days to identify it. the maryland state police laboratory , the employees symptoms, a lightheadedness and metallic taste in her mouth could point to a narcotic based opiate. a prevalence of the drug in the state prison system prompted correction officials to take action this year. in a statement, public information officer says previous urinalysis testing didn't have the capability to detect that particular drug. however, within the last four months, urinalysis tests have been changed so as to detect the drug. a second piece of mail turned up a similar sub answer the in are tracking down the source of that substance. >> it's part of an on going investigation. we have means to be able to determine where the mail was coming from and where it was going to. >> since the case involves the u.s. mail system, law enforcement agencies may yet play a role in finding out

where the mail came from, and whether an inmate played any role in the attempt to have it delivered. jeff hager, abc2 news. paramedics took the work tore the medical center where she was treated and released. police are looking for an 11-year-old who was seen two weeks ago in montgomery county. his mother was found wednesday night dead. police arrested her estranged husband, lopez and charged him with her death. investigators are questioning him for any information that could lead them to william. howard county police need your help to find a man who tried to rob a woman and her child at an atm. joce sterman has the story. >> reporter: out of a bank of america atm vestibule monday in columbia. the woman said she. >> her 4-year-old child were by themselves when a man approached them holding a

weapon and demanded money. she saw a cab pull up outside and pointed at it telling the man is police were there. a man ended up leaving them in the vestibule without taking money. the woman left after he was gone and they were not hurt. police are asking anyone who recognizes the man to call 410313 stop. two teens have been arrested in connection with the recent string of car thefts in baltimore. police say 19 vehicles were stolen in ar arbutus and landsdowne. police arrested two other teens, but they were released. more charges could be filed. a man who was shot several times in a university of maryland parking garage last night has been upgraded to serious condition. police are looking for the gunman and not identified a motive yet. the man was just leaving the

hospital after being treated for stab wounds after he was attacked during a robbery in frederick. he was shot in the underground garage on redwood street. the man accused of shooting and killing a convenient store customer two years ago has been convicted. green will be sentenced next month, he is facing the possibility of life in prison without parole and serving 11 life sentences for shootout in 2009. the owner was wounded in the shooting. skies are clear but it was a very, very different story this morning. the storm actually dropped hail. lots of counties saw rain. wyatt everhart is in the storm center with more. the running festival, ravens back in action. the last of the heavy showers,

heavy band of rain pushed offshore of the beaches. we are clear now in ocean city. one renegade shower towards dorchester or maryland's most popular radar. see to the west, widely scattered light showers in garrett county, maybe in as far as cumberland. i don't expect more this evening. if you see drops on the windshield they won't last. wind gusts, breezy the rest of the evening. winds above 20 at times. staying clear, 60s, we will talk about how your saturday and sunday shape up in terms of wind and sunshine coming up. . don't forget, log on to abc2news.com slashwet. to track the weather this weekend throughout our region and especially in your neighborhood. track storms op our interactive radar and updates on the current forecast and 7 day. also click on the link to download the weather app for your iphone or ipad to have the information right in the palm

of your hands. . two children taken to the hospital after a school bus collided with a car in baltimore at the intersection of frankfort and walter. both drives taken to the hospital. no one involved was injured. the cause is under investigation. the police believe all the wet weather we've had this morning may have been a factor. it's been months in the making and postponed a couple of times with speed cameras going up in howard county. monday, police say they will use two camera devices in school zones. they will operate between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. some locations will change every week, but the government's website will keep a list. if you get caught, going more than 11 miles over the limit it will cost you 40 bucks. the ticket will be issued too the opener of the car even if they were not driving. >> kids are on foot, bikes or

in cars. congested areas. people coming down in the congested areas high rates of speed. we need people to slow down it's about public safety. >> reporter: the first 30 days, the county will issue warning tickets. it's finally here, the iphone 4s, available for the first time today in stores. more than a million people preordered the phone setting a new record for the company again. the new phone looks the same as the old iphone. it features a faster processer. the voice command software touted as a personal assistant. to plans for the next version. rumors it will be released sometime next year. students on the university of maryland's college park campus got an alert warning of a tornado that was forecast to hit the campus 13 minutes later. media sites lit up with comments from people upset about people told the seek

shelter when there was no warning from the weather service. the company the school uses says they don't use it =úbas a guide. over ten years an f3 tore through the campus killing two sisters who were students there. the baltimore marathon will get started tomorrow, but earlier today we got a chance to talk with money particular runner. 65-year-old sid bush has run in more than 100 marathons. it's about more than just a sense of help or a sense of accomplishment. he runs to show support for soldiers sailors airmen and marines. he runs to honor the soldiers who don't make it home. >> i ran a their marathon for a man a few years ago and i drove to deliver the medal to his parents. they took me to his grave site and it tore me up. it's very emotional thing. it's worth it.

it's worth it. the families have to know that the american people have not forgotten. >> tomorrow's race, bush is running for marine corporal curt shea, he was from frederick and 21 and died in afghanistan. bush said he will continue to run in marathons as long as americans are fighting. we are working to make sure you can get where you are going this weekend. head to our website, abc2news.com, for the most up to the minute information about street closures for the running festival. click on the sports link at the top of the page. still on house arrest, but that doesn't mean we can't check in. a month away from the big day. we are getting an update on the baby bump. doctors putting hands to work, but not in the er, we will tell you what important cause got them out of the hospital today. 70bwi. 72 two degree guarantee. 67 is normal.

stephanie from sparrows point an abc 2 storm umbrella. you won't need it tonight or most of the weekend. we will talk about the forecast right after this.

if you watch good morning maryland, there is someone that should be sitting here. that's megan pringle, she is on house arrest as she rests and gets ready to deliver twins. she is a month away from her due date and expecting girls.

she shares out her baby bump has grown. >> it's hard to believe, i started here, and ended up hire. this is the beginning of my baby bump, which seemed impressive at the time i had no idea what i was in for. i started showing early and i'm not sure if that's because i'm having twins, or if that's just the way i carry. either way it's been fun, sometimes alarming watching my belly bump turn in to a mountain. my husband and i documented it along the way. sometimes shamelessly. celebrities are always flaunting their bumps and it seems everyday women followed suit. the internet is full of pictures of women who show up a the bumps and why not. first of all, there is no hiding it. secondly it's beautiful. but the bigger i get , the more astounded i am by my size. i said it so many times how can

i get bigger and then i do. look at this picture. my dog looks nervous because she probably thinks i may eat her. here the the last picture rob took of me, we laughed about how big i'm getting, even though i'm uncomfortable and sometimes embarrassed, i remind myself to enjoy. it's a magical time and over before you know it. >> she is running a marathon tomorrow. no, she is not. megan pringle checks in with good morning maryland team skype every monday, wednesday and friday unless the doctor tells her otherwise. track the progress on abc2news.com, click on the live section to see meagan and the babies and the guy that hangs out there as well as the stories she is sending in. had to mess with you, rob. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most

accurate by weather rate. >> he was like, did i take it right and get the angle right? >> she looks great. she does. beautiful, they are a beautiful couple. clearing out, that's good, sunshine for an important weekend here in baltimore. not just for meagan but everyone. with the huge running festival and we've got basically big football to play on sunday. no question about that. radar crystal clear. look, right now in the inner harbor, 66 degrees, humidity 4 3%. drying out, wind picking up. barometer rising. although relatively low. this thing will be rocketing over the weekend as high pressure nudges in. early on in summit ridge, west, as the storm front pushed through the skies clear. the clouds part and the birds sing. it was all good stuff in mount airy and across the states that front cleared out of the area and cleared the skies

completely after 2 days of very gray soggy weather. mid-60s now. 40s to the west. it's one of those scenarios where we will get the wind behind the front. not so much the cold air as we could in this part of october. temperatures drop five to 10 degrees. winds gusty. we saw winds around 28 to 38 in the last two hours. pushing 40 miles per hour gusts at times. west of baltimore. see the air drying out. humidity low. across the state right now, just very isolated showers, western maryland, one or two towards kent island and down towards southern caroline county, rain drops on the windshield and it's over. small showers left in the offering here. drier weather , the story to the west, that's our story. not just tonight but over the next several days, dry weather settling in, high pressure. it will mean the winds will howl as the pressure moves in

to replace the relative low pressure. we get the pressure difference. means 24 hours worth of wind and breezy day even on sunday. our trend model wise looking clear tonight and tomorrow. even in to sunday, just about all sunshine. little more detail, so many huge events in the city this weekend. for more, we got charles standing by. >> we know we have the baltimore marathon for tomorrow. talk about the winds, that's a big player in the marathon. i'm going to show you the forecast in a second. if you are worried, go to abc2news.com, check out the blog that justin burke did this morning. you can see the head wind and tail wind spots along the race. that's going to give you information about maybe the strategize for your race. let me show you the forecast. we are looking at temperature coming in around 50 degrees, the race starts at 8:00 p.m.,

8:00 a.m. we have the half marathon that starts at 9:45 in the morning. it's going to be breezy and cool as well. probably good for us. check out sunday, now we are talking about football. the ravens are playing and playing the texians. the kickoff is at 4:05, the temperature 69 degrees, no arguments there. partly cloudy and once again, though, it's going to be on the breezy side with winds and southwest at 10- 15 miles an hour. basically, we will be getting the sunshine in here throughout the weekend. we are going to get the winds in here as well. no big deal. >> windy for the runners and the fans, tailgaters sunday, breezy. i know 69 is your temperature for sundays. you got a score? >> i do maybe 7- 14.

>> i know what you better say. >> ravens. thanks. 49 with clear skies tonight. i hope it's an offensive battle. we will see what happens like 40 to 23 or something like that. tomorrow 68, mostly sunny skies. windy and breezy all weekend. dry weather, on the whole, the temperatures don't plummet as they easily can. temperatures stay up around 70 for the next five days. cooling off thursday and friday. >> i say points will be scored. i'm never good at this. i don't want to jinx anybody. points will be scored. >> someone will outscore someone. it is breast cancer awareness month, some doctors

from john hopkins took time away from the hospital today to lend a bit of a hand. check out stands this month. to drive the campaign message home two doctors bagged groceries this afternoon. >> our hope is to reach as many customers, answer questions about breast cancer and also tell them how the dollar they donate or more than that at the time of check out helped us increase the research and develop investigators in breast cancer. >> safeway donated more than a million dollars to the hopkins cancer center's breast cancer program. we are thinking pink here all through october at abc2 news and over a week away from the komen maryland race for the cure. the big race is at hunt valley, where you will see kelly, jamie, me and everybody, the rest of the crew live as we partner for the huge fund raise

tore fight breast cancer. the race and one mile walk will take place sunday october 23rd. it isn't too late to register, heads to abc2news.com/think pink or head to komen md.org for information. we have a special section dedicated to breast cancer support, research and awareness. after a week off it is purple friday again. the ravens will take on the houston texians sunday at home at mt bank stadium. former mason will be in baltimore for the first time with his new team. kick off at 4:05 p.m. be sure the ravens will be ready to go after two weeks between games. the ravens will salute model. pat was the wife of former ravens and browns owner, art, and also a well known actress. she died on wednesday. here is a look at what is

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abc2 news is brought by giant. support breast cancer research at the think pink event. we got a lot going on this weekend. a lot of people want to look to the skies for nice clear stuff. >> i think things have timed out well, for people with the friday night plans, skies clearing off. dealing with wind. maryland's most powerful radar. see the skies cleared nicely, a couple of real small isolated showers that would last no more than five or ten minutes. you probably won't see that. the wind is gusty. winds around 32 winchester. gusty tomorrow. sunny. the temperatures not dropping that much. i think we got a good weekend. >> that's good weather for running. justin is running in the marathon out there. >> justin berk running that and breezy and sunshine, not bad. >> that's it for us at 6:00.

we will see you right back here at 11:00. go to our website at abc2news.com.