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talking about today. jurors reaching a verdict in the trial in a man accused of raping a 13-year-old girl at a roller skating rink. devon perry acquitted of the most serious charges including rape, the alleged incident happened in 2010 at the skate works in wood lawn. the jury could not reach a verdict on two additional charges. the judge declared a mistrial. pearly will be retried on those two charges so he remains in police custody, more at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. candidates are making a last dash across new hampshire today. voters go to the poll for the primary. manuel gallegus reports from manchester. >> reporter: mitt romney got a standing ovation from business leaders. on the final full day of cam papering before the new hampshire primary, the former massachusetts governor virtually ignored his opponents and slammed president obama. >> i don't know how we would

survive four more years of barack obama. >> reporter: his supporters are buying that message. >> mitt romney is the guy that will turn the economy around. that's my main concern. >> reporter: time is running ow for rivals to knock him down. romney has a solid lead spent two years campaigning. his closest competitor is ron paul. >> he is the only one that can go up against obama. romney is hardly a conserve tiff. >> reporter: the latest poll shows a tighter race across the nation. newt gingrich in second place. santorum up to third. newt gingrich's focus goes beyond tomorrow's primary. >> in south carolina on wednesday morning it will be clear the game is on between a reagan conservative and massachusetts moderate. >> reporter: john hundredsman spent more time in this state

than any other candidate but lags in the polls. manuel gallegus, new hampshire. rick perry is skipping new hampshire, he is in south carolina where he is looking to revive candidatesey from the social conservative and tea party voters. police are scouring a east community hoping to solve a murder mystery. monique griego is live with the latest on the investigation in to the murder of a former city school principal. >> mary hines was found dead thursday following a fire at her home. on friday police revealed she was stabbed multiple times turning a fire investigation in to a murder case. police are going door to door looking for information. neighbors knew she was struggling with bills but can't imagine this was anyone that would want to hurt her. she retire in 1981. police are asking anyone with information to call homicide detectives. >> this is the second murder in

baltimore this new year. utah doctor facing murder charges in maryland for performing illegal abortions is in court. riley is due in court in salt lake city. the 46 year-old physician is held on suspicion of being a fugitive from justice. she and new jersey doctor steven bringham are charged with murder for starting a late term abortion clinic in new jersey and completing it at a facility in cecil county. the head basketball coach at morgan state university will not be on the bench for a a while now. the university suspended him indefinitely after an altercation with a player. several people say it appears he punched a player in the face. after a weekend off for the ravens and the fans it's back to work as we prepare to welcome the texans to town this weekend for the divisional round of the playoffs.

wjz is the place to be for coverage. ron matz is live with more on what fans are saying about the matchup. >> reporter: fans are pumped. the ravens 8-0 undefeated at mt bank stadium. texans are in the playoffs for the first time in their 10- year history. they won the wild card game over the bengals with three interceptions. jj watt leading the way with this pick 6 before the half ended. houston ran for 1el 8 yards with foster leading the way. it was back in week six the texans came to town and ravens won 29-14. flacco threw for over 300 yards. what do the ravens have to do to win sunday? >> we need to put pressure on

the quarterback, yates. defense has to step up. >> they need to run ray rice. >> we need to be aware of houston's running game. >> ray rice needs to touch the ball, at least 25 times. he is our offense. >> joe flacco needs to step up to the plate and really be the man that everybody knows he can be and is. >> if broncos can hold up, that would be great for the city, great for the team. it would give us momentum in to the super bowl. >> thank you very much. jessica, the odds makers love the ravens on sunday and 7.5 point favorites. back to you. >> we love the ravens. >> see the ravens take on the texans sunday at 1:00, live here on wjz13. as the ravens prepare for the big playoff game, the steelers watch their dreams end

in denver. here is what happened. one play in overtime. tebow beats the steelers. broncos will take down the top seeded patriots. watch it this saturday night , the game starts at 8:00. live coverage here at wjz13. after a warm weekend it feels like winter outside today. we are off to a cool start to the afternoon. most people wouldn't call it cold. it could be a while before we see cold weather again. i hope you are staying warm, timmy. >> you are right it's not cold yet. compared to where we have been, you can feel the difference. we will show you first warning doppler, most of the rain , the heavier rain will stay south of

the area. already light rain, south of baltimore, and the chance for a couple of showers and rain through the day because of the storm making its way through. the other thing it's doing is putting a halt on the warmup this afternoon. 38 now, baltimore, 30 cumberland, 41 ocean. for comparison to where we have been, we are sending it out to tim. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. you, of course, know as i do, we work the weekend when the temperatures got up to of 6 saturday. yesterday in the 50s. today you have to wonder is that that cold or if we are spoiled because of what we have had. we are 11 degrees colder today than yesterday at this time. temperatures were around 50 degrees heading in to the noon hour on sunday. we are going to see the mild air moving through again. every time we get this little bit of a cool down, we get a rush of the warmer air, the winds start to shift. we get them from the west and southwest. temperatures go back up to

about 50 degrees in to the second tuesday of the year. something like that. we will have your updated forecast with bernadette woods coming up in a few moments. police are asking for more weapons to crack down on speeding motorists. they are asking to add 7 more speed cameras and 7 red light cameras, bringing the total to 37. a vote on the contract is not scheduled until the county council meets tuesday after next, january 17th. new year is bringing pain at the pump for drivers nationwide. the price for a gallon rose $0.08 this past week. threats by iran to shut down one of the most significant oil roots have experts feeling we may break $4 per gallon by spring. experts are also pointing the finger of blame towards congress.

>> additionally congress failed to review a federal subsidy for ethanol at the end of last year and that also unfortunately may have some impact on gas prices. >> drivers have had a hard time over the past few months, 2011 had the highest gas price average on record. how much are we paying? today $3. for a gallon of regular. almost $0.30 higher than last year. >> i swear i saw the price go up $0.08 in two days. >> yeah. >> place i drive by all the time and use. still to come on wjz 13 eye witness news, a leap of faith that takes a bad turn for an australian woman. amazing scene caught on tape in texas. few clouds overhead on a somewhat cool winter day. stick around your complete forecast is still coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,

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another deadly tour bus crash to tell you about in montana , the driver lost control on an icy road and crashed. several people were thrown

from the bus, two killed, 8 remain in critical condition today. reports indicate the driver was speeding. australian tourist is lucky to be alive after a bungee jump goes horribly wrong. the woman was in zimbabwe, she plunged 365 feet in to the river. she unties her feet and swims to safety with a broken collarbone. wow. >> her legs still tied together. back in the us, hundreds of people gathered in houston to see the final moments of a historic building. it only took a few seconds for well placed demolition chargers to bring down a 20-story skyscraper, the building cleared away to make room for new facilities, no word on how long it will take to clean up

the dust. i'm sure it was everywhere. >> i'm sure it was. sure it was neat to see, too in person. still to come at noon, a cool and cloudy start to the week, stick around your forecast 2 and a half minutes away. >> here is a look at today's midday stocks. ,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

welcome back. we can see there is a storm making its way south of the state. it's close enough we are seeing a little bit of rain, basically from annapolis, to the eastern shore. it's going to spread to north as we head through the day. the chance for a couple of showers, south, chance for rain. let's show you what we got going on. the clouds came in , the clouds are in place. a little bit of the rain and take a look on this image. some of it showing up in the form of blue. air is dry. the temperature will drop as it starts to fall through the atmosphere and wouldn't be surprised if the rain showers were mixed with snow flakes. this is not a big storm at this point. the winds are very light. they are keeping temperatures down with the clouds around. 38 baltimore. 40 dc. 41 ocean. this idea that the dew point is in the 20s. something starts to fall through the clouds, it's going to cool the air, and that temperature will come down,

with the dew point so low, there is a chance for some of this to mix with a little bit of snow. it's off to the south of us. it's going to get out of here by tomorrow. when it does the sunshine returns and temperatures will be rebounding. high pressure for tomorrow, sunshine, back up in to the 50s tomorrow afternoon before another storm comes our way. this one is going to come through wednesday through friday. few different parts to it. its going to change our weather pattern to really see cold air in to the weekend. before we get to that, here is what we got going on on the waters, southeast winds 5-10 knots. today mostly cloudy skies, showers possible through the day. tonight, chance for a little bit of rain early. the clouds will break up during the overnight hours. tomorrow sunshine takes over. back up to 52 degrees tomorrow. enjoy it right now. the colder air is coming. it's in the five day forecast, which is coming up later in the

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in health watch, choosing the right hospital could be a matter of life and death for heart patients. a study finds hospitals that routinely perform pediatric heart operations are better at solving post operative problems. all hospitals need to do a better job at recognizing complications. researchers are getting a better understanding of how a mother's diet could increase the risk of diabetes. doctors at cambridge found babies that did not get proper nutrition are n the womb -- the chances of diabetes increases. scientists are experimenting with a drug to treat heatstrokes. couch potato pills build muscle in mice and stops muscle contractions that contribute to heatstroke. they believe it can be used one

day to combat heatstroke. >> check at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, breaking news from a courthouse. a verdict reached in the skate board rape trial. family of a former u.s. marine reacts to a ruling. these stories and others at 4:00 after dr. phil. >> your five day forecast is next. ,,,,,,,,,,

we have changes in the five day forecast. we can live with the changes. every time we cool down, we see it warm up again. 41 degrees is our average high. 52 on tuesday. rain on wednesday in to thursday. 52, 51, 43, we are looking at temperatures right around the average. >> layoff weather. >> don't miss the lineup. hawaii five-o, stay tuned for eye witness news at 11:00. this noon a day for beyonce and husband jz as they welcome a new member. the singer gave birth to a daughter named iv blue carter. very cool. >> blue iv.

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