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it's the biggest day for online shopping. shopping.by midnight tonight - americans are expected to spend three billion dollars online.that is 12-percent more than cyber monday last year. wallet hub says *jewelry is e most discounted category - while tech gadgets were the *least discounted.smaller businesses like hands in harmony of cedar rapids also promoted online deals.they offered massage packages at t discounted rate. two years ago during the height of the holiday shopping season, target discovered hackers accessed the personal information of 70 - million customers. customers.it's happened other places since then and cyber security experts say it's an

shopping is incredibly convenient, but *not perfect. perfect.cbs 2 news reporter matt hammill hammillis live in the newsroom with the latest. matt? ______________ there are some amazing deals - on line - - free shipping - - gift cards - buy one - get one.but police also want us to keep p mind - there can be - a dark * side - - as you type in - your - credit** card number. number. police say - police say - even be careful of searching on google.some of the choices may sod like a big* retailer - but may be fake.- - andhe theft doesn't end there.theft doesn't - - and the fake.but m m be big* retailer - sound like a

searching on careful of searching onongoogle.some of the choices may sound like a big* retailer - but may be fake.- - and the theft doesn't end there.police say a lot of packages - get stolen from front porches - - so make arrangements with the shipper - or a police say - even be cceful of searching on google.some of the choices may sound like a

fake.- - and the theft doesn't end there.police say a lot of packages - get stolen from front porches - - so make arrangements with the shipper - or a neighbor.matt hammill cbs 2 news, ten at 10. thanks matt.more than 95- million people across the corridor and country shopped during the fifth annual small businesses saturday promotion. that's up eight percent from last year, according to one survey.it also found shoppers spspt more than 16 *billion dollars on saturday, an increase of 14 percent from last year. cbs 2 news ten at ten continues now with more of the corridor's top stories. stories.a man acccced of killing his mother nearly two years ago will stand trial this week. week.investigators say 44-year- old edward cusic used a crowbar to murder his 68-

ononold marion road.court documents show cusic is the one who called 9-1-1 - telling the operator he killed his mother because *she threatened *him with a knife.an autopsy shows she died of blunt force trauma.if convicted of first degree murder, cusic will spend the rest of his life in prison. cbs 2 news is learning new details about the man who went on a shooting rampage at a colorado ssings planned pararthood clinic. robert dear made his first court appearance today.he's accussed of killing a university of colorado police officer, an iraq war veteran and a mother of two.police say dear also planned to ignite two propane tanks left outside his car.he surrendered to police after a five-hour standoff.a motive for the killingswas not discussese today.dear will be back in court next week. baltimore's police chief says "the future of the city is at stake" as the *first trial in the death of fredd gray gets underway.*six police officers have been indicted in

april 19.the 25-year-old died while in police custody. jury selection for officer william porter's trial began today, while demostrators gathered outside.porter faces charges of assault, manslaughter, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office. the chicago o police officer accused of shooting a teenager 16 times is free tonight.bail for jason van dyke was set at one-point-five-million dollars, hours latat he posted ten percent of that to get out of jail.van dyke is charged with murder in the october 20-14 shooting of 17-year-old laquan mc-donald.dash cam video of the hooting was released last week and sparked days of protests in the city. police say mcdonald was carrying an unopened pocketknife. they say he slhed the tires of a police cruiuir before the shooting.if convicted, van dyke faces 20 years to life in prison. now ten at ten continues with

stories across the corridor. a johnson county sheriff's deputy is now being blamed for causing a crash.according to the iowa city-press citizen, itappened over the weekend at the intersection of highway six and highway 109 near oxford.the sheriff's office say the deputy pulled out in front of another vehicle and that's what caused the crash. one person was taken to the hospital, and is expected to be o.k. muslim students at iowa's three public universities are seeking a permanent place to hold prayers.the university of iowa already accommodates space requests from faith- based student groups.students at iowa state say they have access to the school's chapel but it's too far from classes. at northern iowa, more than 300-muslim students are looking for a place to pray. in cedar rapids, rapids,the city christmas tree is now in place on may's island but u'll have to wait to see the twinkling lights. city crews cut the 35-foot colorado spruce from the yard of the anderson family on the southwest side.the city will

while many are still enjoying leftovers from their thanksgiving feast, others still can't put food on the table. table.it's a reality that local food banks are battling every day, and ey need yoururelp. help.cbs 2 news reporter mellaney moore is live in north liberty to explain, mellaney. the north liberty community pantry helps feed people year round, but right now you can help them give to families for the holidays. holidays. in this season of giving, you can help more families have happy holidays.the biggest items this time of year are the itememthat you're going to have to celebrate with your family.north liberty community pantry director tina dubois says the pantry is looking for donations of things like stuffing mix, pie crusts and other holiday favorites.if you're going to have olives, of if you're going to havav yams or you're going to have something else even however unique it is to your family, most likely there's someone else who also would like that for their celebration.the pantry says they are trying to fill in the gapapof holiday

families they serve each week. some of their food comes from the hawkeye area community action program, which serves 97 local agencies.there's quite a bit of challenges in the holiday season. for one, it comes during winter and a lot of people are forced to decide, do they pay for their electric bill or do they feed their family?bourgeacq says for families who celebrate christmasa&there is added pressure of trying to afford gifts.the need is, it just keeps unfortunately keeps growing. we've distributed close to 4.5 million pounds of food last year. ten years ago we distributed 100,000 pounds of food.bourgeacq says more families also need help this time of year when kids go on christmas break.k.for some families, school not only educates their children, but feeds them.it's our responsibility to help care for everyone and if we want our nation to be a pwsitive place where all want to

hacap says for every dollar donated to them, they can buy seven pounds of the kinds of foods they distribute.for information on how you can help, just go to our website, cbs 2 iowa dot com. cbs 2 news would likekeo congratulate kevin linquist from cedar rapids rapidshe won our grid-iron getaway.that means kevin receives two tickets to watch the iowa hawkeyes take on michigan state at theheig ten championship in indianapolis this weekend.he also wins a hundred dollars and a hotel stay.congratulations, kevin!be sure to watch the big game on our sister station, fox 28. kick off i isaturdayayevening at seven. that is cbs 2 news ten at ten -- the corridor's top stories and tomorrow's weather first forecast in the first ten minutes. minutes.but we are just getting started.coming up... up...the plans to change ethanol in the country's gas supply and why it isn't

cbs 2 this morning, it's that time of year, and holiday festivities have already begun. begun.we're taking a closer look at an annual celebration of chirstmas, right here in the corridor.that's tomorrow

next on c-b-s two news... news...why governor branstad says he's forging ahead with a plan to privatize iowa's medicaid program.

texas senator and republican presidential candidate ted cruz spent time

today.cruz criticized democrats democratsover their plans to bring syrian refugees to the u.s.the senator says the proposal would make the country more dangerous.he says s the united states should be helping the refugees find a safe place in the middle east. former news anchor ashley hinson announced today she is seeking the seat being left open by former speaker of the house kraig paulsen.hinson, a republican. republican.is the second candidate to make a bid for the seat.attorney mark seidl is running as a democrat. waterloo voters will go to the polls tomorrrr to elect a new mayor. mayor.councilman quentin hart and former mayor tim hurley will go head to head.neither secured a majority of votes on november 5th, forcing the automatic runoff. another runoff will take place in cedar falls.voters will see jim brown and incumbent mayor jon crews' names on the ballot. brown gained the most votes during the november 5th election, but dn't pick up enough to win outright.crews dropped out of the runoff and endorsed brown for mayor.dave

is running a write-in campaign. congressman rod blum is once again is spending the most money to send mass mailings to constituents.blum spent nearly 130-thousand dollars on mailings from july to september.that's up nearly 80- thsand spent last quarter. cbs 2 news reached out to blum's office for comment.they defended the spending, saying the mailings are the best way to get feedback from people in the district. governor branstad is)once again speaking out against calls to delay plans to privatize iowa's medicaid program. program.the governor says there's no reason to push the transition beyond january first.this comes after a judge threw out a contract the state signed with one of the four out-of-state providers.the governor says the plans can move forward with just three, citing similar programs in other states.as of right now, the changes will go into effect the f fst of the year. for more political headlines, be sure to watch 'iowa in focus', this sunday morning at 10:30, right here cbs 2.

a blow to the corn industry today, by cutting the amount of ethanol being pumped into the country's gas supply. supply.the required level for 20-16, is *above the industry target and is higher than proposed requirements from the environmental protection agency.iowa leaders are expressing their disappointment about the decision.governor branstad says the epa's final decision failed to follow the renewable levels set by congress.senator joni ernst says ethanol is a critical component in reducing the nation's need for foreign oil. prices at the pump keep falling.the latest figures from gas buddy dot com show the e average pricicfor a gallon of gas in iowa dropped another two cents last week. week.the statewide average for a gallon of gas is two-dollars and five cents.that's two cents above the national average. average.to track gas prices i i your area, log on to cbs 2 iowa dot com. not so mean green -- coming up in sports sportshow the panther contniued thier winning ways thanks to a career high performance by their big man

pleasure to introduce our new head football coach... matt campbell... (clapping clapping clapping) and with that, the matttt campbell era in ames is underway -- jamie pollard offically introduced the the

afternoon -- ending a search, that wasn't a long process the bigtake away from hihi first press conference as the head clone -- he won it -- he won the press conference -- he was enthusiastic -- excited about the opportunity -- and confident in the players and himself --now the next step r campell -- win games where not many have been won -- in life... change is inevitable...change happens... but greatness is a choice... from this day forward... every decision that i make... will be strained to bring greatness... i'm truly honored to be a cyclone... and i'm truly honored and humbled to be the head football coach here... the big question now is who is matt campbell -- well he's winner, he's won 35 games in 4 years at toledo, he's offensive minded, which is key inorder to compete in the big 12 -- his rockets averaged 31 points per game while being balanced on offense -- and he can recruit -- so on paper,

package. speaking of the total package -- desmond king is that and more on the field -- and the big 10 took notice -- by naming the junior ball hawk the tatum - woodsondefensive back of the year the only other hawkeye to wiwi that award -- micah hyde -- who's now in the n-f-l -- this season king leads the nation with 8 interceptions -- he also was named unanimous first team all big 10-er northern iowa passed their rst road test of the season with flying colors -- now the panthers are hoping to enjoy some home cookin' for the last time for a month -- after tonight, coach jake and the guys are on the road panthers hosting the mean green from north texas -- but u-n-i was the one being mean on the court -- bennett cook -- operating down low - a spin, pump fake -and a basket -- koch led the panthers with a career high 18later ininhe half - shot clock winding down - jeremy morgan lets it fly from deep - the former west high trojan dropped in 15 ... and his buddy from linn-mar was scoring too ----att bohannon with the nice cut for

and wes waspun -- you know -- washington warrior alumn -- well he was doing his thing -- to the rack and 1 -- panthers get a big win win93- 70 the final...the month long road trip starts saturday at richmond. stay with c-b-s two -terry has one last look at your forecast after the break. if you're doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, you're not alone. while our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1%. my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working peoplele ensure eququ pay for women. i'm bernie sanders.

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