His current job a daytime aide for the school for the deaf. Officials declined comment pending the outcome of the investigation. Taylor is facing three counts of sex abuse of a minor which is a felony. Police are asking anyone who has more information on taylor because they feel there are more victims out there. Please call the number on your screen. Were live im lowell mesler. Authorities are identifying the prisoner involved in yesterdays policeinvolved shooting at stnts joseph medical center. He is charged with attempted murder but he is still in the hospital. It was around 2 30 yesterday when he was receiving treatment and tried to hide a needle in his clothing. After a brief struggle an officer stepped in and he went for the gun. At one point, the weapon went off. He was handcuffed the entire time. The officer was graced by the bullet. An overnight fire in baltimore county. 62yearold William Spencer was killed when these flames took over his home. This is eyewitness video from one of our viewers. About 80 fire personnel was called to the scene. Were told the fire escalated to twoalarm. Two firefighters are being treated for minor injuries. In the meantime, a fire in done lock. Earn northwest lowell senior died of Carbon Monoxide poising. They pulled him from the building but were told he died at a hospital. The cause of the fire is under investigation. A first for samesex marriage couples day. Many of them lined up to fill out marriage applications. The licenses wont be valid until january 1 when the state law goes into effect. Were live with what a lot of people consider an historic day. Enthusiasm filled Clerks Office but not people. Samesex couples lined up overnight waiting for the Clerks Office to open so they could fill out an marriage application. Samesex couples trickled at other courthouses. Ken was the first in line. This is my marriage license and my fiance and i are here and its official, which is great. It is just this is exciting. This is a piece of history. Following a momentos challenge to get a bill recognizing samesex marriage. Voters provided their stamp of approval official word that the governor certify all of the ballots traveled as fast as twitter because the licenses couldnt be given out until the governor made it official. I got a text message from the Governors Office i showed the picture to the clerk but the clerk also looked online and saw the formal document. The state made some slight changes. In january when these licenses become valid the chapel will ring them in. Will you take so and so for your lawfulfully wedded spouse. They are planning to ring in the new year with a wedding ceremony that they feel like it took a lifetime to do. I never thought i could marry the person i love. Now that i can, it is earth moving, it really is. Marylands law takes effect january 1. Maryland has a 48 hour waiting period requirement. The heated battle between the baltimore arch diocese and Baltimore City is taking center stage in a federal courtroom in virginia. A court will determine if it is constitutional to require antiabortion pregnancy clinics in maryland to post certain disclaimers. It was back in june that a lower court determined that violated free speech. City law requires pregnancy countling centers to post disclaims saying they do not post birth control. At John Hopkins University the university will contribute 10 million over the next five years. Rob roblin join us now with more details. This is a lot of money that is going to help these communities quite a bit. The money is going to do things like getting development in the communities, School Projects and neighborhood improvements. Todays announcement is an effort by the university to improve and strengthen the communities that surround John Hopkins University. It is clear that the interest of our neighbors, safe streetings, the elimination of Dilapidated Properties is the interest of our combruferte. Off all, the future of john hopkins is linked to the community and were deeply, deeply committed to baltimores success. It will be 10 million over the next five years for Community Projects that will be chosen with the residents that live in the neighborhoods. It is our hope that john hopkins will serve as a model. By demonstrating that the vitally of the neighborhood surrounding the institution is critical, critical to the strength and the growth of those institutions. John hopkins is committed to leveraging investments as well as its purchasing power to promote the growth of local minority and womenowned business. Residents in the area i talked with today were happy to hear of hopkins plan to help their neighborhoods. That is good. Dont you think that is a good idea . I think it is wonderful. They can build here and use the area they need to put the money into the area, into the people. Put some money into it, i think im all for it. So more power to them. You are invested in the community you should give back. People will come back and work in the same place and reinvest in the community and everybody wins. They are going to make an efrlts to hire more Baltimore City residents when they can. The chilly temperatures certainly returned in the area, 20s this morning and it was a struggle to climb into the low 40s. Temperatures are already settling back into the upper 30s around the baltimore area. If temperature drop will continue for the next few hours. Were watching showers and cloud cover coming up from the west. It will put a stop on the rapid temperature drop and cap things off a little bit. The wet weather will be tracking throw our area tomorrow. Donna is at the Washington Monument for the lightening, it is chilly but the question i have for you is it is perfect out here tonight. A little bit of chill in the air is what we needed. It is nice and clear. Back in 1972 the of themayor saw how they lit up their monument and we can do it better and that began to cherish the lightening of the Washington Monument. This is the 41st lighting of the a monumental occasion. A lot of people come here in person and a lot of people watch it here on tv. We have ladies here from the Baltimore School of arts. My name is maddy. Im maggie. Im in the dance department. Imally and im in the theater department. We know this is the first year that the choir has performed here, right, so why can we expect . Something great. They were right around the corner and they are so talented and amazing. You are going to be blown away. Are you the official fan club here . Definitely. We worked really hard. Number one fan. Weve heard them warming up and they are amazing. Im so excited. Im really excited because we dont get to hear a lot of their things but what i do hear is they are incredible and you should really watch it. You have to watch it. You have to be there. Were going to have more details on the food that is down here too. Cant wait. Were prepared to be blown away. Throughout the next hour were going to catch up you are you crew in mount vernon as the crowds start to gather then our live broadcast of a monumental occasion here on wbal 11 news and also on our website, wbaltv. Com. Still and head, dermatologists have been warning for years that u. V. Lamps are as dangerous as tanning beds when it comes to skin cancer. There is a new study that could change the way you think about the final process of getting that manicure. Plus it was it was as high as ive ever seen it. More than a month than Superstorm Sandy devoured part of if east coast parts of maryland are still struggling to recover. Maryland has less than 30 days to file a repeal with fema after its refusal to help those affected by Superstorm Sandy. They say they are open to give parts of maryland a closer look but kisses of oceancy they citizens they say dont need it. The toughest loss we did loss part of the fishing pier on the ocean front which is big news. Everyone relates to the pier. Just the eastern portion of the pier. We did loss that but that has been contracted to be rebuilt. The pier should be back up before next summer. The mayor tells us there is no lingering problems that the fema is dealing with. They are working on beach maintenance and replenishment. Tonights medical alert. A new study out of john hopkins shows that fasting might be key for epilepsy patients. Researchers tell us that children with seizures that are treated with a highfat low carb diet may get an added benefit from fasting. The results suggest that combined these practices can reduce seizures. Fasting could be represent a new way to change the metabolism of children with epilepsy. It looks like the coating on aspirin pills could eliminate the drugs effectiveness in reducing strokes or heart attacks. Researchers say they have found resistance to the medication may not be the problem at all. The coding may prevent as print from being absorbs in a way that allows aspirin to do its job. Bayer who makes aspirin says when used as directed their medication has meaningful benefits. The lamps used to dry your nails after a manicure does not cause skin cancer. There was some concern they they could be linked to a common cancer in this country. Researchers measured the wave levpbts, for wattage of three different models then they determined it would take 250 years of weekly u. V. Lamp sessions to staptsly raise the risk of cancer. Kids may be exhausting but having a child could extend your life. New evidence is revealing that parenthood cuts the risk of early death especially among women. Childless women were four times likely to die than women who gave birth. Did you hear that, kits can be exhausting . You are learning it now, arent you . They are great. Temperatures today a lot chillier than they have been. 42 for the high. A morning low of 27. We go from way above normal to temperatures below normal. The morning low of 27 was below the average low. The record high was 77. It is getting chilly now. 41 in downtown baltimore. 43 in easton. Temperatures will probably reach the upper 20s early in the evening but with thickening clouds theres a good chance well see 20ses and 30s later tonight and temperatures rising as we head towards morning. Our coldest temperatures are likely to be early tonight. Where that rain starts to move into colder temperatures late tonight and early tomorrow there is potential for icy patches in the morning. This is aned a voicery for hagerstown. Some of the colder valleys might have rain falling into the freezing temperatures early in the morning tomorrow. If you are traveling in that direction keep in mind, there might be icy patches in those lotions. By the time rain gets to baltimore most everybody will be above freezing. There are showers coming up in the southern at police stationians. This is the first area that is first to reach us. This will move up the mountainings bean the midatlantic region. Once we are on the warmer side of the front temperatures will be mild for the upcoming weekend. Temperatures are cold pushing down from maine keeping our temperatures chilly. Then the front to the north of us stalls in our area, these will combine into southern pennsylvania and sit there as we go through the weekend. Cant clear things out completely. It will be unsettled friday, saturday, and sunday, it wont be raining all the time but the risk will be there. Then were on the milder side of it as were into saturday. The showers are mostly around us but there is a generally a cloudy saturday with a 20 chance of a shower popping up. Then you have the low cloudiness maybe light rain on sunday. All of this wont get pushed out until a stronger cold front comes through on monday. Tomorrow, a little bit milder than today thanks to the warm front. The winds will shift to the south at 5 to 10 miles an hour. A couple of scattered showers. Winds out of the south, waves about a foot, high tide after midnight tonight. Up in western maryland they are getting warmer air too. Highs in the 50s friday and saturday. 49 on the Eastern Shore tomorrow. 50 chance of a shower but only a 20 chance of an isolated shower on saturday. Milder temperatures getting into the 60s over the weekend down on the lower Eastern Shore. 50 chance of shower tomorrow only 20 on saturday. It looks like the best day of the weekend. Then rain chances increase again as temperatures climb into the 60s maybe with a rumble on monday and cooler temperatures by the middle of next week. You can smoke them if you got them. You heard right. Rec creational marijuana is legal in maryland. It is not a freeforall. Well tell you where you can light up legally. Then were going to have a live look at the lighting at it is official. There are somewhere in the u. S. That you can purchase marijuana legally for Recreational Use. Washington state is going down in history for the first state to approve the marijuana milestone. But there is a lot of questions about how to buy it and where . Chris clackum has details. When the clock struck midnight in seattle on thursday 100 or so pot lovers gather to it light up. Recreational use of marijuana is now legal after voters approved the measure on november. Washington voters were very ready for a new approach to marijuana. A new approach that led to adults over 21 to posses over an ounce of pot and use it but only in private. Which meant the midnight celebration was, in fact, illegal. The new law conflicts with a federal ban on marijuana. It didnt tell police how to enforce it and lacks spisks on how to regular late producers. There is a major problem that has to be work out quickly. Officials say they are plowing forward because prohibition got expensive. The state spent 1 million a year prosecutors offenders. This is one reason why rohigs has failed in its purpose. While the feds decide what they will do the state is expect an influx of tourist. It is already happening. There is people from boston, noraway, and other places here. This puts them above colorado where its law of Recreational Use on marijuana goes into effect next month. Former Baseball Players and baseball fans it could look different. Tens of thousands of dollars being pumped into the stadium. Some National Attention in vocabulary for some students. That story is up next. Their idea to collect toys for Superstorm Sandy victims has gone crazy after its gone viral. Gone crazy after its gone viral. That is straight ahead. [ knocking ] oh, no, i got to go. Oh, can you make that to go . These days, nobody has time to get sick. But minuteclinic makes it easy to get well. Our Nurse Practitioners can diagnose and write prescriptions for everything from strep throat to sinus infections with no appointment necessary, so you can feel better in no time. You guys want to go to the park . Yeah yeah minuteclinic, the Medical Clinic in cvs pharmacy. Accepts United Healthcare benefit plans. Find a clinic near you at minuteclinic. Com. Youre watching wbal 11 news at 5 00 p. M. Your forecast with chief meteorologist with tom tasselmyer. Wbal 11 news at 5 00 p. M. Continues now. New at 5 30 high margin vocabulary for a group of elementary and middle school students. This is just out, it shows vocabulary scores are on the rise in maryland. This is not a separate test but it seems to prove that students are getting a better handle on word meanings. Were live in the studio with the details. I think this does prove that students are reading more and understanding words and their meanings. In maryland, it is all about what is taken place in the classroom. When something is massive it is large and heavy. Words are key for students at this Elementary School. It also the case where there are improving scores across the state. It shows that fourth grade scores are up by three points. Those numbers are higher than the national average. Same thing for maryland eighth graders. They are ranked above the national average. School Officials Say they are not surprised by the increase. We strive every day to have our students focus on what the word means, through movement, through games we play with them. Kids are concentrated on what the words mean. What are teachers doing to help drive up the numbers . We teach it the same way we just make it different by teaching it in different ways. Educaters say teacher training is making a difference on how students learn. The words are still very important. It always comes back to how many words the student can interact with, it helps their vocabulary and writing and reading later in life. Volunteers also pitch in. We go over the words and with do a list of words then i have them read a story. School Officials Say they are eager to track student progress beyond Elementary School and middle school. The students in both classes were among the best throughout the nation. In other educational news more online classes could be headed to baltimore county. He told students in a town hall meeting on wednesday the district could get between 30 million and 40 million to help fund this project. They will help to close the achievement gap and prepare students for college and careers. This is for all the students but we have to put every course that need to graduate online. So far 61 School Systems are in the running for these federal dollars, including Baltimore City. The winner will be announced at the end of the month. Heres a look at our other top stories. An aide at the Maryland School for the deaf is under arrest charged with sexually abusing three girls. 37yearold Clarence Taylor has been suss spended from his job, accused of inappropriately touching the girls while he was working as an even shift dorm aide. The abuse happened over a twoyear period. The police are looking into if there is more victims. Authorities have identified the prisoner involved in yesterdays policeinvolved shooting. 30yearo