area of campus, norah dimly lit path way, police say he accosted a female student on the lower level of the crowded stamp student union in the middle of the afternoon. >> i heard that in girl was sexual assaulted. engine the details but like someone touched her from her skirt. >> reporter: he ran his hand up the victim's leg to her behind and then sprinted away. he would not get far. >> a young lady walked up to her officers and said she was assaulted so we searched building, found the individual fitting the description, brought her close enough, she said "that's the guy," yeah we arrested him. >> reporter: a second girl came forth saying she was a victim in the same day in the student union. she said the incidents won't stop her from sending her

daughter taylor a high school senior here. >> it's disturbing, students, you want to keep them as safe as possible however it exists everywhere. >> reporter: even in one of the busiest of places where more than 55,000 people on campus converge, never thinking they may be at risk of becoming a victim. >> everyone goals there between classes be and there's food courts and a coffee shops,ite wouldn't think i would have to be too comfortable. >> reporter: they say he had removed a green sweater he had been wearing at the time of the incident when they discovered him on the main floor. he made no other effort to elude police. state police are searching for a suspect who they say attempted to hold up the same bank not just once, but twice, in just over a week. according to authorities this man right here robbed the madison square savings branch on september 30th, he came back on saturday.

when employees noticed him they locked the door to it. they were fleeing towards the fallston mall shopping center, anyone with information should contact the metro crimestoppers. baltimore city police are regrouping after a violent weekend in the city. there were six homocide in three days prompting the city's top cop to call in extra officers to evaluate their efforts to stop this violence. joce sterman is here with more on their plan of attack. >> reporter: after a few question it weekends the city racked up half a dozen murders and three other close calls. that meant face time with police commissioner fred buell sap, for all districts, homocide patrol and other divisions. they met with commanders at noon today to talk about con patrols and how that violent weekend left six miami-dade, a 78-year-old man was found stabbed in his home. cops will step up patrols in

the areas that had violence this weekend which they say have not been problem spots in the past. the police commissioner wants his commanders to start using gps technology to jeer oh in on hot spots. they say the focus to the city is still on one thing, bad guys with guns, because five of this weekend's killings involved guns. despite the total police are keeping things in perspective saying weekend violence is down 16% compared to this time last we're. he credits stepped up patrols for peaceful weekends over the past month and a half. kind of like setting course on a sail. you're going to run into a squall and have to readjust the sails accordingly. they say they are still looking for help in the murder of that 78-year-old and asking anyone with information to give them a call. at for those bad guys with guns they say they'll still have new money to get creative. they ever planning a major announcement for wednesday. josie sterman, abc 2 news.

all right. we're looking at a gorgeous day. we saw plenty of sunshine out there. but things will about to change a little bit. we're going to get some clouds moving in. also a chance of showers and thunderstorms as well. as of now we're dry, things looking pretty good, we're going to be looking at, again, some showers trying to move through. as of now we do have the showers, the thunderstorms, basically up into the pennsylvania area so if your travels take you that way yes, they are dealing with risky thunderstorms, the change may come as you go into the evening, especially into tomorrow, 83 degrees right now, into baltimore, 86 into washington, frederick right around 82, hagerstown 82, york coming at 78, going to cool down with some of the showers coming in there as well. we're still seeing more of the same into salisbury and over into dover. as we go through the rest of the evening, increasing cloud cover, the showers and thunderstorms will possible with that temperature coming in

right around 74 degrees. so i'll still have my 74-degree forecast to talk about, i'm going to tell you all that, but now let's go back to rosy. tonight the parents of a missing disabled girl are facing some questions. 10-year-old sahara claire baker reportedly vanished this weekend from her north carolina home. the stepmother says the last time she saw hershey was sleeping in her bedroom. several hours after that they reported a fire in the back yard. then sahara was reported missing. they are questioning her stepmother el is a baker who was arrested on about a dozen other unrelated charges. i haven't really seen, my wife has been -- i hope i can get my daughter back. >> she has bone cancer and

wears a proudthetic legs and hearing aids she doesn't have with her. a person is under fire about comments he made about homosexuality before some orthodox jewish leaders. >> i think my children and your children would be much more successful in getting married and raising a family. >> 8 men were arrested for antigay hate crimes against men in new york city. paladino explains his position on "good morning america." >> i want to clearly distinguish that my feelings with homosexuality were no different than those of the catholic church. i'm a catholic. >> the opposing candidate's campaign released a statement saying "the paladino's remarks showed both home phobia and a disregard for equality." there are just three weeks left until the mid-term elects, das are holding off hard to fight a gain in congress.

the president's party is pulling out all the stops for the next 21 days. >> reporter: president obama is on a tour of endangered democrats. >> let's show washington one more time, change doesn't come from the top, it comes from the bottom. >> reporter: in pens his third stop in recent days. in the once-solid blue state of connecticut where richard blumenthal once up by 30 points is now in the battle of his life. >> dam it, bark like a dog. >> are you comfortable with that? >> i'm a strong proponent with first amendment rights. women are really powerful women. >> the biggest guns they have are firing back. the president campaigning tonight in miami. former president bill clinton, in some polls the most popular politician in the nation, in west virginia and kentucky. and first lady michelle obama hitting wisconsin and chicago where rivals are locked in a

bitter struggle for the president's old senate seat. >> this is a list of all the bank loans to convicted monsters and felons. >> we shouldn't be surprised that the congressman is lying again. >> reporter: they are not only worried about losing the house, they need to pick up 10 tools seats to pick up control. 5 seats held by democrats likely would flip 20 republicans if the election were held now. democrats are taking advantage of big names wherever they can. one of the president's fundraisers tonight is being held at the home of retired miami heat star alonso morning. and the can't here in maryland are facing off. martin o'malley and bob ehrlich wept head to head in a debate today. one is calling a foul not about who was in the debate but who was in the audience. voter information is online

at abc2news.com. click on the political section under the news tab. you may have noticed a jump in the pump as of lately. gas prices have been steadily increasing in baltimore over the past month. that's according to aaa's fuel gauge reports. the average price of a regular gallon of gas has increased by 18 cents since last month. they are recalling 85,000 mercedes luxury cars because of steering problems. it could be due to a loss of power steering fluid which could make the vehicle hard to control. the e class coupe and cabree ole models, they can bring them to any mercedes dealership for a free system checkup. well how young is too young to get a tattoo? it's a growing trend. teens with tattoos and parents who are okay with those permanent etching. plugs, helping parents yield. hope for two drugs that were once considered a dangerous combo.

sit back and relax folks, we've got details on how to pamper yourself on how without breaking would your budget or nails. bob ehrlich says he wants to fix maryland. but he increased state spending by record amounts. ehrlich raised $3 billion in taxes and fees... including property taxes... and a 40% increase in college tuition. and now he's made over $1 billion in new promises... with no plans to pay for them... except for cutting education. cuts that will lay off teachers and increase class sizes. that's not a budget. and bob ehrlich's not the kind of leader...

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you showing off your beautiful nails in no time. sha rejohnson, abc 2 news. >> it runs through today to tomorrow. log onto www.spa week.com to find participating spas in your area with some big discounts. >> students who drop out of college may be costing you some money accord to go the report by the american institute taught of research. they have cost taxpayers billions of dollars since 2003. that is because states appropriated more than $6 billion for four-year colleges and eunice to help pay for the education of students who did not return for their second year. okay. i was waiting for music or something. usually we have some music this. how are you. >> i'm doing well, missed you. >> beautiful day, good day outside. >> good day to wear flip-flops. >> i have one right now. you can't see, i'll show you later. flip-flops for today, you are going to have to put them away

because of my forecast. those temperatures are going to start to rise. we're drop. i definitely do have some change in the forecast. here we go. looking outside the harbor cam, absolutely gorgeous as of now. that temperature coming in right around 83 degrees. yes we're in the 80s for today. but that's all going to change. the humidity feels pretty good, 36%, winds out of the west northwest at 7 miles per hour, the barometer at 29.77 and holding steady as of now. checking out some temperatures, some weather bug temperatures across the area, we can see 80 degrees now into ellicott city, rockville around 83, middletown at 80 degrees right now, as we look back towards the west here, chester town at 80, northeast at 79, gerina around 86 degrees now into denton. these temperatures will start to fall off but not before we have a chance for showers and maybe a thunderstorm as we go

through the evening time frame. what's going on is we do have the scout out front relatively to the north of us right now. we have disturbances riding along that frontal boundary so pennsylvania is getting some of the action of some thunderstorms and some scattered showers, that's going to continue as we go through the ore night. now with us we still have that chance but our chance will be better as we go in through the end of the week. i'm gonna show you that in a second. but for right now as we go into tuesday there is that chance for showers to roll in, i'm going to call them scattered showers, i'm not going to think everyone is going to get wet as we go through the evening into tomorrow. by wednesday high pressure is going to be diving into the area so we definitely are starting to look pretty good outside. in the meantime we do have showers for this evening, temperatures at 58 degrees, mostly cloudy. mostly more of the same as we go into tomorrow. is a chance of showers in the forecast tomorrow, that temperature at 77 degrees, showers, thunderstorms are possible. let's go out and take it

neighborhood by neighborhood, your forecast for tomorrow mt. vernon coming in 76 degrees, fells point, that temperature around 77 with a chance of showers and thunderstorms, once again, then we roll into perryville, that temperature at 76 degrees and bel air will be right around 77 degrees. so yes, we do have the chance for the thunderstorms in the forecast as we go through tonight, tomorrow, so as you head out and about as i said not everybody is going to be getting wet but as you head out and about you might want to grab the rain gear because you'll be wet as we head into tomorrow. by tonight the temperature will be 50 degrees, cloudy, the good news is that we'll start to dry out a bit if you are ones that got wet. we'll cool those temperatures down as we come in around 50 degrees. here is your seven-day forecast here, take it day by day as we head in through tomorrow. that temperature not so bad, going to be above average, 77 degrees, a chance for showers, thunderstorms, then by wednesday we'll see plenty of sunshine in the forecast, temperatures cooling down now, that's what i am talking about when the temperatures start to

fall. 65 degrees. and your rainy day, we will see some showers, rain on thursday, with temperatures around 61 degrees. then we jump back up on friday, around 63, slight chance of showers in the forecast, then by the weekend into monday, we're going to look absolutely beautiful with temperatures in the upper to mid-60s, rosie. >> if you have been want agnew ipad now is the time to get one for free. all you have to do is like us. from now until december 3rd we're giving viewers a chance to take home an apple ipad with 32 gig a bites. like our fan page, just search for abc 2news.com, click on the like button and click on the sweepstakes tab. enter to win. additional services likes 3g plan and apple care protection are not included in the prize. good luck. from the basketball courts to the big screen and everywhere in between it seems like take to see are everywhere. now more and more are popping

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abc 2 news is brought to you by aaa use it for all its worth. teens with tattoos is a growing trend. nearly 40% of young people have permanent tattoos. that study also showed half of those people scored 0 to 5 tattoos and increasingly supportive of young people's decision to get those tattoos are their moms and dads. it did pass through my mind he is gonna look back and go "mom, why eight you let me do this?" but we talked about it for a long time and it was something

he never did change his mind on. >> one increasingly popular alternatives to getting permanent ink is temporary tattoos, the company has seen a thousand% increase in commercial sales in the past year or so. >> in tonight's health alert a new venture to save lives in maryland, the state's first umbilical cord is up and running at mercy medical center, now women giving birth data, the umbilical course blood. for use by patients with need of transplants, they are on board with this new pored. >> through this new procedure, which has proved to be successful, we can cure many lives without destroying life. that's why we're very much in favor of the umbilical cord process rather than the

embryonic process where they are destroyed to get these stem cells. >> they contained stem cells, to treat dozens of deadly diseases including sickle-cell o'neal ya. doctors warn their patients about p dangerous drug combinations, abc's dr. timothy johnson has more. >> reporter: millions of people use blood thinners to help prevent strokes and heart attacks but those drugs often irritate the stomach lining so patients also take drugs that block the secretions of stomach acid. the combined use of these drugs has been very controversial because some say they weaken the effects of a blood thinner, in 2009 the fda issued a warnings against using the two together but a new study finds the warning may be plus may have had. researchers studied almost 4,000 patients who combined aspirin which is a blood thinner with a stomach acid block error a placebo.

those on the acid blocker had lower rates of gi bleeding than those on the placebo but no higher risk of cardiovascular events. so these authors conclude that acid blockers reduce the side effects of blood thinners without decreasing their effectiveness. but patients should notice that other studies have found an elevated risk of cardiovascular events. so this is still an unsettled issue. with this medical minute, i'm dr. timothy johnson. well a bunch of wine corks, mix those with anything you can mix out of the landfill, and you can build a whole house. one man's trash is another man's castle. the complete forecast coming up on abc 2 news at 5:30, stay there. i thought it was crazy feeding in the fall.

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now, abc 2 news at 5:30. today maryland's republican and democratic candidates for governor squared off in the first of a series of debates. good evening, i'm christian schaefer. but republican roberter lick is crying foul, not about the debate, but by who was in the audience. roosevelt leftwich is back now with that story. >> christian, before every debate both sides sit down to plan out how things should be.er lick eights campai