from folks who attended. the secret service is protecting three of the four main presidential candidate hopefuls but ron paul has opted to use his own security. he thinks the secret service is a form of welfare. he said he's an ordinary citizen who should pay for his own protection. paul's campaign focused on ways to limit government expenditures and information. new tonight, more than a year after the death of baltimore county firefighter mark fall con hand investigators have released the final report about the fire where he died. joce sterman has more. >> reporter: the 84-page report is a heartbreaking reconstruction written by the line of duty death investigation team. it details the cause of the fire that killed him. as for what led to his death, the fire chief said there is no

single cause, no single reason. the report details the 2011 fire in hillandale that claimed his life. a team of firefighters, union members and others, went through photos, interviews and did models to prevent it from happening again. he apparently used his radio saying he was trapped on the third floor under heavy fire, saying may day, may day, may day and was found unconscious near a sliding door. the report made recommendations that crews stick together and always carry a portable radio. in the end, the report said there was no major cause or failure. >> human nature dictates when a tragedy occurs, we want it find a villain. we want to isolate a single big factor. unfortunately, life is more

complicated than that and there isn't always a proverbial smoking gun. >> reporter: according to that report the fire started with a pot of oil on a stove, left there for more than five minutes. we have an update on the breaking news. charges will soon be filed in the triple stabbing in the garrison community. a group of five people arrived at a home on spectator lane. a disagreement turned into a fight. a 19-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman were stabbed. a 20-year-old also stabbed. shots were fired at the vehicle. one bullet hit the car but no one was hit. police aren't sure who fired that gun. now to harford county, animal control officers have seized a dog and 15 cats from a home. it's an apparent case of

hoarding. jeff hager has more on what they found when they entered the home. >> reporter: inside the home officers discovered two dead animals, plenty of feces and stench but no food and water for the dogs and cats that survived. they seized a beagle along with 15 cats. the animals will be housed until the investigation is completed. we're told the owner ter resha lamb breck runs an animal rescue and had animals taken away last year but were returned with the understanding that she would find them new homes. >> take someone who's passionate about dogs and cats and they want to save everything they can save. it gets to the point they don't realize what they're doing. >> reporter: the officers left

three beagles in the pens. zoning regulations limit homeowners to five domestic animals unless the owner has a kennel license and lamb breck has no such permit. city public works crews are working to repair a 20-inch water main break that happened in the 5200 block of wind or mill road. forest park near kernan hospital. the area had to be closed. it lowered water pressure in the hospital and firefighters delivered extra water to the hospital. several businesses in that area are being affected by this tonight. >> we want to take you back to arbutus as we continue to follow mitt romney's visit to baltimore county. he did very well in illinois last night. let's check in with abc2's roosevelt leftwich.

what did romney have to say? >> reporter: the romney just broke up about two or three minutes ago. governor romney is still over there shaking hands. i think he just walked out of the room. he spoke to about 50 minutes to 300 people. one of the things -- he talked about a lot of different things. he was basically campaigning against barack obama and how he failed to inspire the country in general and how he has failed to create jobs in this economy. he had a very receptive job. as you know, governor ehrlich, this is his home territory. he has been able to get support for governor romney. for many of the state republicans, they were down in annapolis and could not come to the rally. however, romney did say most of them have endorsed his candidacy

for the presidency. now coming up later, we'll have sound from this rally and we'll talk to some folks here and find out what they thought of romney's visit to maryland. reporting live in arbutus, roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. weather wise, some tough cloud cover as we check out the visible satellite picture. you can see one of those days that the fog lifted but the sun had a tough time breaking through. as a result temperatures held down into the upper 60s and on a bit of an east breeze. as we said all the way back to sunday night as we go through this week, it will be warmer or cooler based on two things -- cloud cover and the direction of the wind. right now it's a southeast breeze. the clouds continue to hold as we hover in the 60s. there is a chance for rain and cooler weather as we work toward the second half of the weekend. more details on that coming up. >> thanks a lot. the second largest grocery

store chain will no longer use pink slime. safeway said it will no longer sell the beef. the grocery store chain said the decision is based on considerable consumer concern. critics including usda scientists who call it more gelatin than ground beef said the ammonia treated pink slime made from low quality scraps once used for dog food and cooking oil is less nutritious than pure ground beef. >> it's not fresh ground beef. it's a cheap substitute being added in. >> 70% of alt store bought beef contain pink slime. since abc2 news exposed its use, many stores said their meat counters are free of the mixture. they will inform school districts which of the suppliers use pink slime so administrators can decide whether they want to

purchase it. million dollar's is taking a step to phase out foam cups. they're testing a double walled fiber hot cub. the test is being done in 2,000 restaurants primarily on the west coast. the goal is to use more environmentally friendly products. coming up, the latest on a family argument that turned violent between a mother and a son. the charges this plan is facing for brutally beating his mother with a hammer. you may want to pay extra attention to your next cell phone. there could be some extra charges. plus, they're making a difference in the lives of the students. we'll tell you how coming up.

the school serves children with complex challenges like autism and other learning disabilities but prides itself on real world preparations. they released a completed grad study. education reporter sherrie johnson takes a look at the study to see how they're making a difference. >> reporter: here at the harbor school in owings mills, they are learning about fractions. they pride themselves on educating students and getting them ready for the real world. a survey shows 98.1% harford school graduates are working in post secondary education or vocational training. they were able to get information from 215 of the 299 graduates. >> one of our big pushes is soft skills employment. most employers can teach their employees to do things the

employer's way. what causes people to lose their jobs is they don't show up on time or they don't show up or they're disrespectful to their supervisor or they don't know how to ask questions to get things answered. all of those are aggravating to an employer or don't flow how to work in a team. so we teach these soft skills. >> reporter: they have two campuses, annapolis and owing hoping. they serve children with autism, anxiety disorder, clinical depression and learning disabilities. >> one of the things about people with disabilities and all of our students have them is people with disabilities are dramatically disproportionately under employed. >> reporter: students like alexander loves the real world preparation. >> it has head me -- helped me

because i'm in a classroom that's work based learning. i get to research different job skills to figure out where you want to be in the real world. >> reporter: on the job training like this culinary class gives students great experience to help prepare them for jobs. >> they get real job skills. they learn how to work in a real job, pungsally ti. >> reporter: educators say the school is on a paths of continual learning. >> the study also showed the number of students in most secondary education has decreased.

starting off with a look at setup. conditions will be in the 60s as we stay hazy and cloudy. that's the bottom line. this has been a carbon copy forecast for the last several days. tomorrow looks similar. maybe a degree or two warmer. 68 at bwi. the wind is calm. as we take a look at some of our weather bug cameras, you can see the fog holding tough over baltimore early on, then a little sun tries to break through. temperatures running warm again, downtown getting close to 70, much of the day in the 60s. in many spots that cloud that just held tough all day, thick cloud cover, thick and steady cloud cover in bel air, so a peek or two of sun at most and that is why those temperatures just couldn't get up as far above 70 degrees as they did yesterday. yesterday we're a few degrees above 70, similar weather. 68 in baltimore.

70 in easton. 65 in patuxent river. what wind we do have is light. at times that can be a slightly cooler breeze but with the humidity so high, not even noticing that very, very slight breeze. highs struggling up above 70 in the inner harbor. most spots having a tough time getting out of the 60s. upper 70s near 80. right across maryland, southern new jersey, stuck in the 60s for the most part. that is because of that lifted fog that really turned into a tough cloud deck. you can see it on the visible satellite photos. those clouds where they held tough, maryland, southeast pa, jersey, that's where we had a tough time. one change -- you see this clear area over ohio. that will move over the

mid-atlantic briefly into tomorrow, late afternoon and friday that could allow temperatures to climb somewhat. we could push 80 toward the end of the week before our weekend weather maker arrives. this is crawling at a snail's pace triggering flooding in arkansas, mississippi. that same system we will continue to track it very, very slowly last it inches across the southern u.s. here and the central part of the country. now thursday into friday we should get the sunshine across the state much of the day here, a warm day and that system to the west, again, crawling steadily east, probably going to make its move into maryland saturday night, saturday night into sunday. that could mean cooler and damper weather, especially for that second half of the weekend. mostly cloudy, fog developing. your thursday forecast 74, patchy fog again. tomorrow night humid again in the mid-50s. your seven-day forecast, there

are some changes in the outlook. i promise you that. briefly warmer friday. the weekend looks cooler. sunday the system arrives. that will cool us off into early next week. kelly? a warning about a strange charge many of you may be finding on your cell phone bill. the worst part if you don't check that bill carely you could easily miss this. john matarese explains. >> reporter: most of us feel our cell phone bills are too high but how carefully have you gone over your bills the past few months? you could have hidden charges you shouldn't be paying. steve noticed his cell phone bill getting higher and higher in reexrent months, so he called his carrier. that's when he learned he was paying almost $20 a month for a premium texting service he knew nothing about. >> one of the sales

representative told me i was receiving a third party charge. she said are you aware of it. i said what's that. >> reporter: third party or premium text scams are becoming one of the biggest complaints according to the tech blog cnet. once you're signed up, you're billed every month until you notice. it steve never spotted the charges. >> between $10 a month to $20 a month. i checked my own records. it's been over a year if a been seeing this. >> reporter: they clan be added to -- can be added to your bill when you text certain numbers or give your cell phone numbers to participate in a survey. if you start receiving strange texts, don't simply delete them. >> something along the lines of congratulations you've earned 1,000 points to.

i get to congratulations and delete it. >> reporter: text back stop or contact the carrier. check the cell phone every month for hidden charges. if you don't, you could end up paying a bogus $10 charge for years, money you won't get back. don't waste your money. i'm john matarese. people in one wisconsin town are scratching their head after three straight days of strange sounds. and itchy eyes, runny nose. it's almost the second day of spring. why some people are already suffering from allergies.

important information for anyone who has to care for an elderly loved one it. comes with a price. a study in nur roll ji find that it may take a toll on the mind of elderly folks. a group was studied and most stayed in the hospital at left once during that period. after stay patients performed poorly on cognitive tests. each time they were in the hospital it seemed to speed up a patient's mental decline. taking a low dose of aspirin every day could help you fight off cancer according to three studies published in the lancet. those who took three doses daily for three years had a 23% lower risk of developing cancer. patients who took it longer, more than five years, had their

chance of developing cancer drop by 37%. if you're planning a trip to the mountains, you might want to pack some ibuprofen. advil, motrin, can prevent altitude sickness. researchers say taking it before traveling to higher elevations can prevent symptoms including nausea, light-headedness, sluggishness, shortness of breath and headaches. ibuprofen was as effective as current medications to treat it with fewer side effects. spring is here. you already know it if you have allergies. many parts of the country are predicting an unusually high pollen count. flowers and trees are blooming. most people are not allergic to the pollen we can see. it's the microscopic particle that is cause the problem. later in the spring and early this summer it will be the

grasses that will leave people suffering. just log on to our website and check out the latest health headlines from today as well as interesting categories to help upand your family get the -- you and your family get information you need. what started off as a nice spring evening escalated to a man beating his mother with a hammer. the outrage continues to grow in florida tonight where an unarmed 17-year-old was killed and the shooter still hasn't been charged. we have the latest on the heated investigation that's getting attention nationwide. the newest ipad has a new screen. what users are sayings about the tablets that may have consumers thinking twice about buying one.

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mitt romney on his way out of maryland. about 30 minutes ago he wrapped up a townhall meeting in arbutus. he fielded questions from job creation to pulling troops out of afghanistan. it comes on the heels of his primary win in illinois and two weeks ahead of maryland's primary election. the final report in the line of duty death of firefighter falkenhan has been released. he decide conducting rescue operations in an apartment fire in hillandale last year. it doesn't cite one specific cause but a number of small incidents including the decision to separate that falkenhan and his partner made as they searched for people. in harford count