from nancy reagan. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> still ahead, those pesky mosquitoes are making their annual appearance. want to keep from getting a bit in? there is an app for that. you never know what you're going to find when you control the streets. the details behind thisin

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>> a wisconsin man is charged with and dui, but this is not a typical case of drunk driving. officers pulled over the 69- year-old after he was seen weaving down the street on his lawn tractor. when police tried to pull him over, he tried to wave them by. police were not having any of that, and pulled him over in a walgreens parking lot. his blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit. this is his fourth drunken driving charge. z time -- no pressure. >> g-u-e-t-a-p-e-n-s.

[applause] >> well done. with that, the 14-year-old wins the 85th scripps national spelling bee in washington, d.c. she won on a french word that means ambush or trap. she will win more than $40,000 in cash and prizes, and her grandfather promised her a trip to india. still to come, you saw the reports that dark chocolate can benefit your health, but what about your heart? >> [unintelligible] >> acupuncture on a two-month- old? one father turned to the ancient medicine for his infant. >> we see a few scattered, light

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>> in today's consumer alert, cricket cellular will be the first in the u.s. to sell the iphone on a prepaid basis company says it will start selling the phones onto 22nd. it will be available for $400, while the 4s will go on sale for $500.

the iphone is only compatible with about 70% of the cricket network, meaning that sales will mostly be limited to areas in the south and west. just in time for summer, several theme parks are raising admission prices. visitors don't have to pay the higher rates, and it is suggested to buy tickets online because they are usually much cheaper. as always, don't forget that, association discounts like aaa or aarp always works. the pesky mosquitoes can ruin your plans, but now there is an app for that. doesn't live up to the klan to repel mosquitos? -- does it live up to the claim repel mosquitoes? >> the best repellent could be

in your pocket. the mosquito repellent app claims to produce an ultrasonic sound so high-pitched that it is undetectable to the human ear but scarce mosquitoes away. does it really work? >> there is no scientific research as of now to prove that it does work. there is no reason why it should. >> this entomologist is skeptical, saying that mosquitoes don't hear like timmons. -- like humans. >> of the time, mosquitoes and in sex smell and hear through s -- mosquitoes and insects smell and hear through chemicals in the air and not wavelengths. >> until it is scientifically proven not to work, this app will continue busing. >> surprising the people will believe what they want to delbelief.

you are down any -- not down any money if it does not work for you. >> the high-pitched sound can also irritate cats and dogs. >> now your 11 insta-weather- plus forecast with tony pann. >> are complex weather situation is setting up. we have a warm front to the northern suburbs right now. 81 degrees in easton. a 10-degree of temperature spread from north to south. the dew points in the patuxent naval air station is at 70. in pennsylvania, dew points are in the 50's. the atmosphere will use the stuff to create a big thunderstorms this afternoon. right along this warm front, the winds are veering with height. they are changing direction with

the surface. you get thunderstorms to develop an atmosphere and they start to spend and rotate. these could produce week tornadoes in the afternoon and evening. one of the key components to creating severe weather would be the amount of center and we get. you heard us talk about this. it seems counter and to read it to sit it if you get more sunshine, it is bad news, -- it seems counter intuitive to say that if you get more sunshine, i guess that is, but that seems to be the case. some of these will rotate and create more tornadoes. the store prediction center thinks that anywhere in the mid- atlantic region, there is at least a slight chance we could see some tornadoes and heavy rain. i don't think large pale will be a big deal this afternoon if we get the storm's going, but these components and the possibility of tornadoes is there.

just because all the ingredients are there does not mean it is going to happen. we just have to say that there is the potential for those storms to fire up late this afternoon. you will want to tune in later on today to get an update from john collins during the 5:00 news. we can already see storms developing through for jenny did this is the direction they are going to come from. if we get to an attic thunderstorms and -- to rnadic thunderstorms, that is where the front is going through the atmosphere. variable clouds, with a chance for showers and thunderstorms. of these could be strong or severe. wide range high temperatures -- wide range in temperatures did things will get a lot better. we will start with cause but it will clear as we go into the afternoon. senate looks like a decent day as well. -- sunday looks like a decent day as well.

>> in the "medical alert," acupuncture for babies? believe it or not, it can help children of all ages. one father says acupuncture is helping its infant. >> it has been around for years. it cannot be all bad. >> twice a week, he comes here for acupuncture. >> it is something i did as a young man. his problem is that he needs nerve regeneration. >> his father thinks that it, along with physical therapy, is helping. >> not in the lower arm, but the shoulder has gained some strength. eat newborns with all kinds of conditions. but how hard is it to get kids to sit still for needles? even if they are flexible?

>> they are apprehensive, and when they see the needle, "oh, my god." >> often within a driven session, we see kids coming out with 7/kent pain and it reduces to one or zero. >> there is the option of letting eastern and western medicine all within one building. >> being up enough to provide that service, like anything we can do to help our kids, is a great thing. the experience has been great for me. >> doing ok and hopefully getting stronger. >> he is precious. as if anyone needed an excuse to eat more chocolate, we're learning of more benefits to dark chocolate. patients with metabolic syndromes can lower their risk for heart problems by having a piece of it at.

-- having a piece every day. an castalian study used models to study the effects of dark chocolate on people with heart disease. it traded at 7 earhardt events for ever 10,000 people -- 70 heart events for every 10,000 people treated. coming up next, your pick three and pick four numbers. first, a look at how wall street is performing this hour.

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