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the sandusky child sex abuse trial as jury selection wrapping up, reports of new evidence surfaces. >> good afternoon. here is what people are talking at today. more than half the jury is already seated in jerry sandusky's sex abuse trial. some mu new revelations have become public. >> jerry sandusky arrived for a second day of jury selection. the process is moving quickly. nine jurors were choosen during the first day of questioning, four of them have tied to penn state where sandusky was an assistant football coach. they include a long time season ticketholder, a former professor, a current student and a graduate who earned a bachelors and masters degree. sandusky's defense says it wants
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jurors from the local community and not out of town. he's charged with 5 2 criminal counts of sexually abusing boys. he's claims he's innocent. >> as many as eight accusers could take the stand. >> there were reportedly letters written to victim number four. >> the judge will have to decide if they're allowed to be many. do they have have the you then testy. >> former graduate student mike mcquery is expected to be an eyewitness. he said he saw sandusky sexually molesting a boy in a shower. sandusky admits showering with boys but said he never molested them. the trial will start on schedule monday and last through june. if convicted sandusky could spent the rest of his life in
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june. >> the scandal led to the firing of joe paterno office. we're learning another man may have been targeted in the cannibalism case. ron matz is live in the news room. >> reporter: good afternoon. the police investigation into the 21-year-old is only getting more troubling. police say alexander kinyua admits to eating the heart and parts of the brain of his roommate in joppatowne. two weeks earlier he attacked a morgan state student with a baseball bat. that student says when he regained consciousness alexander kinyua was standing over him with a knife and may have been planning to do more. his friends arrived an disarmed him before he could do anything else >> the student says that the baseball bat attack left him with a fractured skull and partial blind in one eye. the american civil liberties
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union said it has specific evidence that leopard led his employees to civil rights. just hours to go until the grand opening of the newest casino, maryland live. it will be one of the largest. wjz and adam may is live with a preview of tonight's major happening. >> reporter: good afternoon. should be a lot of fun. this ka casino has been years in the making, and state officials are projecting it will bring in hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. >> the lights are flashing and the machines are doing. >> are you ready to open up? >> we're ready. >> 3 ,200 many machines will be in -- machines will be in operation for the grand opening, that includes slot machines and
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electronic table games. the casino is one of the largest gaming, retail and entertainment designations. >> will this benefit every maryland even if they don't play the machines? >> of course. we will be one of the top taxpayers in the united states. >> in maryland the tax is 67%. they pro ject paying 400 -- $400 million in taxes. >> this was a blank canvas. they said write a buffet. >> a handful of other restaurants will open tonight and phase 2 is already under construction with plans for more than 1,000 additional machines and more places to eat and drink. >> reporter: there was a big to do planned for tonight. there's a vip party from 7:00 to 9:00. they're going to have the official ribbon cutting and the doors will open to the public at
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10 o'clock. they're expecting it to be very, very busy tonight. reporting live, adam may. >> thank you. leave erearly, there are only a couple roads going to it. the casino employs 1 #5shgs 00 people -- 1,500 people. as we speak people are paying tribute to the first african american, wesley brown, to be in the naval academy. family members say author ray brad berry has died. the science friction writing is best known for the mar shan chronicles. dead at the age of 91. if you are heading outside this noon, you may want to remember your sunglasses. let's take a live look outside right now. we have a mix of clouds
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and blue sky. the blue sky may not stick around all day. just imagine it. we've got complete weather coverage for you. marty bass is in the out back and bernadette woods is in the weather center. >> good afternoon. yes, sun sunshine again to start out the day. clouds starting to build up. we're going to show you first warning doppler radar. some of those clouds will lead to a shower or a thunderstorm. it's going to be scattered about. not everybody seeing this. at this hour there's more off to our south, maybe a shower trying to pop up near haggers town but that's about it. we're already up to 70 in baltimore, a couple 70s south of the city. yesterday we didn't manage a high of 70. still hanging onto 57 in oakland. things will be changing. let's go to marty. >> reporter: good afternoon. it's very pleasant in the out back. it's warm, but it's not 451. we have a cool pool of air
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over us. morning sun reflects back, heat rises off the earth. there's the spotty showers, thunderstorms. that's going to be our forecast until tomorrow, a day very much like yesterday and that's how tomorrow will turn out. tomorrow night into friday we're going to see this warm air start to take over and it's going to be summer like hot and humid weekend. how much so? bernadette woods will have the details coming up shortly. >> thank you very much, marty. in sports the oriels didn't make it look easy but the team is back in a tie for the division lead. jim johnson had his first blown save of the year. johnson gives up the tieing homerun with two outs. the oriels responded scoring two run to reclaim the lead and the win 8-6. wjz and the oriels are teaming up to feed the hungry
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and homeless. we need your help this weekend. during the home playing the phillie -- stand playing the phillies, bring along some food or cash. friday i'll be collecting donations. saturday you can see denise, vic, bob, time, gigi, mark and pat. on sunday meet kai, mary, jessica, monique and meghan. it's all part of wjz's continuing community commitment. still to come on wjz eyewitness news at noon, the wisconsin recall, how one state's governor is making history. >> that's not just juice. a family gets a lot more than they bargained for on board a cruise. >> it is a perfect day to shuttle a shuttle. that's the space shuttle enterprise nearing new york's harbor, the final leg of its trip to the air and space museum. we will be coming right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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it is partly sunny and 71 in central maryland right now. some clouds out there too. the complete forecast is still coming up.
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wisconsin governor scott walker is breathing a sigh of relief today after winning his recall election. >> tonight we tell wisconsin, we tell our country and we tell people all across the globe that voters really do want leaders who stand up and make the tough decisions. >> the republican is the first governor in u.s. history to survive a recall attempt. the victory -- the victory is the first of its kind. investigators are trying some new tactics to determine the death toll of an airplane
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crash in nigh gear yeah. the state department confirms nine americans were among those on the plane. investigators are try talking with neighbors to -- are talking with neighbors to determine how many people on the ground were killed. a 3-year-old is covered after he's accidentally served an alcoholic drink on a cruise. the family was on board when they ordered orange juice. after way through the meal his mother noticed something was wrong. she discovered his drink was mixed with vodka. he had a screwdriver. >> it's just so wild. he tryied to run here and there but he couldn't stand straight. >> the cruise operator has apologized and said changes are being made in serving procedures. the family said they have no plans to sue. miley cyrus is ready to add a leading man to her life. according to people magazine, the 19-year-old is now engaged to her long time boyfriend.
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they met when they oh ko -- when they costarred in the last song. no date yet for the wedding. you won't need an umbrella for a while. a nice day is taking shape. your complete weather forecast is now just 2.5 minutes away. first let's take a look at today's midday stocks and last night's mega millions numbers. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses,
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welcome back. take a look at the shuttle. it was an maizing picture -- it was an amazing picture. they continue to come to us. thank you. as far as our weather goes, sunshine again, giving way to some building clouds and eventually some showers are going to pop up. they are are going to be scat -- they are going to be scattered and will die down over night. there's not much of a wind but the dry air continues to remain on top of us. dew point in the 40s. temperatures high er than yesterday. up to # 0 70 -- 70 in ball -- baltimore, 61 oakland, 69 westminster and rock hall.
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we'll go up a few more degrees this afternoon before a big warm up heads our way over the week earned. -- weekend. we're still dealing with the same weather pattern. notice that spin moving off to the east. by tomorrow we will have this last day of this pattern and it kicks it for the weekend. we're waiting for one more front to come through, chance for a shower or thunderstorm today and again tomorrow. by saturday that's out of here and the temperatures are jumping up big time. we're talking not only the 80s but the low 90s. out there it's a beautiful one right now. those clouds are are building up and -- are building up and a chance for shower or thunderstorm. about 76 for our high. tonight into the 50s once again. another cool night. tomorrow still that chance for a shower or thunderstorm as we head through the afternoon, even warmer up to 79. that's closer to our average. our average is now 80.
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we're going to blow away that average as we head towards the weekend because we're going to the 80s by friday and by this weekend the low 90s. >> another turn around. >> sum mer. don't forget your phillies are coming to town. saturday it will be on wjz. see the birds taking on the phillies saturday afternoon at 4:00 live right here on wjz 13. still to come, can a simple blood test save the lives of thousands of breast cancer patients. that's coming up in wjz health watch. >> here are some stories we're following on our website. for constant updates of this day's news and that forecast go to wjz.com. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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in today's health watch, a simple blood test could help doctors detect and treat early stage breast cancer. researchers at the university of texas found that one in four patients carry circulating tumor cells. they're at a higher risk of developing the deadliest forms of cancer. doctors would know which patients require more aggressive treatment early on. the life expectancy gap between white and blacks is said to be decreasing.
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white men live 5.5 years longer than american men. be sure to check back in with wjz eyewitness news today at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. she said she forget the words to her own songs. more on sheryl crow's brain tumor diagnosis. that's today at 4:00 right afte,
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welcome back. it's beautiful out there right now. there's a chance for a shower or thunderstorm. we have changes coming up for that. here's marty. >> reporter: let's take a look at the five day forecast. it's going to be from friday on wept to concentrate -- we want to concentrate on. 87, 91 and 91, not a bad way for a june weekend. a lot of folks in the entertainment industry, the restaurant industry, the cosmetic beauty industry has monday as a day off. it looks like everybody is going to be living large. i'm going to throw it back inside. >> this is a marty bass type weather week edged. >> a good -- weekend. >> a good one. clooef clooef hand, ohio -- cleveland, ohio found a way to do yard work. it's using sheep. they do more than just mow the
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grass. they are a full service operation. they weed, seed and fertilize the new grass. a group of high school volunteers are serving as shepherds. some some of them said it's,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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