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55 on the j.f.x. heading into the city. we also have some live drive times every 11 minutes on the west and topside. 95 southbound looking at five minutes there. no major delays. just u.s. 50 east down. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. back over to you. >> thank you. a 22-year-old parolee is behind bars. >> the alleged victim is a 7- year-old girl. jennifer franciotti it is live with the details. >> this case first came to attention of authorities when the girl tested positive for gonorrhea. her mother's boyfriend had been charged in this case. the sexual abuse happens inside the child's west baltimore home. the victim had an active case of gonorrhea. the boyfriend stated he wanted to prove he did not do anything so he agreed to be tested. the sexual abuse happened in the beginning of may. vic had an active case of gonorrhea. the mother's boyfriend agreed to be tested. the affidavit said he and a mother both tested positive for gonorrhea. the boyfriend spoke with the detectives and admitted to having sexual contact with the girl. the suspect is being held without bail. his identity is not being released to protect the identity of the victim. police are also investiting another case of gonorrhea, this time involving an 18-month old. >> the scene of a murder bacchant february faces new criticism. the youth facility is plagued by overcrowding and is not fit for the youth who live there. one woman was beaten to death on the grounds of that school back in february. the police investigation focused on a 13-year-old but no charges have been fired. brian fleming was fined $900. prosecutors had saught jail time. >> anne arundel county police are investigating a deadly accident involving a pedestrian. it happened about 11:00 last night. it is not clear if the pedestrian or the driver was at fault. the ailing city budget threatens many people. there was a town hall meeting last night. police officers and firefighters layoffs and three fire stations could be shut down. another incident could be linked to assault. one group of writers said they keep kids out of trouble. >> you know for today i will leave my neighborhood and i will joyride around town where are more likely to be safer. >> city council members pledged to work with the group to see if they cannot work out a compromise. >> robot submersibles are back at work this morning. what is already in the water is moving closer to florida. kerry cavanaugh has details. >> the crisis is bleeding east as oil slicks approached the beaches of florida. >> i wish it did not come to this. >> alabama fishermen for a floating blockade. they say they cannot work and bp will not hire them to help in the cleanup. elijah cummings met with many fishermen. >> with every drop of oil that we see in our waters, there is a family that is suffering and livelihoods that are going in a direction that people don't want them to go into. >> the coast guard branch -- he will use that platform to include the coast guard in all stages of offshore drilling operations. >> they have more of a consulting role with regard to laying out what the crisis will be. they become responsible for overseeing the cleanup. >> the attorney general launched a criminal and civil investigation. the commission will determine what went wrong people at the catastrophe unfolding right now may prove to be a result of human error or a corporation taking dangerous shortcut to compromise safety, or a combination of both. >> the congressman is calling for stricter oversight of the cleanup. keep knowledge is these are uncharted waters and we may never recover from this disaster. >> neither the government nor beebe was ready to respond to it worst-case scenario. >> if bp succeeds in containing this oil, it will redirect the crude to the surface. the company estimates it will take all summer long to stop the flow entirely. >> a new report criticizes city schools and is calling on officials to renovate buildings. it calls for changes to 70% of the buildings. city officials say that money is hard to come by. they have been putting federal dollars to good use. >> the great debate in sports over instant replay is heating up again. detroit pitcher armando galarraga was one out away from pitching a perfect game went first base umpire jim joyce clearly missed this call. the instant replay shows the ball did reach first base ahead of the runner. after the game, jim joyce admitted he missed the call. armando galarraga got the next batter to ground out. that brings us to our watercooler question of the day. should major-league baseball extend use of instant reply to include judgment calls? 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e-mail your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> 11 sports with pete gilbert. >> a bit of a struggle for the orioles this season. they are 15 games back in the standings. it is not 15 games back of first, but 15 games back of fourth. they did not compete well last night. nick swisher, the last of three doubles. this is a ground rule. yanks take a four-0 lead. the yankees do get on the board. miguel tejada continues to run hard. six test one. top of the aid, the game is out of reach --6-1. miguel tejada working hard and trying to score on first on the double by nick markakis. the effort did not translate into success. they dropped their seventh consecutive game and nine out of 10, 9-1 is your final. indians and tigers. armando galarraga is perfect through eight innings for detroit. good charge into center. what a grab. the perfect game intact. jason macdonald hits the shot. the throw to first base. the first base umpire, jim joyce, called him safe. ball, glove, foot, glove, out. the umpire said he blew the call. he admitted he was wrong. indeed, it was the scenario. 28 up, 28 down four galarraga. e jthe detroit won 3-0. ayn griffey jr. decided to s enough is enough. game 3 in the stanley cup fliers, the flyers win in overtime. we will see tonight back here at 6:00 p.m. [unintelligible] coming up in the-- >> a suspect is behind bars after a child tests positive for gonorrhea. >> the streets of baltimore will become a race track next year. >> things are pretty quiet right now. we do expect some thunderstorms later today. stay with us. >> we are still checking on that accident on u.s. 50. we have the very latest on h >> live, local, late-breaking,