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now it is complete coverage, it is wjz, maryland's news station. >> hello again i am jessica kartalija. >> and i am don scott. >> and here is what people are talking about today. >> it is today's breaking news out of arizona where 7 marines are confirmed dead involving a midair collision involving two helicopters, the pentagon says they crashed into each other during a night training exercise north of yuma. none of the marines have been identified by name or home town but all based at camp pendleton in california. >> in other news after 10 days of trial and nearly 60 witnesses a verdict is in in the university of lacrosse murder trial. george huguely has been found guilty of killing his ex- girlfriend. mary bubala reports. >> jessica, a 10 day trial ends in a guilty verdict.

it is second-degree murder for george huguely. it took nine hours of deliberations for a jury to find george huguely guilty of two of the six counts against him. the former university of virginia lacrosse player was convicted of second-degree murder and laurean larceny in connection with the death of his ex-girlfriend, yeardly love. >> there is no winners in this case, there is nothing but loss everywhere. >> love was found dead in her apartment in may of 2010. prosecutors say huguely beat her to death in a drunken jealous rage. huguely's attorney admitted his actions played a roll in love's death but argued he didn't intend to kill her. his attorneys wanted a lesser involuntary manslaughter conviction. >> we are of course disappointed with this verdict. but we have been proud to represent george in his fight for fairness over the last couple of years. he is hopeful, he is shirt spiritual and we look to some

corrections in what happened here. >> reporter: prosecutors wanted the jury to convict him of first degree murder, instead the jury recommended a 26 year prison sentence. and huguely's sentence is scheduled for april 16th. jessica. >> all right, mary, thank you. a judge will have the opens of accepting the jury's recommendation or imposing a lesser sentence. an arraignment begins for former army private bradley manning at fort meade. he is accused of leaking classified information to wikileaks while working in iraq. he faces 22 counts including a charge that carries a maximum sentence of life behind bars, manning is expected to face a court-martial in may, supporters are expected to hold a vigil tonight. >> a collision sent people to the hospital. so far there is no word on what or what caused the crash. all the injuries are none life

threatening. >> new developments in the efforts to allow same sex marriage here. ron matz has the details. >> wjz has just confirmed the final vote on the measure could come this afternoon. last week the bill just had enough votes to pass the house of delegates. the senate passed a similar bill last year 25-21 and senate president mike miller says the vote is not expected to change. if the bill passes the senate maryland would become the 8th state to legalize same sex unions. jessica, back to you. >> all right, ron, thank you. opponents have vowed to bring it to voters with a referendum on the november ballot. >> two local law firms are suing facebook over its privacy policies, billy murphy and peter alaska loss says s says

they monitor customers. >> if you have noticed an increase in your water bill you are not alone. an audit shows they overcharged 38,000 customers, some have been getting estimated bills for years while others never got bills at all. it is preparing to send out refunds. >> the republican presidential hopefuls are back on the campaign trail today ahead of tuesday's primaries, but they met face-to-face again last night. as tara tara mergener reports he spent most of the day under attack. >> he talked up his plan to them. >> instead of having a president that bows to special interests, in this case union interests, that we have a president that bows to the interests of the american people. >> he is trying to lock in a win there. rick santorum has captured the

lead in several polls. he and romney battled it out side by side wednesday. >> and the government take over healthcare. >> wait a second. >> and there was a study -- >> wait a second. >> they faced off in their 20th debate. the other candidates each took aim at santorum during the debate, putting him on the defensive about his record in washington. >> i was the most fiscally conservative senator in the 20 years i was there. >> that is always a cop out when you compare yourself to the other members of congress. >> paul has yet to win a contest and gingrich is essentially skipping next week's primaries, focusing instead on washington state and the south. santorum is on the hunt for cash, holding a pair of fund raisers in texas, hopping for wins in both arizona and michigan, leaving him in a strong position for the next round of contests on super tuesday. at the white house tara mergener, wjz eyewitness news. >> the president's re-election

team is raising money today as well. the president is visiting florida. the first lady will be in ohio and kai and joe biden is said to be rallying the democratic base in the northeast. >> it is shaping up to be another great day here. we found people in druid hill park earlier day enjoying their morning but they could not leave their jackets at home. she has a scarf, so, yeah, a little brisk. a live look shows sunny skies with very few clouds and calm winds and the inner harbor and we are soaking up that sunshine. we have complete first warning weather coverage for you with marty in the weather center. good afternoon. we love it. >> you know they are talking about the vice-president's secure in the democratic base in the northeast. it is beautiful, folks, good afternoon. let's take a look at some temperatures. it is 62 degrees right for you on tv hill.

sker score at the marina. that is three degrees warmer than at this time yesterday. let me show you just how big we are living and go to first warning weather warning radar, again another system that is going to bring a pretty good hit of winter to a multi state path is going to pass north of us. even tomorrow there is unsettled weather not that far away. we are still in a mild zone. ultimately that storm is going to change our weather. when we get back to february? how much so. your details coming up shortly. now back to you. >> thank you very much, marty. those soon playing slots at anne arundel meals should not go hungry. the prime rib is joining them. they have been in operation downtown since 1965. that new ka sin otherwise

casino is scheduled to open in june. >> still to come two american soldiers killed in afghanistan. what sparked the violence there. >> and it is another nice day here but stick around your complete first warning weather forecast is still coming up. >> complete coverage continues with don scott, jessica kartalija, and first warning weather with marty bass ,,

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in afghanistan two soldiers are dead, 4 more wounded over amid unrest over the burning of the copies of the koran, protests began yesterday over the burning of old copies of the koran along with other old books, the president, the pnt gone and nata have all apologized. >> opposition forces in syria says the president assad there is increasing attacks there. an american war correspondent was one of two journalists killed, the united states will take part in a conference to talk about a strategy to ending the violence there. and 50 people are now dead, including three children following a deadly train accident in argentina. police say a train overshot the

platform and crashed right into a metal barrier. more than 1200 people were on board, nearly 500 remain hospitalized. investigators say the conductor was having problems with the brakes. >> google is reportedly about to unveil new high tech eyeglasses. what makes them special is they will project images on the back side of the lenses and also hooked up to gps monitoring so they can tell you where you are in relation to whatever bigs or person you might be searching for while still seeing what is right in front of you. >> wow. welcome to the future. all right. still ahead on -- marty is going no. still ahead on wjz eyewitness news at noon, a gorgeous day outside. find out in the april weather will stick around. your full first warning weather in just a few minutes. >> but first a look at today's midday stocks to be followed by last night's power ball numbers. medicare. it doesn't cover everything.

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now the weather, your complete forecast and the first warning of severe weather. >> it is absolutely gorgeous, totally -- you know i got to be honest with you -- and i have been looking at some graphs around and looking at the outfield grass there.

>> uh-huh. >> we have i think to this day the greatest baseball facility in the united states of america, that is the real grass, cows can eat. that it is a matter of photo synthesis, but it has started, things are starting to green up, we are 30 days from spring, hearing about diff for daffodils are coming up -- >> -- i heard -- >> -- witch hazel -- >> -- yeah -- >> -- very pretty purple flowers -- >> -- we have learned something -- >> -- let's -- >> -- jump into the weather and we will learn something else. you need to enjoy this while we have it because we are going back to normal temperatures which is going to make for a chilling feeling last february weekend. 62 degrees on tv hill right now with 33% humidity, a westerly wind at 20.

the barometer is at 29.50. if there is anything tempering this 62 it is going to occasionally be the wind and particularly if a cloud should move overhead, 56 haggerstown, 58 elkton, low to mid 60s, pax river, ocean city, easton and dc, 56 cumberland, 46 in oakland, 45 westminster, 57 bellaire, 62 columbia 57 rock hall, 67 annapolis, 53 on kent island. it is beautiful here but as i showed you there is an area of low -- actually 3 lows, and it is dragging a path over a multi state area over the next two hours so keep in mind we have essentially this real low pressure over the east coast. high pressure is going to build in behind the front. that low dragsthrough. nature abhors a vacuum and we are going to see big league wendy conditions in here tomorrow with gusts maybe of

40, 50 miles an hour, it is going to be a very warm but windy afternoon and we see chillier temperatures, we return to fall if you will come in for the weekend. today 56, a full 20 above normal 46 is your overnight low, that is your normal daytime high. tomorrow 63. now there will be showers tonight. potentially a gusty thunderstorm somewhere in the mid-atlantic tomorrow morning. that is something we will be watching for you through the night and again on the morning edition tomorrow but still we are going to see a high temperature shoot well into the 60s before we feel february again this weekend. >> all right. >> all right. >> thanks. just keep it going, just keep these 60s going. no need to end them. >> i am concerned about his witch hazel biting the dust this weekend. >> a new study on women and migraines. >> remember we are always on for you, here are some of the stories we are following on our website, for constant updates of the news and that first

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in today's wjz z health watch report women with migraines may be at greater risk of becoming depressed, a

toddy says those with migraines are 40% more likely to develop depression, researchers hope their findings will alert doctors and patients to the possibility they can be connected. a newly approved skin cancer drug is helping patients with melanoma. a study says it is nearly doubling survival times for patients. patients taking the drug survive 16 months before their tumors start to become resistant to it. a study finds virtual colonoscopies are just as effective as the regular invasive ones for people over 65. researchers find no significant difference between the tests for finding polyps, this study focused on people over 65 to see if the tests were as effective in older patients. >> be sure to check in with wjz eyewitness news today at 4:00,

5:00, and 6:00. we are still in charlottesville getting reaction to the sentence and closely monitoring annapolis where the state senate is expected to vote on the civil union's bill. please join us for these stories and all the day's stories today right after dr. phil. >> stay with us, the five-day- forecast is coming right up. ,,

there you go. it is a beautiful day. >> yeah. >> really baby.

if there is a negative it is that there is a little bit of wind out there. tomorrow is going to be -- the winds are going to become an issue. but today, hey, you got to love this. let's go ahead and take a look at the 5 day. note with tomorrow even with morning thunderstorms and again we are not going to rule out gusty weather but 63 to 49, that is a big hit. we will watch it closely for you but still stay mild tomorrow. you will notice a new air mass tomorrow night, 36, 49, still windy on saturday. sunday breezy, 46, but right back into the low to upper 50s monday and tuesday. nice, fabuary really is. >> fabuary, don't miss the primetime line up then stay tuned for eyewitness news at 11:00. >> you are going to want to check out a big catch made up in maine. a monster lobster was caught in the nets of a shrimp boat. it weighs 23 pounds which is about the size of the average toddler we are told. if you are looking at the size of its claws it is not going to

a restaurant. it is at the aquarium, which plans to release it back into the open ocean. >> until another fisherman puts it in boiling water and eats it. >> man. >> i imagine the boat they take out to release it will be followed.

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