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uncovering more information about three suspects charged in the attempted murder of a 15- year-old boy. >> one is five months pregnant and the other is a college student. we're live from police headquarters in howard with the very latest. one asked the judge to consider their daughter's future. they want to make sure that she has the possibility of getting out of jail. leaving howard county district court, valencia and donald sketers at something to say to the judge. "my daughter was guilty of anything, it is choosing her friends wrongly. there arrested at her at her home.
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in court, she heard the charges against her, attended murder, conspiracy, kidnapping, firearms violation. she had just minister second year at west virginia state and was transferring to coppin state. police believe she supplied and loaded the long barrel rifle used to shoot a 15-year-old boy in the back of the head. of telling he is about to die. he was shot in the field in marysville. officers executed a search warrant at this home on high eichestertown.te neice,e arrested her laura karr, a dog groomer is 5 months pregnant.
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they believe peoples was the shooter. sketers has no criminal record. karr and peoples are out on bail at the time of te shooting and peoples was set to go on trial today for burglary and assault charges. barry simms,. >> one person is dead in two of in your id and that search is on. -- and two are injured. two men forced their way inside the home looking for a 28-year- old man who then shot, that man and two other people killing the target. a 50-year-old woman remains in good condition and no word now on the identity and homicide
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detectives are continuing their search. the shooting happened in the middle of a bar this weekend. erasmo sandobal and alberto ramos are facing charges. they entered the bar and opened fire. this all started as an argument with one man in sight. we're also told homicide detectives were called in to investigate because the injuries were so severe. city police arresting two men in connection with a shooting that happened over the weekend. >> police in anne arundel county are warning residents to be on alert following reports of a suspicious person in overton. it is 6-year-old girl came to her home when a man pulled up out front and tried to speak with her. he then returned a second time. police are looking for a four-
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door wide vehicle with tinted windows and an african-american man with a mustache and bread box. >> bracing for a second heat wave this month, temperatures soaring into the upper 90's and cooling centers are now open. tony pann joined us. how long will this latest blast last? what we will cool off by the end of the week, but we will be getting into the upper 90's. if you storms around yesterday's. relatively quiet today with a store north of the sea and another one coming across the water into the eastern shore into cecil and kent county. we could get a little bit of thunder and lightning. the's a look at temperatures really quick. 94 of the airport. this will be a muggy night tonight.
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>> an agenda tonight is jam packed for the city council talking about city agencies and term limits for officials. lowell melser joins us live with a preview. >> a lot of work to be done this evening. the council meeting to starting and bill henry will most likely make the most noise tonight introducing four different amendments that he hopes will change the way the city's government operates. >> you would be proud of the council put any much less all these efforts on the ballot for the people to vote on. getting the conversation started, for me, is an important part of this. >> bill henry will try his best to rock the city council vote and is in four charter announcements that will make the
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government more efficient and cut down on the strong male role system. first, he needs to reduce the number of votes to reduce the mayor's veto from three-quarters 2 2/3. >> we have a strong male role system of government in baltimore and it is so strong that it infringes upon the legislative bodies ability to be a legitimate check on the executive power. >> the second would let the counsel that money to the budget if they did not approve of the mayor's spending as they did in the last budget. >> a majority of the council wanted the discount money differently. >> they want to change the size of the council to nine members with six districts and three at- large. >> they will have the district represented and will have three council people at large instead of just one.
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>> they will make it public meeting is mandatory if any more fire stations will be closed. >> i do not want to worry about the politics of it. >> there is still more, another bill up for a third reading tonight requires all city agencies to have their operations audited every second fiscal year. a similar bill was defeated by a narrow margin not too long ago and it will be interesting to see if it makes it through this evening. live in city hall, lowell melser,. >> tickets are on sale and today the manager of the grand prix met with reporters and announced things are on track and looking good for this year's race. rob roblin has the details.
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>> for a while, it did not look like it would be the second year for the grand prix. there was an indy car parked outside and a press conference inside to announce that the race is on and tickets are on sale. >> we have opened up a number of new options. tickets start as low as $5 on friday for kids, $15 for adults. the heart of the action starts at $5 for kids. >> last year seemed as a big success and there were problems. the city and many vendors were not paid and it seemed that the 2011 grand prix of baltimore would be the only one. with andretti sports at the helm of this event, things seemed to be on track. >> this is not our first rodeo. we know how to do this. i wish we had more time to do
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it, but for us, this is what we do day in and out. it is about the thousand details you pick up and make sure you do not drop any balls. >> they are glad the grand prix of baltimore is returning. >> the fans in baltimore blow us all away. we were amazed by the support. we cannot be happier to be coming back. i was born in the sea and came to games here at camden yards watching the orioles. >> rob roblin, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the ravens have announced that they do have an agreement with running back rate rise. >> it was close, but the
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superstar will stay on the team. this has been a big priority. pete gilbert joined us now. can you give us any more details? >> there was a sigh of relief. he won a $30 million guaranteed. they wanted to offer about $20 million. they struck the difference in the contract. the deal could be worth as much as $40 million with performance bonuses. they agreed just minutes before the four -- the 4:00 p.m. deadline. entering his fifth season, rice has emerged as arguably the most durable, reliable, and productive running back in the league. his total yards per scrimmage exceeded 2000. even through one, for good measure. this man shall approve a bargain for the community. coming up at 6:00, what may have
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proved the driving force in getting this deal done. >> there fortunate to have him. >> i agree. >> a landmark decision could change the future of aids and hiv as we know it. >> the first-ever drug to prevent contracting hiv and how it works ahead. >> the baring two apartment buildings. the investigation to determine the cause. >> parts lying between volunteering career
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>> here's a look at what's happening right now. sky team 11 remains of the scene of a big water main break downtown. let send it back to capt. roy taylor. >> this is going to be a major traffic issue because lombard has been shut down.
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if you're working your way into the inner harbor, this mud puddles started here around the atrium area. it is just amazing how much dirt and mud is going in here. we noticed at least three or four different breaks in the roadway from where the road has been under the line. i do not know how long it will take to repair this. live in sky team 11, and capt. roy taylor. >> police in howard county have down the getaway car used in the week and double shooting but the research still continues for the gun man. he remains on the run after allegedly opening fire on his estranged girlfriend and another man. it happened at the nail and hair-care spot. please confirm the woman had a protective order issued against
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the suspect and is listed in fair condition. the other person remained in serious condition. baltimore county fire investigators were canvassing the site of a weekend fire in randallstown. and by standard got this and it took about 100 firefighters an hour and have to get the flames under control. thankfully no one was hurt but over two dozen families have been displaced. >> we begin with major news from the fda approving the first drug ever to reduce the risk of catching hiv. it's a major milestone in the 30-year battle against hiv and aids. it is a preventative measure for people at high risk of acquiring hiv, such as those who have had sex with h.i.v.-infected partners. it has been marketed as a treatment for those already infected, but it can help people to prevent from contracting the
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disease. a three-year study found it cut the risk of infection by 42% when accompanied by condoms. it does not replace practicing safe sex. bananas are low in fat and high in nutrition. consider the health the banana. that is in tonight's "woman's doctor." >> one of the most popular efforts in the world that actually belongs to the barry family. dr. johnson says it's easy to digest and is loaded with nutrients. >> some things they cite in research is potassium that helps with muscle contraction and it helps with high blood pressure. it has natural carbohydrates and sugar is in its which may be a wonderful source of energy if you exercise. it has amino acids and other
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vitamins. >> bananas do contain a surge -- sugar, so diabetics need to be careful. >> we caution our patients with diabetes in moderation so even though they're good source of energy, and they have a significant amount of blood sugar. >> it is best to eat when it is slightly green or yellow? >> when they are either just about to go awry, but before they are brown. that is when you get the most nutrients out of the peak of ripeness. >> to does not love a banana? you should check with your doctor about eating bananas it your taking certain medications because there are drugs that can change or potassium levels. >> your 11 insta-weather + forecast with meteorologist tony
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pann. >> another hot and steamy day. the difference from yesterday to this evening is the atmosphere is not as unstable. big thunderstorms popping up doing some damage in some neighborhoods and tonight, it is relatively quiet. thundershower activity on the eastern shore. thunderstorms into d.c. heavier stuff across western maryland. in baltimore, pretty quiet. a 20% or 30% chance you'll run into a storm. this big story is the form we were talking about a little bit ago, not as intense but still there in the same place centered off to the west. temperatures in the mid to rockburn 90's back into the northern plains where our weather is coming from. for at least the next couple of days, we will be in the upper 90's but it will not last long. i will show you some good news in the seven-day forecast.
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dew points to around 70. factor that in, and he indexes closer to 100 in some areas this evening. indianapolis, it is 100. 101 downtown. 97 is the heat index in westminster. tonight, clear to partly cloudy skies. it will be monday, on a comparable. mid 60's in the cooler northern suburbs. most will stay in the 70's. i pressure will be moving off the east coast with winds out of the south and southwest. a couple of degrees warmer than today. the heat index may be up to 104 or 105. this will not get here until the end of the week. short term, not a whole lot will change. very hot and humid. an isolated storm possible. i doubt it. most of tomorrow will be dry.
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the heat index between 100-105. sunrise at 5:54. southwest wind on the bay at 10 knots. wave height will be 1 foot or west -- or less. bay water temperature in the mid 80's. heading into the weekend, things will change. this is good news for us. we could get a chance to cool off and the highs will be in the mid 80's with the overnight lows dropping into the 60's. all that he will be displays further to the south and west. the seven-day forecast has some good news but it will take a while to get here. 98 tomorrow and wednesday. as the front comes through wednesday and thursday, there's a possibility we could get some strong thunderstorms again. we will have to keep an eye on that. it will drift through on thursday and not temperatures back and then smooth sailing through the weekend.
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high temperatures in they made 80's and overnight temperatures in the 60's. >> olympic athletes are doing the same thing today. >> they are descending on london. officials at heathrow are all prepared for the arrivals. >> baltimore elementary school students have undertaken a massive fund-raising effort to massive fund-raising effort to help a
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expecting some 240,000 passengers over the next 24 hours. that could easily break the previous record at europe's largest airport. no reports of major losses at least despite all the gear coming in. >> it's great to be in london. we have been waiting for this. >> officials have put an extra 1000 volunteers to help the athletes get where they're going. he throws as the have got things under control but they cannot control the weather. the forecast does not look good. thunderstorms expected later this week and wet weather will be likely from late july into august, just when the games are taking place. back to you. >> airport officials have also beefed up their staff at immigration desk to minimize along lines. they speak 20 languages and are
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on hand to welcome athletes and officials. >> still ahead, an arlington man attacked by a pet bowl and thanks his quick thinking is on for saving his life. >> the defense? a shoe. >> volunteer and professional ♪ ♪ pop goes the world ♪ it goes something like this
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with tom tasselmyer. 11 news at 5:00 in hd continues now. >> right now, we continue to monitor breaking news right in the heart of downtown baltimore. this is the scene on lombard street where there is a water main break tying up the rush- hour traffic making for a very huge mess. tolet's send it back out capt. roy taylor release 1911 for the latest. >> they're frantically trying to get to this location. they have a bowel truck coming from eastern avenue to try to get up here and shot off this water. the problem is traffic is gridlock. anyone trying to go eastside westbound is just pretty much in gridlock. city police have had to shut it down. their concern is with the major water main break that the road could be compromised than they do not want anyone an advert in
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getting involved in a sink hole. i can tell you from listening in that they're frantically trying to get here to get the water shutdown and to figure out the cause of this problem. live in the sky team 11, and capt. roy taylor. >> what a mess. >> and emerging fire storm, so to speak, between volunteer and professional firefighters leaning accusations that union organization is soliciting money using their name. >> lisa robinson has been working on the story and joins us live in the newsroom with the latest. rely on donations to keep the station working. if they think someone is going after their dollars, they will sit down and talk about it. a firefight of sorts. this is the president of the
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chestnut ridge volunteered our department and has heard this from a number of residents in the last few weeks. >> they say something to the effect of are receiving a phone call the other day and i have to explain to them that the phone call are not from us. >> we do not do phone call solicitation so that there would not be a phone call asking for money. >> is the president of the volunteer firefighters association and says they only solicit by mail and sometimes door to door. the telemarketer calls are coming from the baltimore county professional firefighters association and he says the telemarketers are saying they're calling on behalf of the volunteers. "there are only a certain amount of dollars available and there and inc.. they have on the they have to raise. we rely heavily on donations from the community. >> we give back to the community. we provide smoke detectors to
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any citizen who needs one, whether it is kids with cancer, you name the charity and we are there. >> he says his telemarketers have done nothing wrong and are not misrepresenting themselves. he is surprised this has become an issue. >> we have had telemarketer's working on behalf of us since 1990 and they do it fantastic job. if they deviate from the script, they get a warning. the second time in their fire. plain and simple. >> the volunteer firefighters and medics work beside the paid personnel. after both sides of the spoke out today, they will mediate to express anything further. lisa robinson,. >> 11 news has learned that one of the suspect in trying to kill a 15-year-old boy in howard county is five months pregnant. details of the unfolding after police served a search warrant
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late thursday night after the suspect shot and killed her uncle. laura karr and her bouyfriend donald peoples worked with colelge student chiquita sketers. she just finished her second year of west virginia state. it is a five-year deal for running back craig rice after intense negotiation. the star running back and the ravens were able to spark a deal with just moments to spare and it is worth a total of $40 million a $17 million in the first year. he had nearly 4400 rushing yards and 49 touchdowns in his four years with baltimore. >> after a week and talking about romney's refusal to release more of his tax return, both candidates are courting
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more voters today. the focus is now turning to jobs and the economy. >> at romney and his supporters are coming to his defense as the campaign is heating up over tax returns and a struggling economy. out of washington and on the campaign trail, in the key battleground state of ohio, president obama held a town hall meeting accusing it romney of cutting taxes for the wealthy and outsourcing jobs. >> we do not need a president to plans to ship more jobs overseas. i want to give incentive for companies investing in you, the american people, for american jobs. >> romney was in louisiana and the issue of whether he will release more tax returns will not go away. conservatives are encouraging him to just do it. others say the focus should stay on the struggling economy. theiry're concerned about
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tax returns and the new taxes obama will be putting on the american people. >> pushing the latest in this that is saying they're struggling for work and unemployment sticking at 8.2%. the obama campaign is also not letting romney off the hook on bain capital. showing he was the sole owner of the firm until 2002, but he said he had nothing to do with the dealing that led to the outsourcing in 1999. supporters say it's just another failed tactic for the president. >> things are not going in the right direction. no wonder he wants to change the subject. >> he's campaigning for the helpful in his home state, ohio. >> romney and his campaign goes to ohioan as obama plans more campaigning later this week in another key swing state, florida. john r. johnson, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the virginia men's two sons
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bring into action as he is attacked by the neighbor's dog. what i had to do something. >> he grabbed a shoe and defended his dad. details on the rest given me come back. >> by the governor believes the chances of calling a special chances of calling a special session are better
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>> that is how this arlington teenager says it is able to help his dad escape from a pit bull attack. throwing a croc shoe. got out of his truck and in front of his house were his neighbors two dogs. the dogs. and at least one dozen times and his son said it was terrifying. >> he was mauled by two vicious pit bulls. look at their teeth. you should see their teeth. >> he was getting attacked. i had to do something.
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my little sister in a brother were crying. >> once police car arrived, one dog was killed in the other taken into controlled by animal control. >> covering the nation tonight, three more men have come forward accusing jerry sandusky of sexual abuse. a harrisburg newspaper as saying it happened back in the 1970's in 1980's. it is unclear more charges will be filed. he is convicted last month of sexually abusing 15 boys and is expecting sentencing in september. the family of the leizhou return as a they will conduct their own investigation into the scandal rocking the university. they strongly denied the findings of an fbi investigation pointing out joe paterno and other high-ranking officials saying they covered up the scandal to avoid bad publicity. it was led by former fbi
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director. >> late breaking details that of egypt where two american tourists have been released unharmed. the rev. michael lewis and the woman from boston were released after negotiations but there were kidnapped from a boss last friday along with their guide. there have been a string of kidnappings trying to free relatives from jail. >> still ahead, applying greater resistance in maryland just got a whole lot easier. >> redoing without a trip to the dmv? detailed ahead. what's a dramatic rescue on camera as an suv is a swift away. >> the he will be sticking around, but good news in the seven-day forecast trade ahead. in ocean city, looking good. 94 at the airport, 96 downtown.
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like the push continues for a special session on gambling in maryland. the latest on that upper. new details in the investigation into the murder of a 15-year-old boy in howard county. boy in howard county. the latest
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downtown baltimore. as you can imagine, it's slowing down the evening commute. we go back now to capt. roy taylor. it has it been completely shut down? >> from baltimore street south to pratt. kravis still open. the concern that there could be some undermining --ratt is open -- pratt is open. police and fire have shut it down. stuck in theey're gridlock of traffic. they're waiting for police to come and give an escort. >> we lost our shot with capt. roy taylor, but we will check back in to get the lowdown on that water main break. >> thousands of people in arizona are in the dark after heavy storms drenched the state.
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in one case, raging waters overtook an suv bringing about this dramatic rescue in tucson. the only thing they could do was to throw them some lifejackets. they were able to get out safely and remarkably no one was injured. i have seen a flash flooding like that and it comes by you just like that. the only dry areas are all of a sudden under water. they seem pretty,. >> they're happy to have life jackets. >> dry conditions and extreme drought continue to plague the nation. some places are worse than they were during the dust bowl. record food prices could be on the way. more now from chris clackum. >> the dried up lake beds confirm what forecasters are now saying. nearly 60 percent of the country
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is in some stage of drought conditions. >> the heat has been a big factor. the lack of rainfall combined with that and created a tremendous deficit in moisture across a vast swath of the lower 48 states. >> more than 1000 counties in 26 states have been declared disaster areas. mostly farmers are feeling it for now, more than half of the corn crops are in trouble. >> it will cost more in fuel and oil. >> the soybeans are a little more resistant. if we can get some rain, they will be ok. the corn will mont. it is done. >> it is already threatening to drive up food prices to record levels because corn has an impact on 75% of what is sold in the supermarket. >> of the not mean the price at the supermarket will go up tomorrow, but it will go up
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next week and it will continue to rise for a number of months. >> by a slight margin, the current drought covers more area than the dust bowl era drought of 1936. as back, but not as bad and then. >> where not to the point of a dust bowl era or the 1950's yet. >> it is affecting the midwest and it is expected to worsen. chris clackum, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the history buff's are all saying it cannot be worse. >> it's not good. a lot of times, we look to the tropics for something to develop in the gulf of mexico and into the plains states. there's nothing in the tropics right now. the gulf and the atlantic are both quiet. let's talk about what's happening here at home. he is our major weather headline. we will take a look at the
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almanac today. we made it up to 95. 97 at the airport. let's switch over. 97 at the airport in the normal eye is 88. the pollen count this evening is in the moderate range. if you are sneezing, you are allergic to grass pollen. mole that 244. -- mold at 244. then we have some activity down around here and in southern maryland. around baltimore, we will wind up bouquet as far as precipitation goes. yesterday was rough. he intimated the developing a to their afternoon and developing damage in some areas. a big dome of heat is the major headlines again. it will stick around for the next couple of days at least. by the end of the week, we will get a cold front to sweep all this off of the coast and we will wind up with comparable conditions.
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94 at the airport right now. 91 in westminster. when it is this tropical, you have to have a few degrees in temperatures and heat index bills like 100 in annapolis, 101 downtown, 97 in westminster. cleared a partly cloudy skies and a slight chance for a thunderstorm with temperatures dropping back into the 70's. sunset at 8:31. not a lot more will change and high pressure will still be in the same place. west and southwest pumping all of this heat in the plains states over to us. this will not come through until wednesday or thursday. until that time, more of the same period high and human on tuesday. i temperatures between 95 and 100. the heat index between 100-105.
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wave heights 1 foot or less on the bay. i tied at 6:17. upper 90's for the next few days. he then? over 100. sometimes we talk about this when you make an air mass transition and getting fit great thunderstorms which is certainly possible and we will be rewarded by a beautiful weekend, low humidity, and temperatures in the 80's. back at the capt. roy taylor at the scene of a major water main break. we've lost him earlier, but i'm sure this is having a terrible impact on traffic. >> it's a very serious down there as far as serious knows. city fire crews are on the scene as well as police tried to do what they can to alleviate the traffic issue down here. i just got word that the dump truck that is the up on president street, there in the
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process of escorting that be allowed to the scenes they can get the water shutdown, but if you're trying to use the expressway, either get off at st. paul or north avenue in of the traffic is so gridlocked, anyone working their way in, you're not want to get anywhere quite. it is a standstill. live in this guide to 11, and capt. roy taylor. >> we begin tonight consumer lawyer with a new service for maryland residents that allows you to renew your progress license on line. it is the first of two phases to streamline driver's license renewals. the news service would use the most recent photograph of the driver and would require an office visit on the next.
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the first phases for drivers aged 21-39 because those under 20 are exempt. it looks like parents are cutting back on spending for college. the average amount parents spend on college fell 5% as more say they're making decisions based on what they can afford and not what the kid once. this comes to a telephone survey conducted for sallie mae, the largest it lender. more students are also shelling out more of their savings and more of half of them are living at home. the number of students attending a two-year colleges rose by 10%. >> the push for a special session on gambling is reportedly making some progress. what governor martin o'malley had to say about a meeting today with local officials including the mayor coming of new at 6:00. >> a special baltimore teachers getting a helping hand from her students. i will explain next. i will explain next.
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>> extraordinary elementary school students took matters into their own hands when tragic stop their beloved teacher. what she became a quadruple amputee, but now she is determined to return to the classroom. quite she was a favorite teacher at the school of the cathedral. >> she was really smart.
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she made a map so easy. i always loved her. >> each were in her third grade class in march 2011 when she got sick. she was hospitalized with a double pneumonia. she contracted a blood infection which led to gain green in her arms and legs that all had to be amputated. >> it was all in shock. if someone asks to amputate your hands, you say no, but i had no choice because the infection and have continued to travel. >> i was very scared and worried for her. >> they kept in contact with her and she is now using new prosthetics on her arms and legs, but she needs to be able to outfit her car with special equipment and learn to drive it to go back to work. >> everyone was doing lemonade stands and then we thought of a
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video. >> a local film maker agreed to help make the video about her story, which has now become a documentary. it was posted on a special fund raising websites. they have raised more than $13,000. she has already started her driving lessons. >> it's really heartwarming. it started out as a group of eight year-old. how many aid rolls would really have the idea to fundraiser for a teacher? >> they sure the goal of one day seeing her back in the classroom. >> i want to see her in the hallways and classrooms. i want to make her back in our school again. it means a lot to me to know how great she was. >> they will need to raise at least $52,000. to donate, you can find a link on our web site, wbaltv.com. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news.
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>> what great kids. >> that's all for us at 5:00. here's what's coming up next 6:00. >> 3 suspect in the attempted murder of a 15-year-old. what we learned about them up ahead. >> a busy night in store as a number of bills are introduced at city hall. i'll break it down in a live report. >> the outcome of this breakfast could determine whether if there is a special session on gambling. details straight ahead. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> we have more on the continuing breaking news we have been following for the best part of an hour now. a water main break in downtown baltimore. capt. roy taylor is over this scene. the >> it city police are in the

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