of the house. >> reporter: the thief took her cell phone. her family wasn't the only one that was hit. harford county sheriff said several other homes in kingsville and joppa were struck between march 28th and april 1st. they tried to get into at least 10 other homes. >> we're asking residents in the community, if they see anything suspicious, you know what's normal and what's not. if it looks suspicious, give us a call. better yet if you see a char that looks unusual, catch a tag number. >> reporter: they're stepping up patrols and plan to put officers on bikes. meantime, the burglars hit their home on thursday. the family had a new alarm system by friday. they will also let the two large dogs roam the house. >> it's very frightening. you think that you're safe.

you take it for granted a little bit. you live in a nice area. i would have never thought somebody would come through the window. it's a tall window and it's tiny. >> reporter: the sheriff's office will have deputies in the community. they will be available to answer questions about home security and the latest rash of burglaries. it will be at the mountain christian coach until k-78 tonight -- 8:00 tonight, roosevelt leftwich. >> we got in touch with the police department to see if there's a connection between the harford burglaries and the ones in whitemarsh. at this point they said there's no connection. the warmer weather is in-- contributing to the recent burglaries. police say if you see something suspicious, report it. if a vehicle is involved, try to get aing that number and give that to police.

remember to lock your home, your windows and your cars. all right. let's get to the megamillions. here in maryland it continues to be a megamystery. it got stranger today. there was a press conference called. the lawyer did all the talking. the woman who claimed to have won said nothing. >> the lawyer said he does not know if his client has the ticket, nor as he seen it. edward smith had a news conference that was first delayed by an hour because her blood pressure had spiked. the reason given for the medical prob lernlings the stress she's under-- problem, the stress she's under. >> have upseen the ticket? >> no. i cannot say with certainty this ticket exists. i would caution anybody until

it's presented that it does exist. >> the maryland lottery responded to the statute toc -- status. as of now the winning ticket remains unclaimed until someone walks into the maryland lottery with a ticket that we can verify. we will continue to wait. attorney edward smith said he will wait to go to the maryland lottery until some of the media attention dies down. kelly swoope, abc2 news. jamie? >> we're looking at a miracle here. >> he is the mayor of dallas. look at the city now. torn up. no deaths reported after yesterday's front outbreak. as many as 13 may have touched down with the national weather service saying at least one tornado was an ef 2 with winds

up to 130 miles an hour. one woman hid in the corner of her home has the trend came after her. >> the wind was pulling the cover back. i was trying to hold on to it. i just saw debris, debris, debris, glass breaking. >> she did not suffer a cut or a scratch. at the airport more than 100 planes were damaged by hail and people had to spend the night sleeping on cots in the terminals. look at the beltway right near the baltimore national pike. will it last? let's find out. i would -- wyatt everhart. >> looks like a great evening. temperatures cooling off. enjoy the evening. showers and storms to our south

and west and also into the nor fobbing, virginia hear toward the tidewater area. in our state comfortable in the mid-70s. the temperatures will cool off. tomorrow we may never get above 306 degrees, so sunny but cooler. we'll talk about how things shape up straight ahead. now to our health alert. you have to be careful eating spicey tuna rolls. 90 people have gotten salmonella, maryland included. right now they're focusing on six clusters of restaurants in maryland, texas, rhode island and the most common symptoms are diarrhea and cramps in your

stomach. also, wash your hands. people are getting sick from handling baby turtles. six people from our state had to go to the hospital. all of them have recovered. they said they bought the turtles from a neighborhood vendor. we are being warned to be careful of chicks, ducks and rabbits. let's talk politics, democracy 2012. as expected, mitt romney won the maryland primary. he won all three including wisconsin and washington, d.c. when asked if he would ask his fellow republicans to drop out of the race, he said no. >> i hope we're able to resolve our nomination process as soon as possible of course. i would lick to focus our time and attention on the key battleground states. >> romney needs more than 1100

delegates to clinch the nomination. senator ben cardin won the nomination. he easily beat out state senator anthony muse. he won 74% of the vote and now focuses on general election. he said healthcare and creating jobs are the most important issues. his republican opponent will be daniel bongino. he served on the detail that protected the president. bongino beat out richard douglas and nine other candidates. bongino said people are ready for action. >> nancy jacobs within in the 2 district. she won with 60% of the vote. she will now take on democrat

dutch ruppersberger. to get more, log on to our political paifnlgt you'll see stories surrounding democracy 2012. just go to abc2news.com/politics. governor martin o'malley has been pushing for more highway projects but that means raising our taxes and that is not a popular idea but a local business organization, the greater baltimore committee is proposing just. that they site a -- cite a new study that would stimulate growth and create new jobs. the greater baltimore committee said new infrastructure projects are just what our state needs. >> to make sure that the money we raised is used for the purpose for which it's intended. let's make the investments to move our state forward. >> most of the recommend projects are in the baltimore, d.c., metropolitan area. >> she knows we have a problem.

senator barbara mikulski has a plan to make sure we were get the drugs we need and no more authoritiages. it's time to hit the gym at brick bodies. we'll meet the challengers. they will tell their story. looking forward to. that hey, 75 at bwi today. the normal is still just above 60. now we guaranteed 72, three degrees off. sorry, no umbrella getting shipped out today. we'll talk about the impact on maryland. we'll answer that at 6:00.

wyatt is putting us in the mood. we burn all this stuff off. look what kind of day we had. we're at hemingway's having their happy hour. enough. i've got to go on. beautiful. wyatt will be back with the full forecast. today was national walking day. hundreds gathered near lake montebello. the event is put on by the american heart association getting us to get up and movement people were also encouraged to walk 30 minutes

during the day and add more physical activity to their daily lives. imagine not being able to see your hands or medication that could save your life. senator barbara mikulski is fighting to put an end to that. prescription drug shortages has been an issue. she talked about it at the university of maryland medical center. pharmacies buy a big amount of pills and juggle them to other companies and it puts patients in jeopardy like josh. >> my dream depends on that. >> he said he feels guilty when he's able get the drugs he needs, wondering who will not be able to get it. here we are, the fifth annual brick bodies challenge.

six teams are vying to lose the most weight and take home the top prize of $10,000. charley crowson introqueueses -- introduces us to two women. >> reporter: they better get used to their treadmills, planks and squats. they're on a mission to change their lives. she said her motivation comes from two different places. the first and most important, improve her life-style and get off medication. >> i've exercised but not really stuck to it. this is a new beginning, an opportunity to start all over. >> reporter: the second, her big day is coming up in september when she will tie the knot. >> i've been dress shopping. most dress shops carry the sample size. i don't know who they're

sampling, but not me. >> reporter: working with lorraine is her friend and coworker darlene. she's battled weight off and on, starting diets, exercise plans but never finished. >> i always try to lose some weight. i start and give up. it's a real struggle. now i'm ready to stay focus and learn all i ned to learn. at one time i did it on my own. now we have a personal trainer that will make this better. >> reporter: and keeping these two focused one of brick body's personal trainers. >> core training, strength training and cardio. my style of training. >> reporter: less than three months to go, their goals are set and mike is giving them orders on what to do. now they have a word of warning from their fellow competitors.

>> get ready. >> reporter: in timonium, charley crowson. >> they are currently sitting in second place after losing almost 19 total pounds. >> the warm weather always motivates us to get out there more and get exercise in, extra long walk. that's where we'll have the rest of the evening. 74 at bwi. very warm. you have to remember for early apricialtion 60, 61 degrees. that would be average. temperatures will cool off and then they will and up back close to 70 by easter. talk about the weather today. cloudy early, not so nice in the morning, not bad. look at the skies clearing out going sapphire blue. this is the view from summit ridge. as we go to howard county,

ellicott city, our lady of perpetual help. we finished with bright sunshine, still warm temperatures. the difference, the front comes through. we don't feel the cold air for usually a day or a day and a half. it kind of arrives late. we will feel the difference by tomorrow morning and certainly over the next few days. maryland's radar continuing to scan all clear. the next chance for showers looks to be early next week. it's rain we could use. several inches of rain deficit after a relatively dry winter. looking for rain. we hope we'll get it early next week. there's a red flag concern. burn warnings in effect. temperatures running mild, comfortable. good time to be outside weather wise and as we look at the humidity levels you can see part of the reason there are burn

bans because no rain and humidity levels below 20%. these red shaded counties, that's or area almost including cecil county. to the south we have a severe weather threat. there's a freeze concern for western pennsylvania. so you can see there are watches and warnings surrounding maryland but nothing in our state except for garrett county. take a look. the main storm track is to our south and west. we continue to see storms flaring up west virginia back through kentucky and that is part sort of an edge of the weather maker that pushed through texas yesterday. it's a large storm system, double barreled low pressure. the main center of the storm north of oklahoma, still big storm flaring up down toward northern alabama and up through the tennessee valley. here in maryland, the boundary is south of us. that's allowing the skies to clear and still warm in

baltimore. we see most of the warm air is bottled up south of us. 60s and 50s to the north. the cool hair will edge in for the next two days including the season opener on friday. looking at the overall pattern. most of the rain will stay off to the south. down to 42, clear and breezy. tomorrow your two-degree guarantee 62 and sunny, so cooler and getting rather cool tomorrow night down to 36. could see frost in the northwest suburbs. we look at the outlook. again, sunshine and 60, tough to complain for the orioles opener. warmer by easter, jamie. >> hey, we now note ravens preseason schedule. one's going to be on national tv. the other one against a new opponent. >> the ravens will start the preseason against the falcons on

august the 9th and against detroit the following friday and jacksonville on the 23rd and st. louis on the 30th. the regular season schedule will be released in the next couple of weeks. list on it this story out of howard university, washington, d.c. they have suspended the teams. a statement, a university spokeswoman says it is with regret that we have temporarily suspend intercollegiate competition. this is a self-imposed action by the university that conduct the review. we are working quickly to resolve the issue. they compete in the miacc. copen state -- cop penn state said they have not told if the game has been suspended.

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taxpayer the house of delegates passed the capital busmght -- budget. it pays for infrastructure projects and spurs construction work to create jobs and calls for more than $351 million to build and renovate schools there. were some changes made by the house but now have to be worked out by the senate. another note to tell you b the howard university in d.c. canceled all intercollegiate. now they're going to say some -- there will be some scheduling of games but some of the players won't be able to play. it's confusing, i know. we'll have for at 11. >> through the delay much cooler. we were in the mid-70s. only low 60s tomorrow. looking at that home opener on friday. 60 with sunshine, pretty good tailgating. >> all right. that's it for us at 6:00.

we'll see you on abc2 news at 11. diane sawyer is up next.