>> live, local, late breaking. this is 11 news at noon. >> good afternoon. i am sarah caldwell, a big story, the orioles and new york for game 3 of the divisional series against the new york yankees. now that the orioles tied things up at one-one, they need two more wins to get out of the bronx with a when. there will be at least two more games between the orioles and yankees. game three begins at 7:37 tonight. the winner has two chances to win an advance to the alcs, by the winner, we mean the orioles of course. and the mayor is calling for more orange during a rally outside city hall. she encouraged people to where orange and support of the birds. robbie joins us with more accurate course there's a banner out of city hall, saying good luck orioles. >> go! o-r-i-o-l-e-s!

hundreds gathered to show support for the orioles. and tonight and new york city. the new banner, which hangs right in front of city hall. everyone is excited about the orioles. >> we are going to make it always starting with this year. [applause] >> how amazing has this month been? >> it reminds me of 1966 when the orioles won the world series. that is the feeling we have today. that is the feeling that i want them to have in new york city we can sweep them and beat them in your. >> good luck, orioles. >> thank you so much. while the orange excitement is certainly a point of pride, the better business bureau says it

could make them easy targets for scams. that is because you are buying tickets for games that are not guaranteed to happen. at&t officials said there are ways to protect yourselves from blowing up to $1,200 on a bogus ticket. the recommend using a credit card to stop payment if necessary. counterfeit tickets are about during premium games. >> you are really have to be very vigilant. and that starts with using the right source to buy your tickets, right at the get go. and if you are not using a credit card, if you are not using paypal, if you are leaving it up to chance, then you really do not have a lot of recourse. you are going to be sitting at the pop across the street with everybody else. >> the orioles said they sold out of their supply of alcs tickets and one hour yesterday morning.

[captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> currently 63 degrees in baltimore. the orioles are getting ready to play in new york, mild right now. but with all the shades of blue across the great lakes. another cold front moving our way. temperatures will drop the next couple days. first pitch temperature, 61 degrees and new york. a slight chance for a sprinkle, only about 20%. should not be a major impact for the game. we expect it to be mostly clear for the game on friday -- sorry, the crux of the dates mixed up. the one that says friday should be for thursday. the friday game, if it is played has another slight chance for rain. we will talk more about the forecast when we come back. >> we have learned a city police officer will not be charged criminally in the case of an accidental shooting that resulted in the death of a 13-

year-old girl. sources said no charges will be filed against john ward the death of monae turnage citing insufficient evidence. a rifle connected to the case was found in his personal vehicle. monae turnage was shot by two young teens in march. her body was hidden under trash bags in an east baltimore alley. city police say he now faces an internal investigation to decide if he will face disciplinary action within the department. remains suspended with pay. >> said police still try to figure out what happened in the death of a teenage girl. investigators say ahjee harrod was found that with a gunshot wound to the head on sunday night and northwest baltimore. investigators say she had been reported missing since march. a family member indicated she had been experiencing problems. police asking anyone with information to give them a call. in an education alert, baltimore school superintendent has named the first school

safety chief. the former head of student support services will be the new executive director of school safety and security. they created the position after perry hall high. and another situation were done was brought to a middle school. and a new state labor secretary today. he has served in the maryland apartment of human resources since november 2011. before that he sent -- spent 4.5 years as a secretary. could raise the planning a role in college admissions? the supreme court will hear arguments on using racial preferences and college admissions. the case brought by a white woman who claims the university of texas chose not to admit her because of her race. coming up on 11 news at noon, the film maker behind the anti- muslim bell blamed for the riots across the libyan world in court today. and picking up the issue of

diplomatic security. that ahead as we cover the nation. nation.

>> and republican-led house committee will hold a hearing on the diplomatic security. this one month after the attack of the united states consulate in benghazi that killed the

united states ambassador and three others. the state department is accused of ignoring pleas from its diplomats and libya to increase security in the months and weeks before the attack. it denies that and blames republican cuts in the security budget. other court proceedings in washington. this one for the man believed for the man behind the film. he was arrested about two weeks ago for violating his probation. his convicted of federal bank fraud in 2010. he is accused of eight violations, including lying to his probation officer, and using aliases. switching gears, the great pumpkin farm and new york held its fall festival this year with a 1000 pound pumpkin smash into the ground. people competed to when the gift

card. all that had to do is find the most plastic. -- the most plastic coins inside pumpkin that. and a link between diabetes and certain cancers. that in this afternoon's medical alert. >> we are keeping an eye on the front moving to the northeast. it will bring significant drops in the temperatures. first, and live look downtown. scattered clouds, 67 degrees, 63 at bwi. at bwi.

>> in consumer alerts, social security benefits and to increase next year. not by much. the american institute for economic research estimates participants can expect an increase of 1.5% to 0.7%. that is less than the cost-of- living increase the received earlier this year. this administration will announce the exact 2013 benefit increase sometime next week. greco recall and thousands of high chairs. the recall includes 3000 a classic would high chairs and the united states. about 3400 and canada. the seats can become detached or loose from the base causing a hazard for the child. nine incidents reported in which children fell as the seat became detached, resulting in bombs, scratches and one concussion. consumers -- resulting in bumps, scratches and one

concussion. and the world's largest retailer testing the same day service in select markets for walmart customers to buy popular items on wandering the shopping season. upper to cater to web savvy shoppers. the server started this month, not too far from our area and northern virginia and philadelphia. when planning a trip are looking for a hotel on line, online reviews can be helpful unless they are fake. there are ways to avoid the phony previews. lind explaina . >> looking for a hotel? so were they. but after searching online, she did not know. >> there are times they did not match my expectations. >> she joined a research project. she helped to develop an algorithm for looking for allies.

>> it finds patterns. and it finds out which ones correlate more with a fake reviews, as opposed to truthful ones. >> water the tells? >> watch out for superlatives, luxurious, fantastic. >> and overly confident we viewers. >> for sure, absolutely. >> think read the words seem to have a hard time visualizing the hotel because they have never been to it. >> expedience now make sure that there posted by travelers who have paid for a room and hotel they are reviewing. he says the percentage of fake reviews is down. four years ago there was a third of fake reviews. now this down to 10%.

one at a reviewer was taken to court. >> decline she made was so false that we felt it was necessary to bring the suit against her to keep others from taking similar action. >> but for the most part it is consumer be where. >> we do not necessarily go after bloggerseper se, it is the advertisers and the marketers that we look at. >> and new study by gardner suggested that by 2014, 15% of social media reviews will be fake and paid for by companies. >> now your weather forecast with ava marie. >> let us take a look of the raider. we see in front moving our way. it is pretty minimal. this is left over of the drizzle this morning. rainshowers continue to push up

to new england. they did impact near york. they are starting to clear out. that is good news for the orioles tonight. a band of sprinkles now in central central virginia, state college. now moving through pittsburgh. these are head of our next cold front. very light precipitation. ahead of that from, we have had a south west follow. that has helped to warm the temperatures. the majority of the suburbs around the beltway sitting into mid 60's right now. we expect most temperatures to get to near 70. downtown may be the low seventies later today. along with warmer temperatures, an increase in wind gusts, now starting to go from 10 to 20 miles per hour. right now 10 miles per hour downtown, up to 20 miles per hour into frederick county.

right now we have a 13 mile per hour wind gusts in oakland. this is what is happening. breezy conditions into the afternoon and evening ahead of that front. with top of the 70 degrees. dropping into the 60's by 6:00 p.m. that is our best chance to see if sprinkle. shouldn't be a major issue. but be careful on the roads if we get any sprinkles. should not have to much of an impact on the drive time. you can see the front draping across the appalachian mountains. this will sneak in for tomorrow and bring some nice weather. although it is also right to come with a cool down behind the front. futurecast will show the slight chance for rain later on near baltimore, that includes up into new york city were the orioles will be playing at 7:30 tonight. not a major concern. they could see a slight sprinkle. dry with the high pressure system into tomorrow. all the way until friday when we

have a similar set up. weak cold front moves there and brings minimal rain chances. inwood beach forecast -- for the rest of the series with the yankees. 63 degrees tonight. only 20% chance that there could be a sprinkle. 55 tomorrow. the game also at 7:30. to continue into friday, it looks like another chance for a minimal rain. 59 degrees at first pitch. that would be 8:05 p.m. game. from a forecast showing recension tomorrow. chilly at 44. up to 63 by the afternoon. friday, 65, 20% chance of sprinkle. friday looks beautiful. call in thesaturday looks beaut. call in the morning. perfect for the runners. >> the centers for disease control releases no statistics and the national meningitis outbreak year so far 119 cases

reported including the 11 deaths. here and maryland from eight confirmed cases, one fatal. the fungal meningitis operate linked to contaminated steroid shots that relieve back pain. they believe the contaminated medicine was made by the new england center in massachusetts. and shipped to 23 states. fungal meningitis is the most rare of the three types of meningitis infections. symptoms do not show up right away. >> is found -- contamination time. of one week to four weeks. the symptoms come on slowly. >> here is a important point, they say fungal meningitis is not contagious. for a full list of maryland facilities that may have been affected, and to our website -- wbaltv.com, click on medical alerts. while the link between diabetes and cancer is still being

researched, they say preventing diabetes could risk -- reduce the risk for cancer by a significant percentage. >> maybe we could prevent the onset of these other cancers. >> the doctor is a doctor who specializes in treating blood cancers. >> the link between these is an evolving matter. >> previous studies has lent diabetes to certain cancers. but the doctor was interested in a link between diabetes and blood cancers. they looked a previous articles. >> our study was based on cases, a large study that shows that patients with diabetes, and we focused specifically on diabetes type two, and we saw that by having the diagnosis of

diabetes, the risk of having his blood cancers increases by 20% to 25%. >> found that included all blood cancers except for hodgkin's lymphoma. these findings are published online. while more research is needed, he concludes by taking steps to prevent type two diabetes, that could translate into 7000 fewer blood cancer cases. >> that was barbara reporting. coming up next, your lottery pick 3 and

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0. 2. 9. 8-0-2-9 let yourself play. >> ava marie is back. a lot of people are heading out to watch the game. >> it should not be bad. a little breezy, maybe a little sprinkle. shouldn't be a big issue. sunny tomorrow, cooler in the low 60's. saturday for the running festival, it will be a chilly one, but sunshine. couldn't ask for a better forecast. >> thank you. and thank you for joining us for 11 news at noon. >> have a great day. >> have a great day.

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