[captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to "11 news at noon." i am sarah caldwell. the dark days of replacement referees is officially over for the nfl. ending the lockout, and the best

news for ravens fans, the officials will be on the field tonight at these -- as the ravens take on the ground. -- on the grounds. >> the negotiations went late into the night, an indication of how much pressure there was on the league and the officials' union to strike a deal. it turns out the officials got almost everything they were asking for. >> the referees won because america realizes how good they are. >> their pensions will remain the same for the next four years. they get an increase in salary, from $149,000 a year to 200 to $5,000 a year. -- to $205,000 a year. >> they work for the fans. >> it is tentative until the officials' union can vote for it friday and saturday. this follows three weeks of missed calls, that calls, and

general chaos. >> i do not like the way this game plays out. it leaves a bad taste in my mouth. >> for tonight's game, the ravens and the browns will be officiated by full time nfl referees. >> you can see the real refs finally tonight take the field on w. adl -- on wbal-tv 11. beginning of ravens countdown at 7:00. we will have more reaction to the end of the locked out tonight on wbal news at 5 and wbal-tv.com. adam jones just tweeted that the birds are enjoying a where day off today after they clobber the blue jays last night. seven homers in the game, tying a franchise record. davis hit two of those.

he also hit a three-run homer in the fifth. machado got into the action, hitting two of his own. they are one and a half games behind the yankees in the a.l. east. they hold the wild card over oakland. >> the action continues downtown tonight. a different sport, though. we will talk about that in a minute. the rain this morning let up for a while. clouds with some sprinkles and showers. if you look at the left side of the screen over ohio and west virginia, there is a big cluster of rain out there, the next in polls coming along that front. it will come our way later this afternoon and this evening, overnight tonight. that as our next best chance or highest chance for rain. i will detail all of that coming up in the insta-weather plus forecast. >> now an update to a story we brought you in breaking news

last night. baltimore city police have made an arrest in the double shooting of a mother and her four-year- old sun. police say they have arrested eric ford sr. with connection to the shooting, stemming from a domestic dispute which came to a peak before 9:30 wednesday night in the 900 block of gorsuch avenue. neighbors are surprised by this type of violence in their community. >> not a typical event, really. i have seen police activity, but never caution tape and actual gunfire sort of activity. nothe victims' injuries are considered life-threatening. police are trying to figure out how a man's body ended up in the harbor. the 63-year-old man was found in the 2500 block of boston street in canton. homicide detectives are calling the death suspicious and are

awaiting the medical examiner's autopsy report. police in anne arundel county say a mother left her five children alone in an odenton hotel room while she committed a robbery. tameka wright faces charges of robbery and five counts of unintended children. she and another man force them into the ground and demanded money. police found five children ranging in ages from four months to six years old. the children are now being cared for by a relative. crews in ocean city have a massive fire under control as officials tried to determine what sparked the blaze. officials are calling it a three-alarm fire that severely damaged one building on the north side of the bradley on the day condo complex on the 3700 block of coastal highway. 18 units have been damaged, and officials say no injuries are

reported. here's a look at pictures our viewers set in to -- sent into ulocal. in this picture, you can see thick, black smoke billowing out of the building. repairs to a sinkhole on monument street are ongoing today and are expected to continue until november. last night residents and business owners in that area met with dpw officials to address concerns about the repair process. many residents say they have experienced structural damage because of the repairs to the sinkhole that opened back in july. >> they have cracks in the foundation, broken windows. some people -- >> city officials say vibration monitors have not shown levels that would cause structural damage to buildings, but they are asking residents with concerns to contact the city legal department. coming up, a vicious attack

leaves an elderly woman without an arm. how fall through a canal became almost deadly. plus, a police officer shoots and kills a pit bull. why the officer says the pull the trigger, when we covered the nation. and we will answer your pet questions. [ dog growls, barks ]

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>> an elderly woman is recovering after she lost her arm in a brutal alligator attack in central florida. a neighbor says he was walking near a canal when he heard her scream. she had apparently fallen into the water before an alligator severed her arm between the elbow and shoulder blade. one alligator was captured and killed yesterday and was taken in for testing to see if it was the alligator that did the woman. after emergency surgery, the woman is expected to be ok. graphic images out of idaho where a police officers caught on camera shooting and killing a dog. the incident happened monday when the officer was called to a home for a welfare check. shortly after arriving, two dogs raced out of the house and jumped at the officer. you can see the officer retreating to the neighbors before shooting the dogs.

police say they immediately took the massive the bowl mix to a veterinarian's office, but he died. a man is charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in an accident outside new york city in march last year. prosecutors say he was seriously sleep deprived when he drove the world wide travel bus off i-95, and a national transportation safety board investigation supports that claim. but williams' attorney insists he was awake and alert during the crash. still to come, if your kids are college-bound soon, you are probably stressing about what school they will get into. we will tell you why making that decision might be the biggest part of the process. >> a friend generating rain from

time to time. as long as it is around us, -- details of that forecast ahead. the temperatures jumped up at 78 at the airport. downtown is already 80. >> dr. karen burt's is here to answer your pet questions. email them to put questions at email them to put questions at wbal.com [ male announcer ] with ultra-filtered water

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sure your kids get on track in today's education color. >> a lottery, and then with these courses -- >> counselor erica jackson is trying to put help andrea understand why she needs particular classes, and she is realizing why her plan would have led to a heavy course load. >> it is too much on you. i needed that. >> like counselors here are choosing courses for incoming students, a change from the past where students look through a book or an online list of courses and decided what to take. >> it is critical that the classes are perfect in terms of their academic success. >> this freshman likes the help. >> it was making me realize which i want to do, which was better than finding all these

subjects and having to learn them. >> the counselors steer them away from courses in their majors and towards core classes early on, hoping they will do well. if they do, they are more likely to stay in school. when it comes to retention rates, georgia ranks 34th in the nation with just 73% of college freshmen returning their second reyear. it is why this office -- and all freshmen must come here to meet with counselors at least three times the first semester, not just to get the class list, but time management and study skills. >> my altman goal is to kick her out the door, but i want her to get out successfully. >> now your 11 insta-weather plus forecast with meteorologist john collins. >> a wider view of the radar. you see the band of clouds,

trying to thin a little bit from baltimore sells word. that is driving temperatures up a bit. we have another cluster of showers in ohio coming into west virginia. this is where our next thrust of rain will come from this afternoon and this evening. in this is a front. we did get some rain right before daybreak this morning, and overnight last night. we will show you. it was mostly from the city north worward. some of these green targets, almost an inch of rain. parts of baltimore county, harford county, cecil county. here we only got a trace of rain in the area. we take a look at the pollen count. we have not had much rain to wash it out of the air, but the plants are not very active either. no tree pollen, grass pollen. temperature was coming can see where the sun is having its best

effect. we begin to see these orange shades where temperatures are moving up to around 80 or more than that. the green shades, tempered as mostly in the 60's. for the front is to the north where most of the clouds are, that is where you see the green shade and the colder temperatures. here you can visualize where the front is. it is a little farther to the south, right over us. what is going to happen is this low-pressure center moves farther east, and the front will probably temporarily go back north. we will be in that humid air, and a chance for some rain as this moves into the area later this afternoon and this evening. it could be some locally heavy showers, but not everybody will be affected. once that goes through, the front will sink south again, but not very far. it will be in the neighborhood for several days, so we will be either under the influence of the warmer high-pressure, or

maybe the cooler, drier stuff to the north. on the fence over the weekend. mostly cloudy skies, scattered showers with the chance is increasing this afternoon and this evening. somebody may catch some thunder. the highest chance for that will be south of us. the highest -- the high temperature will be 80 today. during the game this evening, we could see something pass across the area, but with the scattered nature of it, there is no guarantee it would affect the football game. mostly cloudy, showers possible. 70 to 74 is the temperature range during the game with a night -- with a light easterly wind. the front still in the neighborhood. we're trying to get into the cooler air. eventually, once we get past friday, most of the rain associated with the from a move on to the south, and we should have a drier trend over the weekend. some of these clouds coming in late in the day saturday will

produce a late shower. 80 degrees today, 76 on friday, around 70 saturday and sunday. the rain chances will be at their highest this evening and tomorrow and go way down saturday and sunday. next week, dry as well. >> dr. karen burks is here, and we have quite a treat for you. look at these two sphinx cats. they are beautiful. >> they tend to be pretty healthy cats in general. riley here is an eight-month old sphinx cat. this is his grandfather, enzo. they are a little bit more prone to acne and other kitties. they are wonderful.

they have great personalities and usually pretty healthy. >> let's get to some questions. you are an emergency overnight doctor at the hospital. how does emergency care differ from my normal trips to the inarian, and are more expensive? >> anything additional test x rays are the same. there is not too much difference in general. the difficulty can be everyone is there, they were not expecting to come in the middle of the night, so often times we're dealing with critical emergencies all at the same time, so there can be a little bit of a weight, not as bad as human hospitals for sure. we are 24 hours, seven days a week, 3 and 65. i have worked the past few thanksgivings and christmases. >> the question -- "my 17-year-

old siamese cat cries and gets confused and seems unaware of where she is. can cats get a form of alzheimer's?" >> they can. they can get dementia. when they hit 17 years of age, i always tell people that if they were a person they would be 95 or 100. it would be best to get them checked out to make sure something else is not going on, something like kidney disease or diabetes. >> any change of behavior. >> exactly. >> sharon rights, "my cocker spaniel has a red eye that looks like it is trying to close up, but not like the cherry-colored pop-out by that he has had in the past." >> cocker spaniels are good dogs but are prone to i issues. they can get glaucoma. you always worry about any kind of trauma.

they are prone to cherry-eye gravy tear duct pops out. -- jerry-i where the tear duct pops out. and like all, can cause blindness -- something like glaucoma can cause blindness. always good to get it checked out. >> thank you for being here. we appreciate your time. up next, your maryland lottery pick 3 and pick 4 numbers. then the insta-weather plus forecast with john. first, a look at how wall street when we switched to fios, we got better tv, better phone, better internet. it was like somebody like took our computer, shook all the junk out of it. we're actually getting more for our money with fios. [ male announcer ] it's time to get more for your money. upgrade to verizon fios internet, tv and phone

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