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see what deals are out there. then as most women know certainly not you guys it is all about your hair. but maybe not in the way you re thinking about. did you know that your natural color of your hair can be a barometer of your health and well being? we ll tell you why blondes need to protect their eyes and what you re at risk for if you re a redhead or brunette. and we ll introduce to you tillman, a 4-year-old english bulldog who has a way with a skateboard. he s a dare devil on four legs. he ll show us his x-games style a little bit later on. the flying tomato in the dog skateboarding world. he likes to eat the wheels though. i don t know that s that good thing. by the way, the dog loves to do this. he barks when he sees the skateboard. he also snowboards as well. he does. i m serious. we ll also announce the winner of the third round look at him go! we re going to announce the winner of the third round of our semi-finalist for our very own top dog finalist. you have a check of the headlines? i do. in the news this morning, the coast guard says it has not detected any oil leaks after thursday s collapse of a drilling platform off the coast of louisiana. officials are concerned that oil from the platform and the well that it was drilling could pollute the gulf of mexico. meanwhile, hope has faded for 11 workers still missing. police in iraq said a wave of bombings today in baghdad s shiite neighborhoods killed more than 50 people and wounded more than 100. targets included mosques, homes and a clothing shop. forecasters say there is a risk of severe weather today from texas to tennessee. on thursday there were as many as 50 reports of tornadoes in texas, kansas and colorado. fortunately, no reports of any serious damage or injuries. the senate majority leader is scheduling a key heft vote monday on a financial reform package. on thursday, not far from wall street, president obama called for banking regulations to head off any new financial crisis. an unmanned air force rocket is off the ground carrying a small military version of a space shuttle. thursday s launch was the maiden voyage for the x-37b orbital test vehicle. a missouri man with just $29 in his bank account has come forward to claim a $258 million powerball jackpot. chris shaw said he had been just a regular guy, working paycheck to paycheck. that is, until now. and postal workers in virginia were handling packages recently when one of the boxes started moving. well, inside they found that little guy. a live ferret apparently being mailed to puerto rico. that s not right. totally not right! unable to find the observer or the intended recipient, stamp, as they call him now, has a new home in virginia. tried to mail a live animal? i know. don t even can t even imagine. he s good, he s got a home. he s happy and being fed and has lots of friends. happy that that turned out okay. how about a check of the weather? all right. as we ve been talking about, we ve got this risk of strong storms. low pressure area back through the rockies, a trailing cold front. we have a triple point where the occluded front, a cold front and a warm front come together. on into arkansas. it continues tonight where there is a very strong risk of strong storms and tornadoes in parts of louisiana and mississippi and continues on into tomorrow where we ve got a pretty wide area for most of mississippi, alabama, on into tennessee and parts of west virginia. we are looking at strong storms, in fact of risk of them all the we are going to see partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies this happen in, 69 to 78 degrees in central maryland. partly cloudy and about 70. that s your latest weather. a rare appearance on a friday from uncle willie scott who s in kissimmee, florida. i understand you got a pie there, willard. i certainly do. i got a piece right here. and we are live from kissimmee. how about that? and that s the american pie council. fabulous pie cooking. american tradition. nobody loves pies any better than i do. linda hunt. from michigan. just like i said. michigan. my favorite state, michigan. yes. have you been making pies since you were just a little fella? a little girl. easy bake oven. i had one of those! did you? i bake apple pies. do you have a big shop or little shop? i have the cutest little pie shop in the whole wide world. you were last year s champion winner of the american pie council contest. it s let s see, cheery cherry cherry berry pie tom s. named after your brother-in-law. it is. this is the pie. this would be the first time i ever done this show that i actually got to eat a piece of pie. you ready? i m ready. here we go. willard! that s awesome though, isn t it? the best pie you ve ever had. best pie i ve ever had. now i m going to have the best shower i ever had. here, congratulations for last year. it really is a great american traditi tradition. happy birthday to our birthday buddies from coast to coast. no time to lose your glasses, uncle willie. you see them anywhere over there? they re in my pocket. put them on my head. this is carrie ada berrien from brunswick, georgia. 115 years old. secret to longevity is her faith in the good lord and a cheery cherry cherry berry pie. happy birthday to you. how sweet it is. okay, here s thea fortney from viroqua, wisconsin. has only been to the hospital once. maybe twice when she was born, but maybe not. 108. 108 years old. god bless her. and william sullivan of jefferson, south carolina. 100. want to read that. he lives independently, still drives to church weekly, loves planting vegetables. we ve got another one here. mary aguiar of fall river, mass. some of the nicest people in the world up there. told at 99 that she had three days to live. happy birthday. edna silva, detroit, michigan, 100 years old. retired telephone operator. worked for henry ford. and preston from morristown, nj. 104 years old. retired from metlife. my dad worked for them. that s all from kissimmee, florida. thank you so much. how sweet it is. now back to new york and mr. matt. thank you. how sweet willard is. thank you, willard. this morning on today s health, what to watch for if you re a blonde, brunette or redhead. women spend thousands of dollars on their hair but your natural hair color could actually tell you a lot about your health. dr. carrie peterson is a contributor to women s health magazine. good morning, dr. peterson. so your hair color can really determine something about your health? it absolutely can. there are genetic influences, it can determine how much pigment you have. those can all help determine your health. start off with the blondes. they always say blondes have a little more fun, but apparently when it comes to the sun, we all know that s not necessarily the case. why? that s correct. well, first off, we need to talk about what they can be prone to. they can be prone to macular degeneration which is an eye condition that causes blindness. the reason for this is that the pigment in lighter eyes is lacking. that protects your eyes from ultraviolet rays. when it s lacking, you re more susceptible. also their skin, of course. that s more susceptible as well to skin cancer. fair-haired women tend to have fair skin which lacks melanin and again is more susceptible to ultraviolet light. because of that, they re more susceptible to skin cancers like melanoma. it is very important if you re fair-skinned, that you use a full spectrum sunscreen with both uva and uvb protection. don t forget your scalp. wear a hat as well. what about protecting the eyes? obviously sunglasses, but when you talk about the can of demacular degeneration, what else do they think about? have a diet that s rich no antioxidants, green leafy vegetables like spinach or kale. make sure your sunglasses have uv protection. it shouldn t just be plain sunglasses. make sure they have that uv protection. on the topic of hair, the biggest concern for a lot of women is hair loss. but who tends to be more prone to having that problem with hair loss? i know brunettes, right? yes. more than half of the 30 million women in this country that lose their hair more visibly are brunettes. the reason is that women like me, our strands are thicker and coarser so when the follicles die, the patch this they leave behind creates a more noticeable area. it is not necessarily that we have less hair, it s that it is more visible. so there is there something that we can do to protect against hair loss or prevent hair loss? the most important thing women can do is get enough iron in their diet. when you re iron deficient, you re more prone to hair loss. get 18 milligrams a day. can you get that from a cup of oatmeal. we also have more melanin in our skin so that makes us also a little bit more susceptible to other health risks as well. this is really interesting. if you have dark hair and have more pigment in your skin, you are more likely to become dependent on cigarettes. it is actually more difficult to quit as well. that s interesting. the reason for this is that the melanin that s in the skin binds the nicotine very tightly so it stays in your system a little bit longer making you more likely to become dependent and harder for you to quit. okay. interesting. now redheads, quickly, what are some health hazards they have to watch out for? two very interesting things. first, redheads are more resistant to anesthesia. they need up to 20% more. a lot of women may avoid things like the dentist because they think it may have been more painful from an experience in the past. be aware of that. the other thing that they are more susceptible to is the development of parkinson s disease. redheads are 90% more likely to have parkinson s than brunettes. is that because of the gene that s carried? possibly. one theory is that the genetic influence that creates red hair also influences the gene that causes parkinsoparkinson s. and another comes back to the melanin. the area of the brain that s impacted by parkinson s may actually be protected by melanin. it may scavenge up toxins and its absence can leave the brain more susceptible. one thing you can do to guard against, or at least to help prolong the onset of parkinson s is take a multi-vitamin? that s right. folic acid deficiency can lead to more of a progression of parkinson s. you want to take 400 micrograms a day. you can get that from a multi-vitamin. who knew our hair says so much about our health. thank you. making room for baby, from safety to decor. and also what you can get starting at $200,000 in a real estate market from coast to coast right after this. foundation from maybelline.ur the breakthrough? 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[ katie ] should i get a perm? oh, that s an interesting question. [ katie ] she s always talking over me in meetings. i mean it s just so rude. mm-hmm. when did you video me dancing? [ katie ] posting it. do not post this! i m not gonna grow a beard because then i ll look ridicu ah! where am i? by the way, katie. tillamook is beautiful this time of year. [ katie ] oh, really? we should go camping out there. 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[music, talking, laughing] what makes hershey s s mores special? hershey s chocolate goodness that brings people together. pure hershey s. announcer: today s top dog is brought to you by the makers of zyrtec. love the air. and you can hear him, now we want you to meet him. tillman, the world s fastest skateboarding dog, here with his owner and trainer ron davis to show us his stuff. he s crazy about this skateboard. he cannot look at a skateboard without wanting to get on it and go. how did you discover that he had this talent? i had a rottweiler that skateboarded. my son skateboards in california. the day he came home he was just obsessed with it. it is really weird. he immediately just got on the board and ran with it? it was we put a lot of training into it once we saw the drive that he has. but he just loves it. i know he s also pretty much a shaun white when it comes to snowboarding, too. huh? yeah. look at this. look at him go! he s nuts! wow! i could not do that. i hope we have enough room in our plaza here. he ll figure out the cobble stones. he also snowboards? yeah. an unreal surfer, unreal snowboarder. i take him to my local skate park. he seems to like the wheels, too. yeah. how many skateboards do you have? there he is yeah! look at the guy go. and now let s check out our top dog, today s top dog, which semi-finalist is moving on to the final round? earlier in the week we introduced you to the contenders. first, brandee from texas, a 9-year-old labrador, a swimming sensation. she took fetch for a whole new level. then picasso, a 3 1/2-year-old tibetan terrier from new york who loves to sing amazing grace. finally, 9-year-old emma, a shepherd-rottweiler mix from pennsylvania. drum roll, please! this week the winner. semi-finalist is emma! emma likes to turn on and off the lights, gets the glablanket all that good stuff. but she s no skateboarder though. next week we ll announce the final round of semi-finalists vying to move on to the final round next to jami and now emma. jillian michaels will be along coming up. after your local news and weather. kids grow these days? and since 90% of bone strength is developed before adulthood. it s so important that they get enough calcium every day. that s why there s new danonino. danonino! unlike leading kids yogurts, danonino has twice the calcium of milk, ounce per ounce, with vitamin d. so it s power packed for healthy growth. and its rich creamy taste is. yummy! so they can start building strong bones today. for stronger bodies tomorrow. new danonino from dannon. power packed to help kids grow. you need listerine® whitening® vibrant white™ rinse. the mouthwash that gets teeth four times whiter than the leading toothpaste. and kills bad breath germs. listerine® whitening vibrant white™. and kills bad breath germs. [ female announcer ] discover black silk from folgers. with bold rich flavor that s exceptionally smooth. wake up to black silk. live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. good morning. i am mindy basara. two teenagers are behind bars for the murder of a security guard killed earlier this month at a chinese carry out in north baltimore the 19-year-old michael hunter and 18-year-old troy taylor are accused of gunning down a 72-year-old who was grabbing up by the heat before his shift. the two reportedly did it for quick money. police continue to increase uniformed and undercover patrols to prevent further violence. anne arundel county police are investigating a shooting in glen burnie. the man was shot at 10:30 last night. police would not comment on what led up to the incident. the suspect was taken to shock trauma to be treated we are told the officer was not injured. the 13 archbishop of baltimore will be laid to rest today. hundreds attended a meeting yesterday afternoon at mary our queen to remember the archbishop, who died of cancer earlier this week. he led the diocese from 1974 to 1989. his funeral is set for 1:00 today. if you will not be able to attend but still want to see it, 11 news will bring live coverage on the wbal-plus and will be broadcast the service on wbal- plus this saturday and sunday at 3:00 p.m. sunshine, 50 s, and look at the satellite image this morning. most of this to our south. fair weather day to day. we ll looking out west. a storm to the west of this produces grain bread enjoy today while we have it. a storm to the rest of us produces grain. enjoy today why we have agreed northwest winds at five to 10 miles per hour. on saturday and sunday, rain chances a little higher on sunday, and then we could see some thunder from activity. the rangers continue to the early part of next week. rain chance will continue into the early part of next week. see you i oh, yes, ladies and gentlemen, the one, the only richard simmons. scaring the children. no, we love him. hugs and kisses! he ll be on hoda and kathie lee. he just never seems to change. he s been wearing that same pair of shorts for the last ten years. well that, too. he just looks the same. meanwhile, lester holt, jenna wolfe are here to fill us in on what s coming up on weekend. you guys showed the video of a hero dog who helped a trooper find a raging fire in alaska. they ll join us. also the controversy over so-called choice moms, single women who decide to have a child without a man in their life, and we re going to check out the newest attraction on the vegas strip. it is called the skyjump. i took the more than 865-foot plunge three times. i never thought i would see your mouth open any bigger. okay! i got it, guys. i m loud and annoying. i pick up on that. it is called skyjump, the first time it is debuting in the united states. the today show tries to kill me i mean they sent me out to cover the story. i had a blast. what else we got coming up? coming up in this half-hour, we ll show you how to transform any room into the baby s room. and the biggest loser trainer jillian michaels is here. she ll show us how to take charge of your metabolism not just in the gym but in the kitchen as well. plus how to use the internet to go green. but first, we have a lot of weather to talk about. that s right. the weekend ahead, for saturday, risk of strong storms through the lower mississippi river valley. wet weather in the upper mississippi river valley as well. showers in the pacific northwest. sunny and warm in the southwest. mild in the northeast. sunday sunday looking at a slight risk of strong storms along the southeastern atlantic coast. rain in the great lakes. happy friday to you. things are looking great as far as the weather. mostly sunny skies by the afternoon. 68 to 72 degrees. and that s your latest weather. al, thank you. coming up next, how to go green with a few clicks of your mouse. right after this. that grows healthy, green grass.naturally. trunatural s going gang busters! green families love it. hey man. families with dogs love it. know who else loves trunatural? bobby. second quarter s gonna be a monster. 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[ female announcer ] these cookies aren t magic, but they make magic happen. that s because glad has partnered with cookies for kids cancer. it s small bake sales like these that help raise big money for pediatric cancer research. together, we can make a difference. one container at a time. because with glad, the care that goes in is the care that comes out. this morning on today s home, make room for baby. if the stork is on the way and space is tight, you can actually transform a room you re currently using for one person to something else, and that something else, of course, is a nursery. lxtv rescued one expectant couple just in time. hi, i m stephanie. i m stephen. our problem is we have a baby on the way but no baby room. we got married in may and shortly thereafter found out that stephanie got pregnant during the honeymoon. i don t want a nursery that has silly baby things hanging from the ceiling and little words and goofy bunnies hanging around. i want something elegant that goes with the rest of the place. hey! how we doing? welcome. stephanie, how are you? good. how are you? congratulations! i got the e-mail. i see that the bun is in the oven. yes, it is. you are in luck. we re not just going to give you a nursery, a nursery panoply. we have a gym, we ll turn it into a playroom. any ideas? we re keeping the black rubber floor because it is perfect for a playroom. you can add bold color. where do we start. we start by going shopping. let s do some shopping. okay. all right. we got the goods. let s get this place decorated. let s do it. the final piece to the puzzle. absolutely. our cradle and nursery are done. rescued. all right, check it out. wow! oh, my god! it looks completely different. this is your nursery. oh, wow! looks great. i think we ll enjoy this. thank you so much! my pleasure. i m just glad we got it done before the baby arrives. george, good morning. good job! thank you. nicely done. they did have their baby, right? yes. we got it done just in time. they had the baby like a week or two afterwards. you didn t have to spend a lot of money transforming a nursery. what are some necessities? obviously you need the crib and a changing table. the idea is to really invest in those in the beginning and get something that will grow with the baby. this is a dresser and changing table right now, but then can you just remove the changing top and you have a dresser. you don t want this sliding. as the baby gets older, at first it just sits there. when they become toddlers, they re all over the place. this is another good safety thing. keep the drawers locked if possible because babies will pull them out, use them as steps. too many times fingers get in there. or they can even pull it over. babies are strong. wall shop. a lot of people don t think about putting a wall shop necessarily over a changing table. you want it really high. you got to think what is the worst case scenarios, then let s void it entirely. then make your your sockets are covered. anything that babies are going to try to get into anything. you re a mother, i m a father. they try to get into everything. they put things into the holes. baby monitors they are key. peace of mind. hering the cooing or gurgling or the screaming. my case. over here rather than painting a mural, something that s easy. you put these decals on the wall. they re fantastic. it is better than a stencil. you can just put them up. they go up in a matter of minutes. they protect the paint, they won t pull the paint off and they add such character to the room. i used these in my kid s room. i ll use them in my next kid s room. which is coming soon. two weeks away! number two. george, thank you so much. by the way, congratulations. your local news emmy win this week. yes, i got an emmy. fabulous! you deserve it. there you go. next, biggest loser trainer jillian michaels will be here on mastering your metabolism. she ll show you some recipes. but first, this is today on nbc. this morning on eat smart today, firing up your metabolism. health coach and trainer on nbc s the biggest loser, jillian michaels is running straight from the gym into the kitchen and she s all cleaned up. i am! wow. look at you, you are so girly. look at that. give the little twirl. i did! yeah, nothing wrong about www.that. back over here. get out of here! jillian has a new book out called the master your metabolism cookbook. so you decided to make it the full package. exactly. the whole idea is this allows people to be healthy in a hurry. it does all the thinking for them. it s quick, simple, cost effective, easy. three rs. yes. first thing with overall health, remove garbage food. there s no processed crap in any of the recipes. thanks for saying that. processed bad stuff? you can t say the c word? that s better. then restore. we re restoring foods that essentially help your body have their medicinal properties. overall health. exactly. for reversing aging, maetabolis. rebalance. rebalance. calorie control. timing out your meals and balancing out healthy proteins, healthy fats, healthy carbs. sample day in the life of eating on the mastered diet. breakfast of champions. steel cut oats, pecans, cinnamon-spiced apples. great for heart health, great for fighting diabetes. lowers bad cholesterol. the great thing is you can either have this hot or cold. cold? no? yuck. yuck? okay. no, it doesn t say cold. i m telling you, i think you should try it. okay, now, lunch. sorry. that s okay. i just said yuck about one of my own recipes. no, but it has to be warm. it s wonderful warm! okay. here we go. yes, i m good. lunch. lunch, a spinach salad with avocado, a little bit of i think i m supposed to sprinkle. little bit of pomegranate, great for fighting breast cancer. sunflower seeds, great for thyroid support. avocado, overall wonder food. chicken pate with almond sauce. they re better than peanuts? yes, flat-out. great for heart health. chicken has tons of vitamin a for energy, boosting mood. dinner. you got red meat in here. but, it s organic. organic red meat, very important. big difference. i know it is expensive so there are many meals in the cookbook that don t have meat. this happens to be one recipe that does. chimichurri sauce. garlic to boost testosterone, red pepper, black pepper great for die gepgestidigestion. olive oil, great for heart health. you have dessert in here. yes. right now we have a pear sorbet. you love pear sorbet. you do? you can only have this one cold, you ll be happy to know. actually i like it hot. it s called pear sorbet soup. i m not going to sell one book. jillian michaels. people are going to want this book! can you help me? yes, i m saving you. i m going down in flames. this is cold. i m here to tell you don t make a face. it s good. there you go. the book, master your metabolism cookbook. losing it with jillian premiers may 1st. hoda and kathie lee are working out with richard simmons. look out, everybody. live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. good morning. i am mindy basara. maryland s senior senator is launching a new campaign. senator barbara mikulski is kicking off her 2010 reelection campaign. she will visit numerous studies and today she is joined by baltimore city mayor stephanie rawlings blake at jimmy s restaurant. 11 news is there to watch her take off her campaign, and we will have complete coverage today on 11 the sunshine is out and temperatures in the 50 s and we will see mostly sunny skies during the day to day. 60 to 72 for the high. not bad. see you back here for 11 news at noon.