3 3 just how much smaller your paycheek will be. As a result of the ppyroll tax pprtion of the fiscal cliff deal. And. 50 thousand dollars arr up for grabs. Tte problem you haveeto solve. To claim the cash. 33 thursday, january 3rr 3 3 p33 3 p3 3 3 a faaaa fire rips through a home nnnoott eest ballimore. Leaving two people dead. It broke out late nnghh. Megan gilliland is live theee now with a look at the damage left behind. Good morning guys,were ive here along the 3000 3019 bbock of montebeelo terrace. You can see. Ad lib. This wood frame home. Was ungulfed in flames. They had to call for back up. With reports of ssven people trapped inside. Including a fighters made their waa inside home. Only to find. Thee bodies of to victims. At this reeeasing any inffrmation not about them. Their names. Oo even if the ppegnant woman was one of them. E do knnw that tte otherrfive People Living in the home. Were able to escapp. Three of them take to the ospital wwth nonlife threatening injuries. Fire investigators and policc arson dectectives are n the sccne waiting to go inside and fire and determine whhther the home had working smmke alarms. City residents are reminded to call 311 and geta free smoke palarm. Fire crews will come puttand install it for you to keep ouu family safe. Llve in gilliland, fox45 morning news. 3 storyyyou saw first onnfox. A ppizza delivery drrver who say he was demoted for defending himself during a robbery. Is bacc at his olddjob. Job. Sam ssiceggod ays he used this small piece of fiberglass to fend off ome teens who in anne arundel county. Pizza hut has a no weapons policy so was demoted to a cook. Whiih was o longer making tips. The companyynow says swicegood will deliver aaain. At a different location. And will pet essons in seef defensee fromma karate expeet who saw our story. Kiilinger is out with this years list of the 100 bess and a local university. Is beinn recognized. Recognizedd coming in number one is theeuniversity hill. Which haa taken the top honors every year since the first analysis in 1998 rounding out the top five university of virginia, of william and mary and he college parkkthe list is based on outstanding education and economic value. Sniderrssys we start with thingg like graduatton rates, admission rates, test scorrs, as far as cost we look at debt upon graduation, we take all those datt points, put them into a formula and out ccmee the list whhn it comes to making our decision. Exxeets recommend you apply to as many schools as you think campuues and unddrssanding the pros and conn offeach academic institution. 3 every generatton has its hheoes. And for baltimore. Whhn cal ripken, jr retired, that title wenn tooray ewis. He became, over the course of a ttllar 17year career, the face of the ravens franchise. And noow. The most inspirational voiceein sports number 2 joined the ravens pn the year of their birtt, 1996, whennhe was the second of two umber one draft picks. Pver thh ears. He was named year. And was selected to 3 pro bowls. Yesterday he wws emotional. But also about the end. When talking 3 26088 everythinggthat sttrts has an nd. In life. And for me. Today i told my team, thht this would bb my last ride. Be my laat ride. A rrmarkable story ut f arizona is getting a lot of online attention thii week. Week. It shows an unborn child. Whos now been named navvah atkins. Reachinggouu of hee mothers womb. And holdiig the finger of the doctoo performinn her c sectioo. Nnveahs mother is a professional photographer. But in this case. Its the adada. Who snaapee the breatttaking photo. The doctor callee me over and pand just grabbed thh shot, an i was just in awe looking at it, t was such an amazing picture. Buttttothe doctor knew it was an mazing photo right away; he knew, the nexx about for weeks weeksthe couple gave theii doctor a canvas print oo the plikes on facebook. Theyve peven otten some offerssby others. O abuya the ppcture. Coming up. Certain models. Banned from runway. Tte traat they cant have. To work n israel. Ann want to follow its leed. Ay youreewatccing fox 45 morning news. All local. All bump out break 1 3 3 3 break 1 3 3 3 3 3 ccming upp. Were learning more today. About the health of secretary of state, hillary linton. Wwat doctors now say. About her conddtionn and its the inccediile video goong viral. But not because of the flames youre seeing here. The bizarre. But very performmd. To extinguish pthis fire. Youre watching ox 45 orniig when you have diabetes. Your doctor will say get smart about your weight. I tried weight loss plans. But their shakes arent always made for people with diabetes. Thats why theres glucerna hunger smart shakes. They have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes. And they have six grams of sugars. With fifteen grams of protein to help manage hunger. Look whos getting smart about her weight. [ male announcer ] glucerna hunger smart. A smart way to help manage hunger and diabetes. Turkey sausage. Turkey what . Amazing. Right . Yeah. Next ones on you. Yeah, okay. Introducing dunkins new Turkey Sausage breakfast sandwich. The surprisingly great taste of Turkey Sausage on a pepperfried egg with under 400 calories. Try it, youll like it. America runs on dunkin. Hurry in for dunkins new Turkey Sausage breakfast sandwich today ccccpnpn new this morning. The 113th congress will be sworn in today. Its first orrer of business. Will most likely coogress will convene at noon. To e worr in. The preliminary hearinggfor james holmes. The suspecc in thh aurora, colorado Movie Theater shooting. Is scheduled for monday. The pheariin will deteemine if theres enough evidence toogo to trial. Iis xpected to draw big crrwds. Nd last all wwek. Holmes is accussddof pillingg12 people and wounding 58 others. During a midnight showing of the dark knight riiesllst july. Secretaryyoffstate hillary plinton is discharged from a new york hospital. Afterr hhad. Doctors say she is being treated with blooo ttinners. And expect her to makeea full recovery. A spokeswoman from phe state Department Says clinton is well enough to speak to her staff by phone. A new law n israel bans models from working. Iffthey are too thin. Its part of an effort to combat eating disorders. The law usee body mass index to decide who can model. And who canttannone 18andahalf. Is out. Sppin and aastrrlia haae already set minimuu weight limits forr certain fashion shows. 3for the fifth year in a row. Washington dc s countrys number one city. For people result of united van ines laaest annual migration study. Rounding out hh top five pllces people movee to in 2012 are oregon,nevada, northh carolina and caarllia and 33psouth carolina. Class or simmly check out neww prt coming to the cceative alliance. Emily gracey joins us for hissmornings hometown hotspot. Tell us about the art allery coming soon . Can we see some oo your work . Tell us abouttthe ddnce studio coming soon. The rayn fall saturday, january 5th 2 00 p. M. 00 Creative Alliance. To learn more og baltimore dot com slash morning. Coming p. Higher taxes. In 2013. How much money you can expect to have trimmed off your paycheck. 25 on a scale of 1 tt 100, 100 being most threaaeeing id. 2and 6yearold boy susppnded for school. Or paking a gun gesture with his came to the decision. Youre all local. Aal morringg ewss. breaa president obama signs intoo law. The bill to avert the fiscal cliif. The house of reppesentatives passed he althoogh a deal was reached. Most americans will stiil be payyng higher taxes in 2013. Alison kosik has more on how much we wiil see missing from our paycheccs. Congress didnt raise income in this weeks fiscallcliff deal, but most f the nntions 160 illion workees will still be takingghome smaller pay checks this year. Thats because the payroll ax cut expirrd on monday. So now, more in payroll taxxs. The payroll tax which funds temporrrily lowerrd tt four pointtwo percent in 2011, percent. And the idea here was to give workers a littleeextra money inntheir aychecks, in pan effort to boost the pccoomy is doing better, and congress is trying to get spending in check, the payroll tax returns to sixpointtwo percent. So heres how that breakk down orkers making 50,000 a year will pay an ppyrrll taxes this year. That a 38dollar reduction in pay on a biweeklyy paycheck. And the bigger the payyheck, the bigger the bite. Someone makiig 100,000 will pay an extra 2,000 dollars a yyar. The concern is, that reduction could affect peoples spending habits. And the timmng isnt good. Already taken a it ecauue of concerns about the fiscal cliff ann tax hikes. And this pull back a bit. Im alison posik in new york. Phe house wiil vote tomorrow. On aid for victims of superstorm ssndy. This. After the house aced criticism for wrapping up the the bbll. On wednesday. Housee speaker, ohn oehner agrred to scheduled tomorrows vote. Which considers 9 billiondollars for the nntiinal Flood Insurance program. Anooher vott is scheduled forrlater this month. To ook attte remaining 51billion dollarss in the package. Coming up. Engulfed in flames. Goes viral. The surprisinn thing thha was used in place of a hose. To put out the fire. Pyoure watching fox 455mornin news. All local. All morningg breaa 4 for obesity. The substance that can trick yyu into eatiig too 3 liie llok m t bank tadium 3 3 shawan map 3 a late night fire in north otherr to the hospital. Two 3 hospital. Megan gilliland is live here now with a lookkat phe amage lefttbehiidd good morning guys,wwre ive phere along the 3000 3019 block of montebello terrace. You can see. Ad lib. Lib. Hen crews arrived arouud 11 30 last nighh. This wood frame home. Was ungulfed in back up. With reports f seven p including a preenant oman. Firr fighters made their wwy inside home. Only to find. The boddes of two victims. At this hour. Investigators are not releasing any information or evee if the prrgnant woman was one of them. We do know living in the home. Were aale to escape. Thrre of them were treated aa he scene and take to the hospital with nonlife thrraaeningginjuries. Fire investigatoos and police pseee waitiig to gooinside ndd investigate whattcausee the fire and determine whhtter thee home had working smoke alarrs. City residents arr reminded to call 311 and geta free smokeealarm. Fire crews will come out and install it for you to keee youu family safe. Livv in northeast baltimore, mmggn gilliland, fox45 morning news. A marylann familyyis ouuraged today. After their 6yearoll son wws suspenddd from school. For making a nixxelementary schooo in e r. Silver spriig. Just days after the Connecticut School shootings. In a letter. School officcals deecribed pnccdenn where the boy, threatened to shootta student. But he familys Attorney Says pthey are appealing the oneda suspension. Calling it an overreaction. It is on his permannnt record that he threatened to shooo a ptudent, 5 yearr frommnow someones going to look at that and this is a bad kid, hes been branded, hesbeen bus. A spokksmannfor the sshool ays this was not a quote neejerk reaction to a single incident. Saying there is a serious discussion wwtt the student and parent about the problemaaic behavior. The boys family cleared. And may ask for him to be ssnnt o a different students from Sandy Hook School today. Foo the First Time Since last months deadly. Pshooting. The original school is still being treated assa ann 6 adults were killed. When gunman adam lanza oopned fire inside tte school last month. The oww superintennent sayssofficiils pill be doing theirrbest toddy. Tt make students feel at ease. Video oo a speeeboat. Engulfed in flames. Is making wavesson the iiternet. And its all becauseeof the extraordinaay way. Those flames wereeput out. Oot. Take a look. With noo hose in sight. Two men doused the flamee with the spray from their speedboat. And it was ll captured on camera. The maneever was performed, not once. But 4 timee. Sooeone but it took 55minutes for. Fire rucks to reach the boat. By thee. The speedboat had pone its trick. Amazinnlyy. No one was injured. Someesaw it coming. Buttno one wanted it to. Ray lewis issofficially retirinn at thee end of the season. Which means sundaa is probably his last home game ever. Eevr. The longest tenured raven ever, is hanging it up after 17 stellar seasons. Seasons. Numberr52 oined the avens the first year there was a team. 1996. He was a firss round draft pick pand boy was he worth t. Ray of theeyear. Twice. Was yer 3 named super bowl mvp and wws selected to 13 pro bbwls. With hhs place n canton is securr. Eereeires assa balitmore llgend. Yesterday s retirement tt the media. He immortant to share the news now. 2833 ithink my fans, my city deserves itt for meeto not just walk away. And say imm donee we all gee to enjoy what uunayywill eelllike. Knowing that this will be the last time for he seems at peace wiih it,. But how about the rest of tte city . City . Joel d. Smith is live at jimmys in fells point to pfind out hoo this is affectin fans. And the upcoming playyff ggme sunday. 3 his last dance. He saving for the fann. P3104 that moment, to walk ou of that tunnel, that was a ravens fans, 1996 to that day, we will all enjoy that moment and savor thht moment. I one of the gloriouu momentssof my life. 3 live in fells poinn, joel d. Pmith, fox 5 morning news. 3 coming up. If you ate robocclll. Youe not alone. Alone. How mucc money the fcc is offering. To the erson pho ffgures out ow to block them. P yooure watchinngfoo 45 morninggneww. All local. 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What 86percent of americans 3 problems down tte line. Youre watching fox 45 morning news. All local. All morningg brea 3 pthe start of the new year is good time to get your fiiances in order. And its none too psoon. A new Consumer Reports survey. Finds a surprising number of people have overlooked some of the most basiccfinancial precautions. 3 v o if you dont take results can be devaatatinng especially whhe disaster Karen Mendelsohn and her fter husband, harold, were married, phe went to take a run. And nnver cameebackk sot karen mendelsohh he suffered aa sudden heart attack. It was revive him. v o the second plow. Neither she nor their two Young Children were named pension. He hhd neglected to switch it from his parents. sot karen they said no. They said if our son beneficiaries,he wanted us to havv the money. Ii makes my heart. v o consumer eports says financial oversights are all too common. 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Cry llke thhse tto grown and. What made upsetting upsettingghat were less been to funerals 48 acrringa ive 48 acryinga ive burn alories. Actually help you canneat that will thheee foods you hitting the gym. Its easier than 3 3 its easier than hitting the gym. Three foods you can eat that will actually elppyou burn calories. 48 acryinga ive been to funeraas that were less upsettig upsetting and. What made these two grown adults. Cry like babies. Thats making this video a youtuue sensation. 3 3 urrday january 3rd p3 3 3 3 a fatal fire rips through a home innnorth eaat baltimore. Leavinggtwo peoole dead. It broke out late last nighh. Night. Meggn gilliland is livee there now with a look at the damage left behind. Good morning guys,were live here along the 3000 3019 block of montebello terrace. Yyu can see. Ad lib. Lib. When crews arrived this wood frame home. Was ungulfed in flames. They had to call for bbck up. With trapped insiie. Including a prrgnant woman. Firr fighterr made their way inside phome. Only to find. Thee bodies fftww victims. At this hour. Investigators are not releasing any informatiin about them. Their names. Or even if the pregnant woman was one of them. We do know that the othhr five People Living in the home. Were were trrated at tte scene and take tt the hospital with fire investigators and poliic arson dectectives are on the scene waiting to go inside and investigate what causee the City Residents are reminndd to call 311 and gett free smoke alarr. Fire crews ill come out and install it for you to kkep your family safe. Live in p,rrheast altimore, megan tragedies like thii one were rare in 2212. In fact. Last year haddthe lowest number of fire deaths on recorr. Reccrd. In all. 12 people died in firessin the city inn2012. 2012. That number has been cut in haaf siice 2009. 2009. Fire officiaas credit the citys ew free smoke alarm program. Where residents can get free aaarms insttlled byy 311. Thh 113th congress will be swornnin today. Pusiness. Will most likeey be tomorrows voe onnaii or victims f superssormmsandy. Congress ill conveee at secrettry f state hillary pnew york hhspital. After ssffering a blood clot in her head. Doctors say sheeis being treated with blood thinners. And expect herr o make a full precovery. A spokeewoman from the state Department Says speak o her staaf by phone. P3 pthe prellminary hearing for james holmes. The ssspeet in the aurorr, colorado Movie Theater shooting. Is scheduued ffr onday. The hear to trial. Itts expected to draw big crowds. And last all pweek. Holmes is accused oo killing 12 people and wuuding showing of the dark knight riseslast july. 3 the face of the ravens is retir. Retiring. Ray lewws jooned their birth, 1196, when he was the second of two nnmber one drafttpicks. Over the years. He was named super bowllmvp. A twotime nfl defensive player of the year. Ann was selected to 13 emmtional. But also he was philosophical when ttlking about the endd 2608 everything that sttrtss pe. Today i told. And for my team, that this would be my last ride. Joel d. Mith aa more reactionnfrom fans about how much bigger this already huge playoff ame just became. Joel d. 3. 3 3 hessbeen here a lonn long time. Look at some footage from his first game, the ravens first game in baltimore. Fans knew this day would any easier to see it actually arrive. 3 mmn i think he a reelly gooddplayee. But good for long. man i saw it coming, but if he thinks the superbowl rrn in 2013, i think he will reverse his decision and ome back forrone more. la more. laugh live in fells poont, joel d. Smith, fox 45 morning news. Coming up. Ppont sabotaae your weight loos resolution. Presolution. The foods that can after eattng ttem. Ttem. Yyure watchingg foxx45 morning news. All local. All mooning. 3p breaa 1 3 locall. All morning. Morning news. All local. All morring. break 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 33 3 that going viral. The video 3 viial. 48 acryiina ive been to funerals that werr lees upsettig ttat haddthese grown dults so. Upset. Youre watching fox 45 morning news. P3 bell rings hi. Yes . You know those delicious granola bunches in honey bunches of oats . I love those. Weve added more to every box. Really . Wow honey bunches of oats. Make your day bunches better. New this morning. President obammasigns intt law. He bill to avert the fiscall cliff. The house of repressntatives passed the bill late tuesday night. After thh senate aaproved it. Justin bieber is sseeking ut after a pppaarrzzz dies while trying to snap pictures of his hopefully this tragedy will finally inspire meaningful legislation and whatever other necessary steps to protect the lives and safety oo celebritiess pollce officers, innocent public bysttnders, and thh photograppers themselles. Bieber was ot in tte carrbeing photographed. The type of sugar you eat could either make you feel full. Orreven hungrier pof yale university. Glucos turned off a persons appetite. But eatinn fructose lead to overeating eccuse it didnt ssut down thh brainss hunger signaas. Fructose is syrup and fruit uices. Rn in a surprise mash up of genres. Rapper aa is reportedly composing the score for the latess film adaptation of the great gatsby. The 1920s inspired film stars leonardo dicaprio, Carey Mulligan and ttbey maguire. Its expected in theaters this summer. 3 check out whats new at the creattve alliance r sign yourseef and yyur daughter up for a mommy and me dance class. Emily gracey joins us or this mornings hometown hotspot. Whats new at the Creative Alliance . Tell us about the dance studdo coming soon. Can we see what the dance class . 3 the rayn ffal dance studio registration s saturday, january 5th 12 00 p. 2 00 baltimore dot com slash iance. 3 morning. Still to come. P three things to look for in phe contract. Effre signnng pup with a new gym. Pand. A ssike in crime. A former pplice commissionee weighs in on the reasoo behind last years high murderrratee in baltiiore. Youre watchinggfox 44 mornnng news. All local. Aal morning. breaa 3 my wife takes centrum silver. Ive been on the fence about it. Then i read an article about a study that looked at the Long Term Health benefits of taking multivitamins. They used centrum silver for the study. So i guess my wife was right. [ male announcer ] centrum. Always your most complete. [ coughs ] [ baby crying ] [ male announcer ] robitussin® liquid formula soothes your throat on contact and the active ingredient relieves your cough. Robitussin®. Dont suffer the coughequences™. And the active ingredient relieves your cough. break 3 3 3 3 coming up. It isnt just about thh gym. Lose eight by eating. Ttree foods yoo can eat absorption of ther caaoriess 48 cryinga ive 48 acryinga for obesity. The substance that can trick yyu into eatiig too Turkey Sausage. Turkey what . Amazing. Right . Yeah. Next ones on you. Yeah, okay. Introducing dunkins new Turkey Sausage breakfast sandwich. The surprisingly great taste of Turkey Sausage on a pepperfried egg with under 400 calories. Try it, youll like it. America runs on dunkin. Hurry in for dunkins new Turkey Sausage breakfast sandwich today 3 3 3 3 map 3 3 a late night fire in north east baltimore. Kills twoo peeple and sends several others to the hospital. Hospital. Megan giililand as more on the damage left behind. Behind. A seconddperron has died from hypothermia in maryland this health aad mental hygieneesays a woman over age 65 died in prince georges county. The pfredericc county. There wwee 1 hypothermia elated deaths llst winterr students frrm sandy hook plementaay will return too school today. For the First Time Since ast monthssdeadly. Shooting. The original school is still beinggtreated as a crime scene. So students wiil attend classss at a rrfurbished school in a neighboring town. 20 children and 6 adults were killed. When gunman adam lanza opened fire insideethe school lass month. He towns will be oing their best ials ptoday. To make stuuents fee at ease. The house will vote tomorrow. On aid ffr vvctims of superstorm sandy. This. After he house faced criticism for wrapping p the session without oosidering the bill. On wednnsday. House to schedulld tommrrowss billionndollars for the program. Another vvte is ssheduled for later thii month. To look atthe premaining 51billion dollars. Families of many aarora shooting victims are rejeccing a movie invite to the theatre wheee a mass shooting occcrrd back in the summer. Summer. They dont want to see a free movie in the thhater pccmplex here their loved ooe diid. They say cinemark month for an evening of this remembrance anddfree movie. Faaily members of several of cineeark criticizing the that is a blatant lack of respect for the ffmilies. Pheir own ticket ales for the grand reopening to the public. reporter at the expense. Aa tte epenne of 22familiee who are aurora mayor steve hogaa released a ssatemmnt saying for somm, the reopeniig of the theater mighh be painful, and for others, hhaliig. Ttaa is why it is important for the victims and their families to have a choice whether or not thee want to attend the 3eopening. Ray leeis is officially retiring at the end of thh season. Season. The longest tenured raven ever, is hanging it up after 17 sttllar seasons. Seasons. Number 52 joined the raveessthe first year there was a team. 996. He was a first ound draft pick aad boy was heewortt it. Ray was amed nfl ddfensive ppayer of the pear. Twice. Was named super bowl vp and wass 2833 i think my fans, my cityydeserves it, for me to not just walk away. And say im done. We all get to enjoy what sunday will feel be the last time for meetoo at ravens stadiumm he eems at peaceewith it,. But how about the rest of city . Joel d. Smith is live at jimmms ii fells pointtto fans. 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But the surprising spendingg bill. 3 3 3 3 33 33 3 3 33 3 a fiie ripssthrough a home in two people dead. Ore. Leaving dead. Tom rooggrs is here with mmre on the damage left beeind. Along with yoor other too stories. Storiis. It happened around 1130 last night. Along mootebello terrace near harford road. After arriving to find the wood frame home engulled in flames. Withhreports of seven people trapped inside. Including a prrgnnnt woman. Fire fighters ade their way into thh home. Onlyyto find. The bodies of two pvictimssinvestigators are not releasing any nformation about ttem. We do know that the other five people nsidde. Wereeable to escape. Three f them were treated at the cene the cause of the fiie remains. 3 under investigation. Rare in 2012. Ii ffctt. Last year had the lowest numberrof reccrd. In all. 12 people died in half since 2009. 2009. Fire fficials credit the citys new free smoke alarm program. Where residents can pget free alarms nstalled by 3he Fire Department by calling tte face of he ravens is rettr. Retiring. Ray lewis joiied the ravens in the yeaar f their bbrth, 1996, when he was the second of two number years. He was ameddsuper bowl mvp. Aatwotime nfl year. And was selected to 13 pro bowls. Yesterday he was emotional. But also about the end. When talking 2608 everythiig that starts has an end. In life. And or me. Todaa i told my team, that thii would be my last ride. P the city is reacting y ppinting tshirts commemorating the laat game, to clammoring for ticketss ptickees. Ann jool d. Smith has more reaction from fans aboutthow much bigger this alreadyyhuge ppaaoff game just became. Good morning joee d. D. 3 3 3 3 hes been here a long long time. Look at some ffotagee from his first game, thee ravvns fiist game in baatimore. Fans knew this dayywould come, but that doesnt make it ann easier to see it actually arrive. Live in fells point, joel d. Smmth, fox 45 morning news. 3 a new law n israel bans are too thinnorking. If they combat eating disorders. The to law uues body mass ndex to decide whoocan model. And out. Spain and australia have already set minimmu weiiht ssows. For certain fashion pa nnw look at the habits of people orn in the early 190s. Finds a possiile link betweee risky behavior pnd econooic recession. Rrsearchers studied inteeviees witt ninethousannd ammriccass. Born between 19800and 1984. When the nation was suffering thhough a deep recessioo and higg unemploymeet. They found that theii subjects had highhr pates of teen smoking, criminal arrests than those born later in the decade. York mma. Becomes bbgger new pthan ever. Ever. Take a look at thhs snowman he made. Measuriig 36andahalf feet. The builler. Vern scoville. Used cow mats for a hat, iress ffr buttons. And some heavy machines. Its a lot of hardd work that scovilles friends say is absolutely worth it. Especiilly when they see the its vvry impressive, the aaount of people t does. Each year it gets biiger and bigger. Anyone heaaing out to take piituree. Scoville made a spot for them to drop ff canned food donatiins. And says hes already colllcted more than 65 pounns of food. Pthe pantries this spring, onc comiig up. Ddicted. To fac. Facebook. Tittomb says, m thinking about it, im missing it. Im trying to come up withh ways i an sneak. Sneak. The new years resolution many mericann appear to be making. Youre watching foxx45 morning news. 3 3 take a walk through the art gallery or stick around and take a dance claas. The Creative Alliance its oppning itssdoors to a dance studio. Emily gracey joins us for thiss mornings hhmetownnhotspot. Creative alliance . Tell us pbout tte dance studio coming what cannwe see n the art gallery . 3 the rayn fall danne studio registtatioo is saturdaa, januarr 5th 12 00 p. M. 2 00 p. M. At the Creative Alliance. To learr more log on toofox baltimmre dottcom slass mooning. 33 3 p 3 3 3 coming uu. Reaching a cliff. Tte ultimillion dollar tax breaks that found their way into the measure. He said you speed more time on facebook than you do talking to me. Me. Fiihting the uuge. Tt facebook. The growing number f pbreak free of the social networking site. Youre watching fox 45 morning news. break 22 bump in some of us want o lose weight. Othersswant to cut bbck on the sweets. And a growing number of americans pre making tteir new years resolution to spend less time on facebook. Ob olson has one womans story. P3 titcomb says, m thinkiig aboot it, mmmiising ii. Im trying to come up with ways i can sneak. Megan tttcomb is haviig a flashback. Not surrewhat to do with her hands, reminds her of all the times she quit smoking. Now packling a different adddction. Titcomb says, my husband and few nights back and he said a pyou pend morr time on facebook than you do talking chhrd, i felt bad about that. I said you know youre right. P wenn to the facebook app a bit ironically, announced on facebook, her new yearss feel your pain and i could never do it. Titcomb says, quit it, but thattmeann takinn it off my phone because that accessing t. Shes not aaone. A poll of resolutions books, save more money, lose at 11 spend less time on faceeook. Again, for megan, progrrm, its the apppthat e makes it way to easy to be compulsive. Titcomb says, you look aarund a crowded coffee shop, a bus, veryones got their phone. Everyones looking on thhir ppone and 90 of them are probably looking aa fcebooo. Whats pnterestinn is megan is a hypnooherapiit elps people aal the time said a couple years ago hypnotized someone feels like sheeneeds hypnosis and believes shell be seeing titcomb says, and its suckinn from their real llfe. From their real in persoo relationships and their prieeds anddtheir family and be hearing a lot more about from ooher people. Cominn up. A recordhiihh pet. For baakground checks pn guns why the month of decemmer. Is tyyicclly the busiist off the year. Making serioos concessions. To avert the fiscal cliff. Tth tax giveaways. That really orning news. All local. All morniig. breek 3 3 bump in president obama signs into law. The bbll to avert the fiscal cliff. The houue of representatives passed the bill late tuesday night. After theesenate approved it. Some offtte details of the ut billl. Might surprise you. You. Davii williams with the Taxpayers Protection Alliance joins us this morning. Tell us abouttthe tax giveaways ii the bill a7an extension of the excise taaes oo rum produced in puerto rico and the virgiinislands, which are mostly 3 returnnd to the territories. Estimated cost 222 million. A7an extensiin of tax deeuctions for hollywood to in the u. S. Estimated coot 430 million. A7an extension of a 7 pear coss recovery erioo for nascartype rrccnggcomplexes. Pstimated costt 70 million. A7an extension of aatax credii on the purchass of 2 or 3 wheeled plugin electrii vehiclee. Estimaaed cost 4 million. Its our duty to old our elected officials accountable. You canndo that by joining our fox45 waste watch. If you have a tory about government wastt. Call our hotline. Onto our website fox baltimoree dot com and click on waste wwtth. Coming up. A big daa for studentss. In newtown, the backtoschool preps. That followed a deadly mass pshooting. Youre watching fox p45 morniig news. All loccl. Pall morniig. 3 33 open p p 3 green map 3 a late night fire in north east baltimore. Kills two people and sends several others to the hospital. Hospital. Tom rodgers has a look at thh damage left behind. Along with your other top stories. It happened around 11300lastt nighh. Along montebelloo terrace near harford road. Road. Crews called for back up after arrivinggto finddthe pooo ffame home ngulfed in pflames. Ith reports offseven people trapped insidee. Includingga pregnant woman. Fire fighters made their way into the home. Only to ffnd. The bodies of two viitims. Investigators are not releasing any information about hem. We do know that the other five people inside. Were able to escapp. Three of them wereetreaaed attthe scene and taken to theehospital wwth nonlife threatening injuries. Theecause of the fire remains under investigation. Bates middle chool in annapolis will open on time the boiler room. It happened around nine oclock yesterday morning. Investigators say a on the boiler when a small explosioo occurred. Two people pent to the hhspital with mmnor injuries. 3 3 elementary will return to school today. For the first shootinn. The riginal school l. Is still being treated as a crime scene. So studenns wwll attend classee at a neighboring town. 20 childree fire inside the school last month. The towns superintendent ssys fficials will be doing theer best today. To make students feell at eaae. The number of fbi background checks requiied for americaas in december. They conducted rd thousand background checks for pgun purchases llattmonth. For the year, hey conductedd ore which also appears to be a record high. December is typiially the busiest month for checkk, because of christmas ifts. It follows the connecticut schhol massacre. And renewed alks president obama says he will push or new gun control legislation. More thann15hundred firearms were ound by screeners at airport cheekpointssin 2011. Thats an aveeage of more than four guns found every day. And, it is up from the moree phan 13undred weapons found in 2011. Hartsfieldjackson internatiinal irport in guns ound througg november of last year. Followed by houston and denver. It is not clear if the increase is because more peopll are tsa screeners and new or f technologies are doing a better job finding them. 3 ray lewii is officially retiring at the eed f the season. The longest tenured raven ever, i hanging it up afttr 17 stellar seasons. The ravens the first year e was a first round draft pick and boy was he orth it. Rry was named nfl deffnssve player pammd super bowl mvp nd wws. 2833 i think mm fans, my city im done. We all get to pnjoy whaa sunday will feel like. Nowing that this ill be the last time for me too at ravens staaium. P3 he seems aa peace with it,. But how about the rest of phe ccty . At jimmms in fells point to find out how this is affecting fann. And the upcoming playoff game sunday. 3 highlights are just part of hii stooy. Hii last dance. Hees saving forrthe fans. 3104 that moment, to walk out of that tunnell ssnday, everyy person that was a ravens faas, 1996 tt that day, we will all enjoy hat moment nd savor that moment. I can nly tell you it will be one of the glorious moments of my life. 3 3 live in felll point, oel d. Smith, fox 45 mooning news. A night out. Budgeeing. For out. 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