abc2news.com. in our coverage tonight joe paterno has won more college football games than anyone else but he may not beat the court of public opinion. there are calls for him to step down. jamie costello has the latest. >> reporter: we've had stars prepaterno and mitchell. the board of trustees meets this coming friday. the scandal that's casting a shadow over the university has taken out an icon. two sources say joe paterno's time as head coach will soon be over. it is clear, the paper said, the man won more victories than any other coach at college's top level and he will in the survive to coach another year.

earlier today penn estate's president -- state's president abruptly canceled joe paterno news conference on jerry sandusky. >> i know you guys have a lot of questions, and i was hoping to be able it answer them today but we'll try to do it as soon as we can. >> reporter: paterno has not been charged and is not a target of the investigation but he faces criticism for calling university officials instead of the police. a former penn state player choked up talking about his alma mater and is on the board that the charity that sandusky starting. >> this is about people. if we can't protect our kids, we as a society are pathetic. >> reporter: matt millen broke down on espn.

joe paterno's son scott called reports prematured there are no discussions about retirement. he did not say if his father would be back for what would be his 47th season. the sexual abuse scandal at penn state university is unnerving lots of parents. parents have attachments to school authorities. what happens when they can't be trusted. what questions should be asked. first, talk to your children about appropriate boundaries and find out the organization's policy on child sexual abuse prevention. how does the program screen staff. it should not just relee on criminal background checks but use written applications and perm interviews to learn about previous experiences someone has working with children and to identify potential warning signs. how do they monitor interactions

between adults and children and how do they handle allegations of sexual abuse. what training does staff receive about preventing child sexual abuse. stay tuned for the latest on the penn state sexual abuse scandal. what happened to tie rap trent. the transgender woman was found strangled to death in an abandoned home in february. police are asking for your help. >> reporter: sandra trent said she knew something was wrong when tie a never came home. everyone thought she would turn up fine. sandra trent takes a lot of comfort in her garden when she

offed her 14 years ago with her son. she never intended to do yard work but her son urged her to plant a garden. show said the garden will -- she said the garden will sleep now. >> we planted that together or oarnged her name to tire a. sandra said tie tyra was a trip. >> i would hear her half a block coming down the street, hi, mom, ma. i miss her. tyra trent was found strangled in an abandoned home. police think her bodies with dumped there and the murder may have been committed somewhere else. at this point they're

investigating but there are few leads. >> we know there's one person, if not more who has some information, maybe heard someone talking about the case, maybe you remember back earlier this year you heard someone and we're asking people to contact homicide detectives. >> reporter: she said she will put up her elaborate christmas decorations because tyra loved them so. she just wants to know what happened to her baby. >> no one knows anything. he was messing for a well week. he was out there somewhere. i know there have to be some people who saw him and know, you know more than they're saying. >> reporter: if you have any

information, please call the baltimore city police. roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. the death of a quad pledgee jic man who was discovered in an ellicott city home has been determined to be a homicide. now the medical examiner's office has determined an autopsy. police say family members and nurse provided around the clock care to the 51-year-old victim but at this point they have not identified a suspect. >> it's our understanding that and belief that this medication was administered to the victim. he was paralyzed in 2007 in a serious car didn't and we don't believe he could have administered the medicine to himself. >> there was a thorough search but investigators will not re veal what evidence, if any, they

found. new to breaking news we first told you last night. howard county police identified a man shot by police. 19-year-old jeffrey nichols is in shock trauma. he was armed. officers ordered him to drop his gun, but he kept walking. police followed him to the back parking lot of an industrial drive. he still refused to put down the weapon and that's when officers fired. a disturbing admission from the u.s. airforce. they add met the mortuary lost portions of human remains, two cases in tween were among the problems that led the airforce to discipline three seen why are officials for gross mismanagement. the case involved cases of soldiers from afghanistan. small pieces within the missing at dover's avenues base.

autopsies have prepared to return the bodies. baltimore's plaque -- mayor stephanie rawlings-blake is favored to win. voters will vote for city council members and city council president. the polls will close at 8:00. still have less than three hours. for a less of the polling places, you can log on to our website abc2news.com. weather wise, crystal clear once again, gorgeous fall weather, temperatures up around 70 degrees, outstanding, just a few clouds south of western maryland. not much at all. temperature wise, things are comfortable. light breeze, not a big deal.

temperatures still in the mid-60s. for the rest of your evening look for temperatures to be in the 60s, clear skies. it will stay mild and pleasant. how much long are can this hold up? the answer straight snead -- straight ahead. and the new executive vice-president of baseball raisings was announced. dan duquette was previously with the boston red sox. he replace andy macphail. he will build the team from the ground up. 1,000 people still without natural gas tonight after a gas main broke in locus point. why bge crews are getting help. and need trash picked up in your neighborhood? now it's a matter of picking that you smartphone. plus, j.r. martinez got lots of love from

the judges on "dancing with the stars." we'll have a complete wrap coming up.

trash in your alley? how about a pothole in your street? there's an hap for that -- app for that, too. baltimore city rolled out a new app to report problems that people can see around time. brian kuebler has more on how it works and how it as working. >> reporter: our phones are getting smarter and we are becoming increasingly dependent on them. they are apps and the wide functions they provide. new tools can help solve old problems. >> we are looking at how we can move very aggressively for more e government services for the citizens. >> reporter: tanned starts with

this, a 311 app available on both the eement phone and android. citizens can shoot a picture, report a problem in under 15 seconds and the city says already the app's camera financial and gps service are making things more sufficient. >> we definitely have seen a growth in the anyone load of the usage. it starts off slow and there's a rapid uptake. >> reporter: as of late october, this app has been anyone loaded 3,000 times. 60% of those are iphone users, the other android users. the mayor said all of them, now interacting with crucial city services. >> we know that the problems can't be solved alone. we need teams of citizens that are in the fight with us.

this app gives people a chance to be a partner in a new way. >> reporter: baltimore is just the second major metro in the country to use an app like this but the city says it won't stop there. improvements such as texting and tweeting are already being and as well as developing additional e government services in the future. >> always have to think about what's happening next. this is one of the ways we're being innovative as well as increasing transparency and engagement. >> reporter: and all with a simple touch and swipe. baltimore, brian kuebler, abc2 news. >> now the app was developed by a new hampshire company. boston is the only other city to use it. so far in baltimore citizens use the 311 app to report about 3,000 complaints, half of which are about trash complaints in alleys. we have great news. the pringle babies are here. they arrived this afternoon.

jordan rose born at 2:02. nola james 2:03. congratulations, two bundles of joy. >> i thought he had fear in his eyes. >> that will come later. her hands will be full. >> and nine months of hard work there. >> congratulations to both of them. kelly, a beautiful day. >> let's get right into it. 63 right now out at bwi.

humidity is moderate. wind light southeast. pressure holding steady. it's a clear, calm and nice day. it's tough top find a cloud in -- to find a cloud in the sky. ellicott city still some fall color on the trees here. as we look at those shorter days, sunset now at 5:00 sharp. man, it comes quick, doesn't it? still showing all clear. that's going to continue to be the case the next few days. we're looking good and highs today struggled up to near 70 in spots. 74 up in wilmington. humidity moderate. winds light. it's one of those very, very quiet nights on the weather front. through the day cooler, partly cloudy skies. we should make it well into the mid-60s from dundalk to reisterstown.

as we look at the overall pattern, no time anytime soon. we watch two weather makers. one boundary out to the west, we still see showers and thunderstorms happening out towards places look southern missouri. then offshore we have another weather maker. high pressure will keep things clear tonight. temperatures will stay moderate. take a look at the trend. watching the coastal system that could come up and bring the chance for some rain. it's that system, plus the boundary to the west as they kind of collide over the state. that could mean showers especially from baltimore eastward thursday afternoon and thursday evening. that coastal system almost has a tropical look south of bermuda. so we'll watch that. there's the system to the west. that puts us in a squeeze play. overnight 39, clear and chilly.

patchy fog. 63 tomorrow, not as warm. tomorrow night some increasing clouds. let's take a look at the seven-day forecast. chance of showers on thursday, but this weekend sunshine back. temperatures will be cool but warming up towards sunday. early next week looks like another warmup. pretty nice november weather so far this month. >> all right. we're getting down to the wire, a night of perfect scores on "dancing with the stars" with jars jarpz and karina smirnoff leading -- j.r. martinez and a reason na smirnoff leading the way. george pennachio has the latest. >> reporter: when they came back to perform their instant jive, they decide it again.

jr said getting all 10's felt like an out of body experience. i experienced that before and that was when my life was changing in iraq in april 2003. it seemed like an out of body experience. this is one of those same moments but in a most powerful way. >> reporter: the other ricki lake and derek hough, they tied for second with 52. >> clearly jr and karina are number one but i want to keep getting better and better. >> reporter: they tied with hope solo and maksim chmerkovskiy. >> i'm an olympic athlete and my legs are officially tired from dancing. my legs wanted to die out there on the dance floor. >> yes. mission accomplished. >> reporter: one point behind

them, rob kardashian and cheryl burke. >> literally we try to improve week after week. nancy grace and tristan macmanus. >> you can't be disappointed. >> reporter: it's in the likely that jr and karina will be the withins going home, but who will be? we'll find out. >> that results show starts at 9:00. you can catch it right here on abc2. first the, we have new episode the of last man standing and man up. that is followed by in the spotlight with robin robert, all access nashville as we get pumped up for the country music awards and then abc2 news at

11:00. weal' be blogging -- we'll be blogging live, so go to abc2news.com. coming up, people in mississippi are voting on a controversial law that could spark a national fight over abortion. find out what the personhood amendment would mean for women. >> do soda bans in schools curb childhood obesity?

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in tonight's health alert, some promising news about two

cancers that affect women. the study finds the vaccine called pan vac, designed to stimulate the immune system may help fight both breast and ovarian cancer. 24 patients were enrolled in the study with 21 having prior chemo treatment. everall, survive -- overall, survival was 15 months. pulling soda machines out of schools hasn't reduced childhood obesity. they found kids get their fixes somewhere else or drink other fruit justs. the schools banned all sugary drinks. researchers found that in all three types of schools, the rate

of obesity was about the same, about 22%. the justice department is reviewing a federal judge's ruling to block a law that would have required tobacco companies to show those graphic images on cigarette packs. the judge called it as part of the antismoke agenda and said they raised issues. the cigarette companies challenged it. every warning with have to include the hotline 1-800-quit now. antismoke activists are calling for an appeal. abc2news.com is your's for all the health news you need. le a find the headline -- you'll find the headlines from today and other next that you and your family need. coming up, investigators in washington state are puzzled by the disappearance of a

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