an ohio prosecutor says the 17-year-old suspect in the deadly school shooting yesterday didn't target his victims. at his first hearing today, t.j. lane admitted to firing 10 shots at chardon high school. three were killed. he is being held for at least 15 days. following that school shooting in ohio, roosevelt leftwich took a look at some of the cell phone policies at local schools to see what parents might experience if they try to reach their kids in the event of an emergency. many follow a no see no hear policy. some say it's a disruption but leave it up to school staff. a university of maryland freshman said she woke up to find someone touching her leg and going through her things. we'll have much more coming up at 6:00.

the base realignment brought new jobs to harford county. new a new study suggests building a convention center could help the county benefit even more from brac. >> reporter: 5800 workers traveled down interstate 95 at the new job at aberdeen proving ground. >> every event we've had, they have all been oversold. >> reporter: a new study suggests building a convention center would help double tourism over the next decade. the county must build up its marketing, its businesses and hotels to attract tourists. that's why the consultants are calling for a hotel tax.

>> by being the only jurisdiction, the only jurisdiction in the state of maryland that does not have a lodging tax. >> reporter: they range from 3 1/2% to 9%, bringing in an average of 4 1/2 million each year while harford county gets zero but any bid to get conservative lawmakers to introduce such a measure in annapolis has run into a red light. >> it is one of those issues where they look at the three letter word tax. it actually relieves their consistent tax -- constituent taxpayers. >> reporter: ripken stadium is proof enough. $2million in hotel tax would produce a $100 million benefit. in harford county, jeff hager, abc2 news. >> now the proposed convention

center would pale in comparison to the baltimore convention center. a new study by the american water works association found that the u.s. drinking water system is in serious need of a very expensive overhaul. that could mean higher water bills for you. the researchers say the cost of the work would be about a trillion dollars and will continue through 2035. right now the average household water bill is about $335 a year. according to a nonprofit focused on drinking water. many could see water bills double or even triple over the next 25 years. experts say putting the water work off could end up costing us more. the federal housing administrations will knownals fha is raising premiums for homeowners. it would increase the cost of

mortgage insurance premiums by 75 basis points, an additional $5 a month for monthly mortgage payments. yearly rates will be going on. borrower defults -- defaults are driving the charges. a lot cooler out there today compared to the way we started the week in the mid-60s. 12 to 15 degrees cooler. patuxent river, 48 in dover. 45 at the bee. clear skies across the state for the moment. that will hold up overnight. we're already tracking our next weather maker. for us that will be a rain system. you see a lot of winter weather toward minnesota. a new weather maker already marching across the u.s. in the meantime 40s. enjoy that. we'll talk about how fast this wet weather gets out of here coming up. the kennedy family best

known for public service but also their headline grabbing lives. abc2's jamie costello has more on the latest kennedy to end up in hot water. >> reporter: this is weird. this should be one of the happiest times of his life but douglas kennedy's wife gave birth to a son but the surveillance cameras captured what the nurses claim is a violent act by the kennedy. when they saw kennedy headed for the elevator, they tried to stop him. on the video you see his leg raised and one of the nurses falls. kennedy said he was trying to take his son outside for some fresh air. >> you ever hear of a two-day old being taken outside because they want fresh air. >> reporter: the nurses have

hired an attorney. the attorney said he has two other eyewitnesses to support his claim. the nurses said kennedy was acting strange, although nobody can offer any proof. >> more on that to come, i'm sure. monster trucks are supposed to crush cars but not like this. coming up why this truck driver is now facing charges and one teenager is emotionally crushed. a trip to the convenience store left one girl covered with cuts and bruises after an unexpected encounter.

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employees at a 7-11 had to run for their lives as an suv came crashing through the convenience store. it went through a window and didn't stop until it hit the counter. the driver was charged with driving under the influence and also driving without a license. a florida man was arrested over the weekend accused of driving a monster truck right over a 16-year-old's first car. he flattened the toyota corolla while the crowd cheered him on. the teen didn't know what happened until someone told her.

she called security and the monster truck driver was charged. a girl is recovering from cuts and bruises from an encounter with a deer. the surveillance camera caught it on camera. the deer came crashing in right here. the deer had to be put down but no one else in the store was hurt. scary moments for passengers and crew aboard the plane landing at newark. the landing gear would not drop. with just an hour of fuel left, they had to troy to and eye felt a little bit of vibration and kind of a hissing joyce-- noise. we knew something was not right. >> the pilot declared an emergency and then tried to ease ease the plane down, landing on the rear wheels and eventually

it skidded to a stave stop. what a scary situation. it's going to be another four years before it comes around again. a look at why we have leap day and which day will have a leap second. there are still four candidates in the race but in michigan all politicals care about two. why some analysts believe it could define the race.

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these guys get an extra day on the campaign trail. but why do we need it on the calendar this year? the answer is partly in our man made calendar and the way hour sun more ofs. >> it goes around the sun once and almost a quarter day. in order to rectify this. we have to periodically add an extra day to the calendar. >> reporter: he is with the country's ultimate are a bitter of date and time. he said leap year dates back to julius ceaser. without an extra day every four years, the seasons would gradually shift and after enough time throw our calendar out of whack. >> we are the only creatures on the planet that have a need to know exactly what time it is from not only a day to day point

of view but in our society today we need to know time down to these incredibly tiny fractions of a second. >> reporter: it will add a leap second on june 30th to sync atomic clocks with the earth's rotation. it's all just a matter of time. in washington, i'm karin caifa, abc2 news. >> tonight on abc2 news at 11 our jamie costello will be waiting for the elite leap year baby club. today is national pancake day and i-hops all over the country are celebrating, offering free short stacks of pancakes to all the customers who ask for it. they only ask that on the way out customers give a donation to the make a wish foundation.

they say it always draws a huge crowd. >> we do this every year. everyone walks out tired but feeling good. >> the free short stacks are available until 10:00. each year they raise a total of $2 million on national pancake day. nice stall stack. get yourself the buttered patties and line them up with may tell syrup. 53 at bwi. hard to focus. sunny skies, oh, man. this was a nice one. yes, it was cooler. look at all the work going on in the inner harbor. crane tug getting a lot of work done. as we take a look at the weather in bel air, nothing but blue skies over the heart of harford county. in frostburg just pointing out

there is not a flake of snow on the ground here. it is dry and unseasonably warm out in the maryland high country. let's show you maryland's most powerful radar. temperature wise comfortable 50s, hagerstown, winchester, low 50s. easton 45 at the beach with a bit of an ocean breeze. low 40s in the immediate coastal areas. winds are light and variable. they did go northwest on us last night. that allowed the cool hair to funnel. the highs were a solid 10 to 12 degrees warmer. our next storm system arrives by mid-morning. no sign of that tonight. you think the clear stuff is going to last and last but we see that out to the west in southern minnesota, iowa. that rain overspreading the great lakes overnight. that system will track across

the area replacing our my pressure bubble replacing abun dpant sunshine. dry weather will hold into early tomorrow morning. you she it over the northeast with dew points around 19 in roanoke. as we work into the day, the first clouds increase. as that column of the atmosphere begins to moisten up, it could bring in the winds. rain showers lasting until tomorrow afternoon then one more round of showers tomorrow night and then the whole thing clears out into early thursday. temperatures look to warm up again with some shuns back here on thursday. overnight 36, dry and cool. your two-degree guarantee 4, 48

and maybe an evening thunderstorm. your seven-day forecast, we find those temperaturesare rebounding, mid to upper 60s, low 60s friday as we cloud up and rain to start the weekend but mild and cooler later in the weekend. so a little bit of a roller coaster temperature wise. kelly? >> thanks a lot. now to democracy 2012, the latest chapter in the race for the republican nomination. tory dunnan joins truss us from phoenix. >> reporter: this is a critical moment. there are 59 delegates up for grabs between arizona and michigan. tonight it's also about defining victory. >> i'm going to win in michigan and across the country. >> reporter: for mitt romney,

it's all about winning. he has to take arizona and michigan. the expectations are big. >> shock the establishment. >> reporter: for rick santorum it's all about being the underdog. his lead in michigan evaporated. arizona it's a long shot. but earlier this month not many people exacted him to -- expected him to sweep colorado, missouri and minnesota. >> michigan. >> reporter: for ron paul it as all about delegates. the texas congressman won't win either of today's contests but that's not the point. he's trying to gather as many delegates as possibility to secure a platform. >> we can offer the american people a better future. >> reporter: for newt gingrich

it's all about patience. his focus is on next weekend's super tuesday states. he's aiming his attacks on rick santorum, hoping to be the conservative alter intive to former massachusetts mitt romney. you can probably expect all of these candidates to come out and explain how they believe the race goes on. things are getting heated between romney and santorum. romney may queuing him of playing dirty politics in michigan. tell me what's going on there. >> reporter: this is getting really nasty on voting day. michigan has an open primary. basically what that means is republicans and democrats can both vote. so you have santorum's campaign using robocals to try to get some of -- robocalls to get some of those democrats to vote for him.

mitt romney said it was pathetic. here's the back and forth. >> i think republicans have to recognize there's a real effort to kidnap our primary process. say no to the dirty tricks of a desperate campaign. >> that's what bullies do. when you hit them back, they whine. >> reporter: so, kelly, the race in michigan is close we have to see whether this democratic crossover makes a difference. he doesn't know who his opponent will be yet, but president barack obama clearly know was women want a new poll shows obama's approval rating among women has shot up 10% since december. it asked how he is handling the economy and unemployment. a dorm room intruder at the university of maryland has

officials concerned. most women who become pregnant know not to drink alcohol. i'm jamie costello. those stories and more coming up at six. here's a preview of what's coming up at 6:30. from our newsroom in new york, the big vote in michigan on world fumes-- news tonight, the showdown. and statins and memory loss and what fainting could say about your heart.

lots of green on the board. the dow jones ended above 13,000

for the first time since may of 2008. the dow rose 23 points to close at 13,005. and the s&p 500 rose five points to close at 1372. the anger with some of the country's biggest banks translated into a loss. 10 pect of people looking for a new bank last year left the largest banks and moved to smaller banks or credit unions. about a third said it was becaus of excessive fees. some say it was poor customer service. they may be leaving the country's biggest banks but cussers are heading to the big three automakers. auto sales could reach 14 million people this year. car makers added 38,000 jobs last year and plans to add

13,000 more in 2012. fans of movies and tv series from the starz channel better get started. netflix and starz couldn't come to an agreement about what the content was worth. those folks who invested in the inaugural baltimore grand prix may never see their money again. university police develop leads in the case of a woman waking up to find a strange man in her dorm room. i'm brian cube learn. that story is coming up next. most schools have a policy for cell phones, but is ohio