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and the piper ed win jackson will make the debut and michael parker decided to transfer and that is sports to you. >> and he's never taken a lesson and probably got free lessons. >> yup. >> and we get it all of the time. >> easy going. >> and a little more. loosen your grip. >> whatever works. have a great night. back here at 10.

. >>> two more maryland basketball players in trouble today, sophomores michael parker and terrell stoglund have been suspended the rest of the year for is righting the student athlete code of conduct. because of that the team's heeding storer will enter the upcoming -- leading scorer will enter the upcoming nba draft after his teammate was arrested this morning for disorderly conduct. >>> virginia tech has a new head basketball coach. james johnson, a former hokies assistant will take over. john on had left two weeks ago for a job at clemson. >>> time now for our latest high school game of the week poll. here's some of your choices. gonzaga at landon at boys lacrosse and go online to vote. >>> the home run golf tournament in leesburg today, the public plays alongside wounded warriors and returning veterans and the money raised supports servicemen and women and their families at operation home front. so at least the rain stayed away. they had some nice weather to be on the course. >> well, this is it for us. the cbs evening news is next. >> derek is back at 7:00 with our area's only local n

michael parker announces he's leaving the university of maryland.a statement, the sophomore says he needs to go to a school where he's more wanted and needed. he averaged just 4 points per game this last season in limited playing time. football news, the nfl has denied an appeal by new orleans saints head coach shawn payton who will have to serve a full one-year suspension. payton made his appeal last week, but the commissioner ruled the full punishment will stand. orioles, yankees tonight, a chance to get back at the guys from new york. >> that's,,,,,,,,,,,, greetings from the windy city of chicago. people here sure are friendly but some have had a hard time understanding my accent. so to make sure people get every word of the geico savings message i've been practicing how to talk like a true chicagoan. switching to geico could save you hundreds of dollars on car insurance... da bears. haha... you people sure do talk funny. geico®. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see eve

who's not running tired world for his catchphrase and let's get ready to rumble bettering our son michael parkerwho has been speaking exclusively to r.t. . it's a great evolution and it says it's a taken a spore that. you know that a lot of eastern europeans and many russians dominated in the olympics for the last quarter century and now really at the fruits of all the labor of people trained me other men boxing training chances outsold coming to see. it like you see see volved this friend says to him only really the potential to have a lot of the world champions from russia the arenas in our in the first place arenas said which is great if you're you have the world championship fighters and now world championship events televised around the more thousands of people go to see it they play now recognize the fighters and it's it's a really great environment for bonds. the reason it started it because there was a period more where you know it's still existed in the ring announcer has to introduce all the officials that are before the fight or the city and still we've had a moment with the fighters

michael parker is one of them. >> it does not make any sense when we are contributing to culminating unemployment. we are contributing to the betterment of the downtown oakland industry. the economy of oakland. i'm not on a street corner selling stuff. we're doing this the right way. we're not criminals. that is why we are doing what we're doing. >> taking over the downsized operation will be the schools chancellor. dale scott jones. in its the road ahead is uncertain. marijuana activist call for a day of protest is friday which happens to be 4/20. >> marking the 106th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake, hitting a snag. how san fransisco landmark lost its golden hue. >> he told orange county " no ". that is not enough to stop the effort to get george lucas film production facility there. tom orange county is trying to woo him back. ,, >> he told orange county " no thanks ". but it is not stopping the county from making a last-ditch effort to get george lucas to expand his own production facility there. don ford tells us that it may be too little too late. >> george lucas has been mak

it took a judge's order before someone realized that claude parker was not michael lewis. >> they have a tv parker -- camera in the jail and that is how he's presented before the judge. the judge said what happened to the fingerprints we orderd? they couldn't find them? by couldn't find the response. the jail people or whoever was there responding to the judge. and he ordered it again. >> reporter: although it took several more days, this time it worked o. lewis' picture, the jail official wrote on it not him. >> something had to be done about this. you know, you can't get away like this and you can't let them get away with this. if they get away now, it will happen again. >> since his ordeal, claude parker has been able to rebuild his life and if there is one thing he wants from the county, it's an apology. he was released from jail in march 2010, his trial is to start april 23rd. the spokesperson for the attorney and department of corrections declined a comment citing a pending trial and this is a final twist: michael lewis didn't pull claude parker's name out of the blue to use as a

and maryland junior guard michael parker is leaving maryland. he is transferring. >> going away.what that's about. >> thank you. facebook looks to expand its online empire. >> for all your news, follow news online searching nbc >>> facebook made its biggest purchase ever today. the company will spend $1 billion to acquire the photo sharing software instagram. the move comes days after instagram released a version of its app for android phones. the deal will still allow instagram to run on sites like twitter. instagram allows users to take photos and apply different filters and then share the images with friends on social media. got that? >> no. >>> coming up tonight at 11:00 we're on our way to baltimore to learn more about the winning megamillions ticket claimed today. also a spring break vacation gone horribly wrong. a maryland father hit by a bed that fell off a passing truck. a 10-year-old girl going to receive a first of its kind award tonight for her actions that saved her baby cousin's life. >>> get ready for cooler air. today was pretty nice with temperatures into the 60s

michael parker and terrell stoeg lynn both suspended for a year by the terps' basketball program.already said he'll transfer. stogeland decided to enter the nba draft. he was the leading scorer for the terps this year. averaged 21.6 points per game. now, he decided to enter the draft yesterday which was the deadline. his departure means the terps will lean heavily on a heralding incoming class of freshman nothing cooming easy for the new maryland head coach mark turgeon since he arrived in college park. the clippers made a comeback in the nba playoffs and perhaps nobody was happier than boxer floyd may weather. what does floyd mayweather have to do with nba basketball? he bet $1.8 million on the clippers. the clippers were down by 27 points in this game. 21 points in the fourth quarter. the clippers came back to win and win floyd mayweather $1.8 million. what a game this was in memphis last night. blake griffin in l.a. the number 5 seed take on zack randolph and the fourth seeded memphis grizzlies. fourth quarter it looks like a blowout. plem fis up by 21. o.j. mayo going to work.

lamari opportunityies -- points out, had they compared a photo, they would have seen that parker looks nothing like michael loses. >> and that one time, i wait for the people to bring the mail and hope someone will say look at my photographs, my fingerprints. and man, i mean every day i wait for mayor, mayor, taking somebody had checked. >> reporter: claude parker was released from jail in march of 2010. his trial is scheduled to start april 23rd. a spokesperson for the county attorney and the department of corrections declined to comment citing a pending trial and here's the final twist: michael lewis didn't pull claude parker's name out of the blue to use as an alias. the two were once acquaintances, laura. >> thank you, paul wagner. >>> one down, two to go. the first winner of the megamillions jackpot comes forward. next on the news edge at 6. >>> a school day could get longer for some local students. we have the details on that one. hi, sue. >>> neigh better savor the spring break while they can, laura. we have good weather for the easter weekend coming up. the passover beginning tonight as the sun goe

. >> but despite parker's pleas no one compared photos or finger prints. this is what michael jerome lewis looked like when parker was taken into custody and if the prints were compared, joe lamari has no doubt claude parker would have been released. it took a judge's order before someone realized claude parker was not michael lewis. >> they have a tv camera in the jail. that's how he's presented to the judge. nine days later he goes up and the judge says what happened to the finger prints we ordered? they couldn't find them. they couldn't find the response. that's the jail people or whoever was there responding to the judge and he ordered it again. >> although it took several more days this time it worked. on lewis' picture the jail official even wrote not him. >> something had to be done about this. you know, you just can't get away like this. i can't let them get away like this. they get way they do it. they get away now it's going to happen again. >> since his ordeal claude parker has been able to rebuild his life, but if there's one thing he wants from the county, it's an

parker providing us expert coverage there. thank you so much. joining us now. representative michael burgess whose district includes parts of dallas-ft. worth texas. what are you hearing and seeing at this precise moment? >> well, when things began to go bad, i left my district office and came home to secure a few things that i had meant to secure earlier. i'm just north of the airport. when it passed over, the rain was so intense that you couldn't see much of anything. a lot of lightning and thunder and wind. we will wed some hail but it was pretty modest. other areas i fear have gotten, have probably suffered more greatly. >> i understand that ironically, you were holding a conference on emergency preparedness just at the weekend. is that right? >> well, a week from saturday on the 14th. in the city of denton. yes, sir. >> and presumably, the information that you would be providing that would be discussed is precisely what's being expedited by people on the ground even as we speak. >> yes, sir. we do this every spring. because texas, we're no stranger to severe weather in this part