he became sexually aggressive. and i tried to fight him off. and at that point i knew i was in trouble. reporter: dustin trickett is a convicted sex offender. she only found that out after the attack. i was basically prey for him. reporter: jeffrey marsalis. dozens of women met him on match.com but he turned out to be a convicted serial rapist who found his prey online. there are more than 1,500 online dating sites and over 20 million americans use them. that s double the amount of users from just five years ago. so there s a growing demand for online detectives to suss out who s looking for love and who s looking for victims. my match checker really comes into play to add a little bit more of the trust but verify idea behind online dating. reporter: robert buchholz runs mymatchchecker.com. at 9.95 per search, they ll run a background check on anyone you meet online. some of the things that we can find really is from misdemeanors to felonies to a listing on the national s
and start reversing. and join the myboniva program. to get one month free, plus more tips and recipes visit boniva.com or call 1-800-4-boniva. l oprah: it really is true that just about every girl in america who saw love story wanted to be jenny cavilleri, but i bet you didn t know there was a real girl who inspired that character. did you know that? i m hearing it. oprah: ok. but her name is not jenny. meet janet. my name is janet sussman gartner. i was born in brooklyn, and i attended school with erich segal. little did we know he would write a book called love story in which i was the inspiration for jennifer cavilleri. i went off to college, and erich wrote me love letters, but i had absolutely no romantic feelings for him. he said, i predict in 10 years we ll be married. and even after, when i got married his letters came. i had been married for 5 years, and in the middle of the night, we re fast asleep and the phone rang and i picked it up, and all i heard was
was taken to a local hospital for a mental evaluation. one of the president s top legislative priorities appears headed for victory on capitol hill. today senators are expected to approve that nuclear treaty with russia. it would cap nuclear warheads for both countries and restart on-site weapons inspections. the senate is also set for a key test vote on that 9/11 health bill. democrats say they do have the voes to pass it but time in this lame duck session may be running out. it s been awhile since we filled out the forms but the counting is now finally done and the census bureau is rolling out the new census. the 2010 census gives us a new portrait of the population and what it means politically. t.j. winick has been going inside those numbers. he joins us now with all the details. reporter: good morning rob and vinita. a decades long trend continued. that is, population losses in the northeast and midwest and gains all across the south. the 2010 census results sh
it s going to be a little while until we know. reporter: until you figure it all out? yes, it will tame time. reporter: time to sort through the mess and re-establish two longtime businesses in the heart of towson. at the wedding salon they said they should be up and running by the new year. baltimore county fire says they are still working to establish a cause. brian kuebler, abc2 news. firefighters from four county in two states joined forces to battle a house fire in emmitsburg. seven fire units from frederick and carroll counties in maryland and franklin and adams counties in pennsylvania fought the fire together. authorities say the woman who lives there set the fire and they found a suicide note. she suffered smoke inhalation and is in the hospital for treatment. a baltimore county teen is recovering after she was hit by a car. police say the 15-year-old was running across silver spring road in perry hall shortly after 7:00 this morning when she was hit by a h
a floor accident in the most expensive brood broadway play ever. what happens now, to the splashy, new musical? good morning, everyone. robin is off today. great to have elizabeth here. nice to be here. boy, welcome to winter. first official day today. out in california, they re dealing with mudslides. the rest of the country, a lot of it, may be having a white christmas. absolutely. and imagine going to the airport and seeing this. this is what stranded americans trying to get home from london heathrow airport is dealing with. more snow is on the way. could the east coast be in for travel trouble next? that s on the minds of everybody taking to the airplanes and the roadways this holiday weekend. sam will have the latest on that. also, look at this. this happened overnight. it hasn t happened in 372 years, since 1638. a lunar eclipse on the winter solstice. there s the earth moving in front of the moon, blocking the sun out. going away. we ll have more on t