doreen, we're told it was very busy here atthe time the teenager ran here. somebody flagged down a police officer who called for an ambulance. the victim was conscious and able to tell officers that the shooting happened at another location, a residential neighborhood on 14th place about a block from here. witnessetold detectives that the 16-year-old was waing with a teenage girl when the shooting happened. now, investigators located the spot where they believe it happened, but as of about 45 minutes ago, they have not been able to locate the teenage girl. they do not believe that she was injured. now, the 16-year-old's injuries are described as serious but

non-life-threatening. detectives were over at the scenup until about an hour ago. at this poin they tell us they do not have a motive for the shooting, but again, the 16ear-old's injury is described as serious but non-life-threatening. back to you. >> jackie bensen. thank you, jackie. a local school is in the midst of an on-line scandal with pictures and comments of students and teachers so inappropriate that the school system contacted facebook directly to have those pages taken down. now we're learning the problem may be bigger than just the one school. craig melvin is in alexandria now with more on this. craig? >> reporter: dozens of students, teachers, even the principle herself was on facebook with titles too nasty to tell on broadcast television. under those pictures, comments, some of them exual,so terribly offensive that school district officials raced to take down

those pages and contact the parents. >> they were vulgar and unnecessary and absolutely inappropriate. >> reporter: the school esource officer told her late last week. >> he said, you're not going to believe what's on facebook. he showed me very quickly and i said, oh, my god, that's terrible. let's get it off right away. >> reporter: dozens of pictures of t.c. williams students, teachers gathered from various web sites and posted on four especially made facebook pages. the culprit who made the pages did not alter e individual pictures but started posting comments. hundreds of students joined in. as school officials tried to figure out who was behind the pages, they foundut something se. >> we understand that there is a rash of these things going on in the area, so we're not the only school that had to deal with this. >> reporter: several t.c. williams students told us about other similar pages involving other high schl students in the area. principle maxie made two public

announcements to students and also sent thi letter home to parents. >> this is the kind of thing where you teach parents they need to monitor what their kids are doing on facebook or any of the social networking sites. >> reporter: they agree it's a lesson morparents can use. >> i look at the text messaging from time to time to make sure everything is okay. >> reporter: while she checks facebook, she's realistic. >> they have to have me as their friend. i also know that there's ways they can get around what i can see and what they really do. >> reporter: now, alexandria city police say at this point there does not appear to beny laws that have been brokn. they're not toip mystic of finding the person who put up these pages. both school officials said this is an excellent opportunity to teach parents to use those privacy settings on facebook.

>> thanks, craig. a mother and r baby were separated inside the metro system today. the stroller with a baby inside was put on a green line train this morning. somehow the door closed before the mother could get on. the train operator then got off with the baby at the next station. police watched the baby until the mother would get there. maryland's attorney general told news4 that the maker of an energy drink are breaking the law 4 loco, which is also known as blackout in a can. they're targeting children as consumers. several states, including washington and michigan, hve banned the sales of the product. doug ganzo says it's necessary to prevent the sale of the drink here as well. >> they're breaking the law. they're monitoring alcoholic drinks to children, marketing

them to children, and thas why children are getting hurt. >> some were hospitalized last month after drinking 4-loco at a party. they're working to ban the product worldwide. a teacher who was killed in howard county. aaron brice was killed outside a house last halloween. investigators have since learned there was another shooting outside the same house which is rented for parties six months earlier. ballistic tests show the same gun was used in both crimes. toght the victim's familis asking for closure in the murder of their son. >> this guy never had an angry face, ever. he was always happy. loved his mom, loved his sister, he loved people. this person worked and volunteered daytime. that's the type of person he was. >> police believe brice was shot in a drive-by.

another young man also was hit. he survived but he's paralyzed. prosecutors in the chandra levy murder trial dropped two charges today and then rested their case. they dropped charges against ingmar guandique. they included attempted sexual assault and aggravated murder, but he is still facing a kidnapping charge, robbery charge and two other murder charges. prosecutors haveased their case on a number of other witnesses. a cellmate of guandique's is excted to take the stand on monday. guandique himself could also testify. jury deliberations could begin as early as next wednesday. off the coast of mexico tonight, two tug boats continue to t the disabled cruise ship back to san diego. a coast guard helicopter has been dropping basic supplies for the444 passengers and crew on bod. instead of surf and turf, dinners now consist of spam. a fire shut down the luxury

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donovan mcnabb has quickly become the face of the washington redskins after more than a decade up in philadelphia. it's a me that has made national headlines for his impact on the field, but it also has an impact on the mcnabb family life off the field. lisay here now with more on this. lindsay? >> off the field, donovan mcnabb is the loving husband, the father of four young kids. the reason, though, that he can focus on his job with the diversity and challenges that come his way is because of his wife, rocksie. a former basketba player, he

met his wife at syracuse. talking to roxie for a minute, her warmth is evident. her support is vital to t redskins' success. ♪ >> donovan mcnabbis one of the best known football players in the nfl. that means every move he makes is under the microscope. but what about the person who shares that life with the superstar quarterback? roxie mcnabb has been married to donovan for seven years, and while she's rarely in the spotlight, she shares some of the pressures her husband is under. >> it's a lot of balance, a lot ofpatience. if you get too caught up in it, things don't work out ll. i've seen it so many times. you can't get caught up in the fact of all the stuffgoing on. >> did you ever feel like there were certain things you had give up when you entered this lifestyle? >> oh, yeah. i won't say gave tit up, i say

put it on hold. when he retires, there are things i want to do. i'm ve involved in education. that's what i want to do. not necessarily teach, but i always wanted to be in education somewhere and i want to get my phd. that's what i want do in football you can be somewhere one week and somewhere the next week, so you can't start something and not be able to finish. i put it on hold. >> for 11 seasons in philadelphia, donovan mcnabb was often criticized. he had a love-hate relationship th the eagles fans and this was something roxie mcnabb had to deal with regularly but it comes with the territory. >> you can predict how they're going to react to things. so you just deal with it. t, you know, it wasn't -- i wouldn't say a great situation for him because there are a lot of things we can do here that we couldn't do there. just going out to arestaurant like this, we couldn't do there,

because someone would say something crazy and -- you know. so it's different. >> do you see yourself really being happy here for a long time? >> i like it here. i do. it's a nice area. the people are all very friendly, they enjoy football. i like it. and the kids like it so far. they like their school, their teachers. that's important. ifhe kids are happy, then i'm happy. and don likes it. he enjoys it. i can make him go to target now. >> really? >> yeah. >> roxie will take the an nimty for now and then it will be her time to shine. in either role, she and donovan are just enjoying life. >> we don't take life very seriously. it's a great time in our life. he plays football. it's a good time. >> it was a history 101 class in syracuse where they met. donovan spotted her. she told him she played on a women's basketball team. he didn't believe her.

he showed up that week in practice and that's where their love affair began. >> good story. >> it's good for h to be happy, because when your wife is happy, things tend to work out so much better. trust me on that. it's true. >> and he's giving her a lo of reasons to be happy. >> thanks, lindsay. >> you're welcome, guys. spectacular weathe today. the trend continues. >> it's going to continue and continue and continue right through monday night. lindsay, what happens monday night? a little bit of a football game out there. >> you're going to be there, right? >> i'll be there alongside you guys as well. big game on monday and the weather will hold right on through the day on monday for that game. but out there right now, beautiful conditions. 64 degrees. that was the high temperature today, five degrees above average. yes, we are on a roll and it will continue over the next couple of days. more fantastic weathe including the day tomorrow as well. 54 degrees out there right now. winds out of the northeast at about 3 miles an hour.

it is clearing off with clear skies in the middle of november. 42n mart inzburg and 47n quantico. sending the kids off to school tomorrow, cool but nice. 34 to 44 degrees. we are going to see some sunshine and the sun makes it up about 6:46. during the day today, st. louis 77 today. 72 in cincinnati, but to the north, only 48 in boston. they saw 40-mile-an-hour winds, they saw rain, and it has been nasty up toward the boston area in the last couple of days, and it'sll because of that storm system we've been talking about in the last few days. it has been sitting off the coas not moving. high pressure back to the west. we are in between the two, but right now high pressure is winning out as this huge ridge will continue to make its way over toward our region. so whatre we expecting? more nice wther for the night tonight. into the day tomorrow. the area of low pressure finally moving off, high pressure settling on in. that may cool the numbers off a

little bit by one or two degrees during the day tomorrow. on friday we'll see the mbers move back up, and on saturday, i really think it will be beautiful, beautiful start to the weekend. tomorrow morning, mostly clear, cool but nice. 34 in some of the colder surbs to about 44 in the city. tomorrow afternoon we'll warm up nicely again to about the 60-degree mark in the city. some areas in the upper 50s but most of us at the 60-degree mark, at least. a bit breezy but not bad. 10 to 15, maybe 20 miles an hour through thafternoon. keep the flags blowing on veteran's day. 64 on your friday, 66 on saturday. some locations could be up around the 7 on-degree mark, especially those areas to the south like fredericksburg. 70 on saturday, 62 on sunday. sunday still looking nice and here comes monday. monday a grea day as well with temperatures in the 60s but then things are going to change a little bit. by tuesday and wednesday we'll see a chance of rain. not a big chancen tuesday, but a better chance on tuesday night

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so theizards haven't beaten the rockets in how long? >> the rockets were 91 against the wizards, but thiseek cliff had a method and it seems he got the attention of his players.

part of what makes john wall so good is he really improves every single game, and he did it tonight in a big way. wall posted his first professional triple double. 19 points, 13 assists and ten rebounds, but as he will tell you, the most important thing is the wizards got the win. first quarter off e rockets' miss. john wall grabs the rebound. look at that of mcgee right there for the alley-oop. in control early on. who else was in the house? g"magic" johnson sat courtside with the wizards owner. wizards create the turnover. andre black picks it up, lobs it to arenas. wall with 19 points. that is how goo this team can be if they can just execute third quarter now.

john wall was all over it again, taking control here. wall says, this time i think i'm going to mix it up. goes to leon. pretty move here. gets 13 points off the bench. john wall and the wizards defeat the rockets. it's about time. 98-91. to college hoops. maryland coach gary williams has so much confidence in his young players th with seconds left tonight, in need of one basket to avoid an upset, williams toss touchdown to a freshman playing in just his second game. he rose to the occasion. maryland and the maryland turks. first half, charleston on fense. take a look at this. the alley-oop to darion simmons, perfectly executed play. stewart william wide open under the bucket throws it down. jordan williams had a team high, rebounds, the game was tied at 37 at the half.

17 seconds to go, gary and the turks are down one. drives, turns, hits the huge straightaway right he. will it go? yes, it does. howard had 14 points off the bench. the turks won. so a critical moment. last chance for charleston. huh-uh, maryland hangs on to win it 75-74. gary williams -- >> not looking too happy. >>no, not looking too happy. his team improved 2-0. that's what makes him such good coach. it seems based on payroll tt the yankees or the rangers would get the services of ace pitcher clif lee just because they had the most money. but you might not know the nationals could really behe sleeper. the nats want a number one pitcher and lee is open to washington and will listen to offers from the nats. meanwhile, the nationals unveiled a brand new look with new jersey. tyler clipper was there rocking the new jersey.

no gold color in the uniforms. ian desmond and john lamb were striking a pose. then wearing the home whites will just have the lo. no names across the front. remember when they messed up the spelling? cliff lee would look good in one of those jersey what do you think is the chance for that, ryan zimmerman? >> as much as people say they hate the yankees and the red sox, they have the chance of going to the world series every year. we're working toward that, w're getting there. it doesn't mean we're n going to go after them, but do i think we'll g cliff lee? no, but it doesn't mean we won'. >> look at the clean uniforms. >> extra small. how can they wave empty beer

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