switch to fios for just $79.99 a month for one year with no annual contract required. this offer is only available online. cable, hasta la vista. [ male announcer ] visit verizon.com/hotprice. that's verizon.com/hotprice. contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. you should totally get fios. [ male announcer ] welcome to the speed you need. welcome to life on fios. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live, local, latebreaking -- this is wbal-tv 11 news at noon. >> the afternoon. i'm jennifer franciotti. nine people are recovering following a boating accident, and a state delegate was one of the victims. don dwyer was on one of the boats collided a little bit

after 7:00 on wednesday night. according to the department of natural resources, there were nine victims, including five children and four adults. >> one was coming at a higher rate of speed. the other had a child in a tube. they approached each other quickly. i was thinking why it is one not turning? >> don dwyer was taken to shock trauma and is in stable condition. train service is expected to be off and running in ellicott city after a deadly but irrelevant. 11 news has been following the development. authorities say the investigation could take weeks. ellicott city community members gathered for a town hall meeting where business owners

and residents came looking for answers. >> we rely on the foot traffic. s. huff this point, it is going to be all lot slower -- as of this point, it is going to be a lot slower. >> 67 claimed the lives of rose mayr and elizabeth nass. we have continuing coverage of the train derailment on our website, wbaltv.com. you can read the latest information and see photos from the scene. two baltimore county families are dealing with tragedy this week following a deadly car accident. a 17-year-old died early wednesday morning alex was driving north. the teenager was speeding and could not navigate a curve in

the road. a third passenger was taken to hospital. they were set to begin their senior year in high school. >> we are a close-knit community, and we are giving the teachers that have taught these students the support that they need through our counseling staff, and most of all, our prayers and thoughts go to the families of these young men. >> a feeling for ryan be held saturday. baltimore police are looking for an impostor before he strikes again. investigators say the suspect a salted and elderly man, telling the victim that he needed to check the meter and an electrical panel in the basement. once there, he pulled out a gun. police say he wore a white t- shirt, and a yellow invest.

-- vest. a cockeysville woman faces manslaughter charges in the death of her 91-year-old mother. investigators say sharon caslow left her mother on a toilet for two days in january. she told officers she knew her mother was in the bathroom but says she did not ask for help. the woman died 10 years -- 10 days later. >> the skies have been clearing out after hogg this morning. we are warming up quickly. 86 degrees at bwi thurgood marshall. the humidity is 49%. the wind is around 7 miles per hour. we expect highs in the mid-to- upper-80's.

kitty seasonable. downtown might be warmer. we should be closer to normal just outside of the city. the seven-day, details coming up. >> the convention season kicks off in four days, but gone are the days when there were surprises like who is going to be the nominee. what is the wisdom in gathering if we know the outcome? >> modern conventions look and feel different than they used to, but they can still make a difference for candidates and voters. >> in the early days, political bosses, not voters, chose delegates. >> in the 1970's, things changed. smoked-filled rooms cleared with fewer surprises and more-

scripted shows. >> in today's elections, they are lengthy commercials, it is like selling bathroom cleaner or so. >> here, it is in prime time. convention organizers will take advantage of the time slot carefully crafting speakers to send a message. >> the speeches matter. there will be tens of millions of americans watch as -- watching. >> this thing is close, and the conventions are going to matter. >> it did in 1992 when bill clinton gained 16 points in a gallup poll, but republicans would rather live 19th -- 2004, when john kerry lost ground. >> who gets a bigger bounce set themselves up while for the

fall. >> typically, candidates see a five-point bounce after the conventions. will that happen this year? we find out in two weeks. >> the third dress rehearsal for the baltimore ravens is later tonight when they take on the jacksonville jaguars. as always, wbal is your broadcast team. the show starts said 7:00 right here. kickoff is at 7:35. stay tuned for our post-game coverage. if you are in the car, you can listen on 98 rock. just as exciting, the baltimore orioles are in the playoff hunt. season ticket holders can get first choice for playoff games.

single-game tickets will likely go on sale in mid-september assuming they stay in the hunt. it turns out the man who was accused of posing threats against the president will not spend time behind bars. today marks one year since the east coast e

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>> the college student who posted threats against president obama on facebook will spend zero time behind bars. he was sentenced to four months of home confinement and 350 hours of community service. he pleaded guilty in may. the sentence comes one day after a man was arrested for making e- mail threats against the president. today marks one year sie our region was rattled by an earthquake that hit southwest of washington, d.c., and cost structural damage to monuments. people as far away as north carolina and chicago reported feeling the tremors.

first lady michelle obama is headed to milwaukee, wisconsin, to meet with family members of victims in the sikh temple shooting earlier this month. six people were killed during a sunday service before the gunman took his own life. four others, including a police officer were wounded. still to call, a recall to tell you about, -- still to come, a recall to tell you about, and the medical equipment said doctors need not making it to their office. we will tell you why. >> isaac has some company. say hello to joyce. we see temperatures in the 80's right now. warming up.

>> in consumer alert, it fire risk recalled thousands of guests drivers. it recalls sears kenmore the lead gas dryers. the valve can fail to shut off properly. you can contact sears or lg brand owners for more information. on limited wireless is making a comeback for t-mobile. they said they would start selling the data plan after stopping plans earlier last year. they have been making a comeback as smaller cell phone companies.

t-mobile is the fourth largest carrier the nation. -- in the nation. >> let's give you a quick look at each be doppler. we see showers well off of the coast, namely effecting the outer banks of the carolinas, and offshore on ocean city there is a little bit of rain been reported. dry off the coast of maryland and much of the east coast. it is shaping up to be a pleasant afternoon. maybe a couple of degrees warmer. we are getting some drier air. 82 degrees in the annapolis. 84 at bwi, and 83 downtown. 83 in salisbury. 70 degrees in ocean city. it will be a beautiful day.

a lot of sunshine into the afternoon. the clouds are sitting to the south. we have some thin clouds over baltimore. the stationary boundary is in place, producing showers across the outer banks. we are looking at the high pressure system that is focusing on our weather today and tomorrow. we have to watch out for the stationary boundary to the south. energy could creep up the coast and throw showers into the weekend forecast. we originally thought it would stage right, but things could be changing. i want to show you futurecast. saturday afternoon, noticed the clouds. there could be different scenarios. this one shows some of the rain with the stationary front moving in. we are busy watching the tropics

with not one, but two storms to watch. isaac has winged sustained at 40 miles an hour. there has not been any strengthening, but it is a tropical storm nonetheless. there are concerns for haiti, then eventually cuba, and it could head into florida. the bigger concern is on the caribbean. behind it, tropical storm joyce, born over the last couple of hours. this is taking a westerly track, but is likely to steer to the north, keeping it away from the east coast for now. that is good news. isaac is still a real threat. ocean city is pretty quiet, but a 20% chance for storms, which is an 80% chance it will stay dry.

not bad beach weather. tonight in baltimore, 60's. mostly clear skies. patchy fog into the night. tomorrow, but-to-upper-80's. that takes us to our seven-day forecast. we thought the weekend was going to be dry, but i throw in a 30% chance of a shower saturday and sunday. something to keep in mind. >> millions of americans take stanton's to lower their cholesterol, and several experienced the most common side effect, muscle pain, and the dose might be directly related to the pain experienced. researchers studied over 1000 problems reported and they found brands with the highest dosage had the highest rate of muscle problems. doctors should inform patients about these risks. medical research can improve patient treatment and start new

businesses, but experts say the industry is ailing. we have more and white cutting edge tools are not making it to the doctors -- on why cutting edge tools are not making it to the doctor's office. >> this lady had advanced cancer. >> the stock has treated thousands, diagnosing the disease. about 1 million biopsies are performed every year. >> you make the incision and that leaves the ladies with a scar, and a little bit of deformity, sometimes. >> it is a procedure that has not seen change over the years. >> it was not precise. i was shocked. >> he'd was -- he was determined to improve the process, working with top scientists to develop technology. >> this is the probe. this is the needle. there are six technologies in

this needle. >> in some case, the small needle could replace the need for surgery and provide instant diagnosis. this is doctors testing the device. despite the promising technology, he has spent years trying to line up funding. the doctor knows public and private research dollars are drying up in this economy. he created the breast cancer stamp to raise money for research, but the funding drought is going to get worse with cuts to the national institutes of health, which leaves an entrepreneur on the sidelines, and patients waiting longer for progress because projects are on hold. >> four out of five proposals are shelled, and how do we know that one of them by not have that tiny piece of information that is crucial to find a cure for the did the -- disease? >> up next, dr. kim hammond, and

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