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z.com. from the city, to the counties, to your neighborhood, now it's complete coverage, it's wjz, maryland's news station. hate on campus. police investigate threatening messages at the university of maryland. >> how leaders are fighting back. hello, everybody. here's what people will be talking about tonight. vandals strike the college campus. campus police searching for those responsible. we have more on the investigation. >> reporter: campus police say there will be two separate incidents over the last few days. now they are trying to hunt down who did it.

words of hate in the building of the college park campus. >> it's unexpected. >> reporter: the slurs are upsetting. >> it's disheartening to know that people will dedicate their energy on a group of people. >> reporter: days before, inside a construction area, there was a noose. >> in both cases they're following several leads, interviewing who might have information on it. >> reporter: they hope campus surveillance cameras could have clues. the school is looking into holding diversity forums. >> we have a commitment to diversity and it's essential to

our excellence. >> reporter: a feeling echoed by students. >> it's a multiculture school. >> it's against what we stand for. we welcome everyone. >> reporter: and the university officials says that the number of hate incidents have been going down over the past few years. >> if a student is found guilty they could face criminal charges and discipline from the university. north texas hit by tornadoes, those who lived through it or cleaning up the damage and counting their blessings. we have the pictures from outside of dallas. >> reporter: hundreds of families are spending a second night away from their tornado- damaged homes. tuesday's storms tore off roofs, scattered personal

belongings but claimed no lives. >> everyone is still alive today, that's a real blessing. >> reporter: neighbors helped each other after the twisters destroyed some homes. >> the whole community is coming out to embrace everyone going through this. >> reporter: as many as 13 tornadoes touched town in north texas, the strongest here was an ef-3 twister with winds up to 165 miles per hour. delays remain around airports. one thousand flights have been canceled leaving passengers stranded. >> i'm used to earthquakes. tornadoes is new for me. >> reporter: cleanups will take weeks and repairs longer. >> we had insurance and everything is taken care of.

so we will rebuild. >> you have quite an attitude. >> i have faith. >> reporter: some weather experts say that tuesday's storm could indicate a tough couple months ahead. >> experts say it's unusual to have two major storms hit an area. prosecutors admit that mental problems may have caused the pilot's out burst on the plane. passengers held him down until the plane landed. a frederick county family's dog is shot by service deputies. now the court awards the family 1/2 million dollars in damages.

>> reporter: if you're on a jury, there's nothing like seeing for yourself what happened, and now days most police cars are equipped with cameras. >> reporter: the dash board camera reveals what happened. the lab bounds toward the cop. the dog stops and appears friendly and the cop shot her. >> it was like one of your family members being shot. >> reporter: they rushed to her and took her to the vet. they came to serve a warrant on their son. >> they could have sprayed him. >> reporter: they said that he acted legally. >> we're going back and try to second guess a split-second decision where a deputy was trying to protect himself. >> the policy is shoot the dog

first and ask questions later. that's not acceptable. >> reporter: the $620,000 verdict bitter-sweet for the owners. >> dogs are not just pets any more, they're part of our family. >> she's now nine years old and suffering from her shooting injuries. she walks with a limp and it's possible she could have to have a leg amputated. >> the sheriff's department changed the training for dealing with pets, another dog was shot and injured in the area. governor o'malley changes his plan. he wants the state to raise the sales tax by a penny to 7%. with gas prices around $4 a

gallon, he admits the proposal is dead. >> four new upscale stores are coming to harbor east. they are scheduled to open this summer. is it real or fancy? the stories around who has the megamillions dollar ticket here in maryland. one woman's story gets more bizarre with no real answers. >> reporter: the woman who claims she's the megamillion winner called a press conference that turned bizarre. >> i cannot say with any certainty that the ticket exists. >> reporter: a single mom of 7 said that the whole family was overjoyed about the prize.

are the kids excited? >> very excited. >> i think she wants to raise her children and go about her business. someone else started this. >> reporter: now a new rumor that a man is the big winner. lottery officials say it's time for a reality check pointing out no one has come forward. >> a lot of strange claims being made. there was no shortage of photo shopped lottery tickets on facebook and twitter. >> she still wants to go back to her life and be anonymous. it's just money, people. >> reporter: what is she paying her new lawyer? >> i can't tell you that. >> reporter: there are reports that she hid the ticket inside

the mcdonald's, but the owner says there's no evidence of that. >> maryland lottery officials will hold a conference to discuss the rumors. 20 years old and already getting a facelift. camden yards means something for baseball fans. fans are welcome for food, drinks and a new view of the games. there's a bullpen and a sculpture garden. if you have a ticket for friday's season opener, if not, not to worry. wjz has complete coverage this friday. it begins at 2:00 p.m. followed by the game live here on wjz 13. >> we hope to see some wins.

more wins this year. chaos on a college campus. >> the price hike the angry students are protesting. a historic mansion destroyed by flames. it's not first tragedy to happen at that home. >> reporter: one on one with campaign 2012 coverage coming up. cold front moved through today and some cooler air will move our way. we'll have your forecast coming up after this break. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

. it's 62 degrees in central maryland. a sprawling mansion goes up in flames. officials say it started in the garage and the thick, black smoke could be seen for miles. the cause remains under investigation. it has 19 bathrooms and 12 bedrooms. chaos at santa monica college when they used to pepper spray on protesting

students. officers say about 100 students were disrupting a board of trustees. five former new orleans police officers are going to prison for several deadly shootings following hurricane katrina. the officers were convicted of shooting unarmed people and then planting evidence in an effort to cover up the crimes. two of the victims died. this case was the center piece of the probe into corruption on the new orleans police form. 20 officers have been charged. there are more revolutions about whitney houston's last day as the autopsy report is released. they found a white powdery

substance in her room. she -- >> reporter: the new king memorial in washington, speakers included harry johnson whose foundation built the memorial f. a political unknown as former secret service agent is maryland's republican senate nominee. can they beat out the others? he thinks so. >> who is dan? >> a former secret service agent. >> reporter: he helped to protect our last three presidents. now he's the republican nominee for senate. >> reporter: when you saw the results coming in last night,

what was your reaction? >> i can't describe it. it was a humbling experience. i grew up very poor. i've been through some scraps in my life. we have the gray matter to get through a tough race. >> reporter: he expects a lively campaign on the issues. >> i don't know a lot about it but he has embraced the economic plan. >> reporter: the two disagree on taxing the wealthy and energy policy. he has some skeptics in his own party. >> reporter: they say the problem with your campaign is that you have no political experience whatsoever. >> what is going up the ranks, taught you how to cut deals so

by the time you get to the senate you're skilled at selling out? >> reporter: he admits that running as a republican in the blue state of maryland is going to be tough. they haven't had a republican senator in decades. the children at sinai hospital got a surprise visit from superheros. last month batman was pulled over for not having a proper license plate. no problems today. they brought out plenty of smiles. >> if i remember, he was pulled over because his license plate wasn't clear. >> he has a special batman plate he uses for appearances. >> it keeps going back to the

car. onto weather. this is what we have going on. a cold front went through today, not much to it. but it will bring some cooler air. now we do have a northwest wind but temperatures are up. 63 degrees. 54 in hagerstown and everyone will be cooling down tonight. we topped out at 75 for high. notice the average is up to 61 degrees. the average low is 39 degrees. we're going to be close to the average high the next few afternoons. it might go lower. over the next couple nights when the lows start to drop, there could be a few frost advisories. all right, here is our setup. here's the front that moved to the south. here's the next storm system and it's moving our way. the way the storm track is set up, with this storm leaving us to the south, it's setting up a path. for us, they're going to be close but they're going to be

off to the south. that leaves us with a cool, northerly wind. that's a dry wind. we get rid of the front. it will dry us out for the home opener at camden yards. as far as the waters go, a small-craft advisory in effect. forecast for tonight, breeze u at times going down to 42 degrees. the thing is, our high tomorrow could be reached at midnight. going with a high of 62 degrees and going to drop and rise again tomorrow afternoon. you see closer to the averages, a breezy day. on friday for the opener, it's going to be a breezy, cooler day, if you're in the sunshine, you're going to be fine. in the shade, you want to bring a jacket. by sunday we warm up. we'll see some clouds and a

chance of showers on monday. checking in with don scott and marty bass tomorrow morning for the updated first warning forecast. coming up the orioles getting ready for opening day. mark has more next. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

. all right. we talk about ravens. mark is here with the sports report. >> baseball in two days, football in four months. we know that football fans like to plan. the ravens unveiled their preseason schedule. it kicks off on thursday, august 9th when they play in atlanta. then they're home for a friday night exhibition against the

lions. baltimore comes on the following thursday and then to st. louis on august 30th. now the orioles regular season begins friday. the twins in town. optimism is the keyword for any season beginning, few have optimism for the o's. you'll be hard pressed to find a prediction that doesn't call for a last-place placing for orioles. >> it's about proving people wrong. not necessarily that's our mission every day, as a whole, let's prove some people wrong that we're not as bad as people think and we can compete. >> the biggest thing is to meet our own expectations. you can get out of whack with listening to other people and trying to meet their needs.

>> i talk about stay together. people who understand what they go through are the 25 guys. >> reporter: that 25-man roster was specialized today. a standing spring and gets the final nod over lefty zach phillips. a new season and a new ballpark for the marlins. a retractable roof and a swimming pool in the out field for the fans. the opening night party was spoil bid the cardinals. david freese drives in two runs and the cards meet the marlins 4-1. local college lacrosse, the tigers took on umbc. goal here by carl. the tigers tally the last four goals and a come back win.

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. that's it for us tonight. >> thank you for joining us on wjz, maryland's news station. have a good night.