>> we're asking you to bless this family, strengthen them on every side. >> reporter: by the time the family arrived at scotts united methodist church with our news camera, the home had agreed to bury the 81-year-old man first and barter over payment later. >> sometimes we get stuck with the cost. >> reporter: stanley's family said he had a life insurance policy worth $5,000 through aarp but it lapsed in the three-week period when he was on his death bed in the hospital. the retired veteran lived alone. no one knew the bill had come due tucked in his mailbox. >> he took the respirator out and couldn't breathe. fluid was building on his lungses. that's how he died. >> reporter: his daughter said she is relieved that she could

honor his last week. >> a nice service. he would have did it for me and anybody else. >> reporter: in talbot county, reporting. >> she was assured the company will pay and will appeal to the insurance company. a 14-year-old waverly boy is charged withen -- as an adult after the beating of his grandmother. hassanhii garrett became angry with his grandmother. when she fell asleep, he hit her in the head with a hammer. the family tells us she remains in critical condition while the teen sits on central -- in central booking and is facing adult charges. the whole family is in shock tonight. >> we spend weekends at my

house. on sunday's he's at church. >> reporter: never saw it coming. >> nothing. that's what we're struggling with, the fact we didn't see this. >> garrett is being charged as an adult with assault and attempted murder. tonight the search for a man who attacked a 14-year-old girl in the brooklyn area on garrett street yesterday afternoon. he asked her in she wanted to make money. she said no and he forced her in a car and then sexually assaulted her. we'll be getting more information in the next hour and bring you more. a shipman is expelled from the naval academy after caught with drugs. the mid-shipman was caught having spice. spice is a drug similar to marijuana. that brings the total to 12 suspended this year as part of

an ongoing investigation. up to $5, 000, is up for grabs if you can help nab these men charged with robbing a jewel vie store. it was at the edward arthur jewelers. three girls are charged after authorities said they made bomb threats to five harford county schools. the girls, age 14 and 15 all attended bel air high. authorities did not find suspicious devices in the girls' custody. the girls have been released to their parents. traffic deaths are down according to the transportation department. the number of people killed has fallen to the lowest level in 60 years. that's despite the fact more mernls drove more miles, more seat belt use and better efforts to curb drunken driving are

being credited for the decrease. here's a live look at the roads. traffic is moving along. these folk also go home to cold homes as they have a cold ride home but things could be warming up as we get closer to opening day the best day of the year at least in april. meteorologist wyatt everhart joins us with the forecast. we know it's going to be warmer and still the clanls for some showers. that's the way it looks. talk about the chance for showers coming in later tonight. there are wintry showers in western maryland, southwestern pennsylvania. we had snow on the ground in much of the state, including carroll county. i think it could happen tonight although less numerous showers. we'll see a few raindrops and maybe a few flakes flie. i know that's not what you want to hear. temperatures around 50. we go through the 40s with a few

showers possible. tomorrow morning there could be a couple of early flaidges mixing in with the rain showers. the rest of the day we do warm it up. we keep the chance through most of the day. talk about your sunday and look ahead towards the orioles opener straight ahead. the latest on the condition of hall of famer brooks robbins. he's still mat gbmc. he is being treated for an infection. doctors say he is responding well to antibiotics. the hospital has been flooded with phone calls from fanals. they are asking those who want to pass along emails, they will be forwarded to the robinson family. brooks turns 74 next month. >> tonight former governor william schaefer is in the hospital with pneumonia. the 89-year-old was brought in to be treated for symptoms of pneumonia. he retired in 2007 when he lost

his reelection bid for comptroller. he has spent time at the charleston retirement community. he will be 90 in november. ships and helicopters are searching the japanese coastline for bodies. more than 16,000 people are still missing after the disaster. officials have confirmed nearly 12,000 deaths. the people of japan are still coming to grips with the uncertainties that the deadly earthquake has created but it didn't stop one group of local high school students from coming here. the students were hosted by the mcdonough school. today they said their final good-byes. abc's tim rutherford was there. >> reporter: ask any personal exchange student and they will say the personal bonds of exchange students run deep.

the teenagers from tokyo said good-bye to the entire school before heading home tomorrow. the earthquake struck 10 days before the students' and visit. even in tokyo, far from the epicenter, they knew this one was different. >> everyone screamed. >> reporter: after much discussion, they decided to make the trip. >> the school the people came from canceled all activities except this one exchange, and that was because of the traditions that we had established over the years. >> balloon animals. >> yes, balloon animals. >> i taught her some american dances. we learned the cotton eye joe. >> reporter: in light of events, the students at mcdonough

quickly decided to raise money for the japanese red cross. the proceeds will be added to the $10,000 already collected. >> american students can understand the kind of peement japanese are and feel for the people. >> reporter: these young diplomates from a troubled but resilient japan will be remembered for a very long time. in owings mills, reporting for abc 2 news. >> they also held a jog for japan. they're raising even more money for the japan red cross. the baltimore ravens are he -- are helping. some will hold an autograph session. the proceeds will be given to the american red cross relief

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the new healthcare reform laws will have an impact on everyone. tonight the nursing school at university of maryland is tackling the issue. officials say the affordable care act signed into law last year is designed to give marylanders better access to healthcare. >> we develop what's known as an exchange, a way for peernlings citizens across the state to understand what health insurance policies at what premiums, some of will be free or no coast, how to access the healthcare when we flip the switch in 2014 and implement it. >> the bottom line is the act will impact people differently.

to find out how the change will affect you, contact your local health department. controversy in a neighborhood has turned into national news. a homeowner association is planning to vote on a measure bang children from playing outside. kids are not permitted to run or play tag. they are not allowed to play on common property as well. >> they rented a community that does not have a playground and expect children to play in the driveway and parking lot. you don't see them playing in the parking lot at kmart or walmart. >> the hoa board said it's all about safety. what do you think about all this? we asked you to answer on our official facebook fan page. nia said that's absurd. victoria said children should be allowed to play outside.

if it's designated parking area, then the drivers should be more careful. tracy said is a parking lot are a a street a good place for them to play. they could take them to a park or play outside. just go to our facebook fan page. all right. a nice night of weather in baltimore. it's chillier than average. at least we have sunshine late on this friday after a murky start. 49 at bwi and humidity is 44%. winds west, northwest at 15. barometric pressure is low, trying to creep up. i think things stay unsettled. manchester this morning, look at

that, snow on the football field but it does melt off rapidly as we work into the afternoon. we could see a few more flakes, northerly carroll. those areas will be cold enough that any showers that do happen could produce a few flakes. no accumulations in frayed and it's dry and some sunshine coming out. one more stop will take you into d.c. a lot of people are headed for the awesome cherry blossoms at the tidal basin. you have okay weather. it wouldn't be beautiful but not all that bad and in the that cold so that will be good. a couple of scattered leet showers showing up on our radar returns. these i do not believe are touching the ground. just checking the surface reports. most spots are reporting cloudy skies, not reporting rain. at times a few raindrops could fall. that's north of hagerstown out

west f your travels take you that way -- for the most part this very, very light shower being picked up. a lot of these not making it all the way to the surface. our current winds are gusty. it will be a breezy night. winds around 15 to 230. you'll feel that. temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. so on the cool side. wind chills not a factor so much around baltimore. as you go north and west towards the higher terrain you're feeling a chilly. how about mt. vernon. this will be an improvement. a couple of possible showers at times. i don't think you'll see widespread sunshine but we'll see sunny peages. we'll take you over to the shore. the dominant breeze will stay out of the north and west. that will pull the bay breezes in which cools you down with that bay water temp still in the 40s. most spots upper if the f snow showers over western pennsylvania.

these are not heavy showers, but they are widespread and numerous. i mean, from new england all the way back down through illinois and chicago. it is an active weather pattern big storm bombing out, swirling over maine and the gulf of maine, actually off shr of maine but dragging in a lot of precipitation off the great lakes. we'll stay breezy. mostly cloudy, still the threat for a hit or miss shower or storm but i don't think most of us will see a lot of rain, just a hit or miss shower. this is 9:00 in the morning. anytime before i'd say around 7:00 to 8:00 a.m. we could sew a few wet flakes, mainly north and with the of baltimore. the chance for light accumulations of snow, believe it or not, out towards cumberland, deep creek lake if you're headed that way. other than that scattered rain showers. most of the day will be dry,

mostly cloudy kind of like you're seeing right nowment sunday a little more sunshine. sunday looks dry and warmer. we'll take that weekend sports forecast 54. offstra and towson looks decent, just a passing shower. the first pitch game on monday for the o's it looks warmer, upper 60s. that's great for baseball fans but the scattered showers, we wish could get out of the picture for now. it looks like a 50% coverage, meaning hit or miss showers. 35, mostly cloudy. i hope this is the last time i'll be using the rain mixed with snow super movie here because we're tired of it. 54 tomorrow night. tomorrow night will be down to 35 but 50s during the day. again that seven-day forecast showing basically improvement for the weekend but a more significant improvement on

sunday. sunshine. that's a pretty good looking sunday opening day warm. tuesday, rosie, we'll be above 70 degrees. >> very, very nice. >> we'll bring with that the chance of storms. always the good with the bad, in april. >> thanks. we spent the whole month an app a day to take a way the debt. we have one for an droid users. this is courtesy of brian lambert. to get the word out thr' offering a free app a day. it's weather bug elite. also free on the site, angry bird rio. you've probably heard about angry bird. it's a game sweeping the smart phone nation. it can be very, very addicting -- i know. if you have money saving tips, just leave us a message at

abc2news.com/facebook. the o's are back in action tonight. it's the team's season opener. first pitch is set for 7:10. on monday the o's are back in baltimore for their first home game of the season. we'll be live at orioles park and camden yards. first pitch is slated for 3:05 on monday. be there. here's a look at what's coming up tonight at 11. your sweet tooth could help relief efforts in japan. it started with a little girl hop wanted to help. bheas next for the cobra who escaped from the bronx soo. while he was on the run, he had a twitter account. here's live look at i-6359 and wilkins avenue. traffic is moving pretty good.

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sometimes we've had snow on opening day. >> in 2003. >> a couple years back. it's not the prettiest end of march or the prettiest start to april. sunday you will like, mid-50s, sunshine, cooler than average. it's active out west. some of this more active weather will drift through tonight, could sew a few rain showers. yes, overnight could see a few flakes fly. that's not an april fool's joke. through the day tomorrow we'll warm up. i think we're done with the snow showers. this was an april fool's joke. if you can prove you live in a town call the cut bank, maryland and your name is susan scissors -- >> susan m scissors just called. >> and the mayor of cut back behind her. >> we'll be back here at 11 with

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