it's almost the new year.will you be ringing in 20-12 with rain.. or clear skies?we've ggt our new yeaa's forecast. if you pay youu phone bill onliie.. get ready to pay an the company that is charging a premium for your convenience. and.. it's your llst hance to win.we draw the final winner of our walmart shopping spree. 3 3 33 today is friday, december 30th. 3

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3 three teens are still recovering this morning... after beinggburned when a bonfire fire went out of contor. contorl.it happened around 9 o'clock wednesday night... ii avenue.firefighters say a group of teenagerssstaated a bonfire outside the home ... using a barbecue grill and twigs. but when the fire wasn't goiig strong enough ... one of the teens poured gasoline on top of it ...

causing an explosion.two 17-year-old irls and a 16-year-old boy were burned. one of the girls was engulfed in flames. she'' now in critical, but stable condition. officials saa her injuries may haveebeen even more severe... had it not been for the quick action by the other girl's dad. captain 125 once he saw what was happening, he was able to tell the girl who had some pretty significant fire around which is what weeteach everyone. anddhe was able to at least provide care until our fire and ems units got there so i give that iidividual a lot of credit 40 the 16-year-old boy is in fair condition - after being burned on his arms and hands. the other girl was burned on her arm - and nnw back at home. 3 a harford county public school investigation...accused of lying and swindling thousandss it's a story you're seeing first on fox. fox.the teacher is accused of

faking cancer... an taking donations....raised by her collegues.investigators say the money was used ot pay her rent, groceries and travel expenses. "the victim alleged thht she had noticed that suspect didn't appear ill...and was pushing the subjjct didn't appear ill" ill"the teacher is not being identified yet because noo charges have been filed so far. all is well ánowá... aftee a gas main break in east baltimore.around one o''lock thursday afternoon... the mmin brokk at north charles and lanvale streets... causing gridlock.contractors were making repairs when they hit the 24 inch main.no one was hurr. you could soon be paaing more in gas taxes... taxes... governor tax to replace a billion he - dollars that was spent from the transportation trust fund. money was taken from the fund to plug buddet holes ... the

increased tax woulddbe used to build highways and repair bridges.a blue ribbon panel recommends increasing the tax by 15-cents over the next 3 years. (governor) "but you get what you pay for and there's no way to build a hundred million dollar bridge for ten million dollars. there's no innovation in the arsenal that allows thht to happenn" the governor is also calling for increaseing the so- upgrading sewage plants. tell lawmakers what you thnk of raising the gas tax.there's a link to the "stop the gas tax petttion"... at fox baatimore dot com... looo for it under hot topics. the governor also faced questions about campaign money he received from a big contributor who's been evasion. ichard stewart resigned from appointments to the redistricting board and the stadium authority after his cooviction this month. lieutenant governor anthony brown says he's returning the and congressman elijah stewart.- cummings says he will donate

the money he received from stewart to charrty.here's what the governor had to say. 3 "yep, we'll do the same thing....pause........ pause.......what do you want us to 3do." do." the governor laaer commented that the money may have already been spent. a dual funeral was held thursday... for two ossible victims of theeso-called "backpage killer."in detroit... four women have been found dead.three of the victims... are linked to escort service ads on don't have any suspeets or motives at this time.thhy're now searching for clues. baltimore has the exact same website with listings for escorts. police are warning anyone who uses the site to be extremely careful when meeting peoppe. police in minnesota are releasing this surveillance

photo... of the man suspected of sexually assaulting a girl inside a wal-mart store.the girl claims the man followed her... then groped her from behind while her family stood nearby.police say they're concerned... because if their suspect could be so brazen in the daylight... they don't know what he's capable of if he finds a child alone. nasa images uncover a never- before-seen island... in the red sea.this is the picture captured last week... showing a new mass... with a plume.as it turns out... an underwater eruption left lava cooling... when it bboke through the water's surface.the issand is forming between the islands of yemen and eritrea. 3 3 after the ravens tackle the bengals this weekend... it's "festivus."take a look at this - years play-off t-shirt.the design features joe flacco, ray rice, terrell suggs, torrey smith, haloti ngata and

anquan boldin. they were flying off the presses. there's been an overwhelming demand for the shirts... "its a very positive tting and we re going to a sketchy weekend...people are ervous and they want to win" win"the ravens first ssarted using the word festivvs.... on their way to winniig the 2000 super bowl after the coacces banned the word playoffs. 10-thousand ssirts are expected to be sold toofans by sunday night... the official kickoff to festivus. it's friday and that meann it's your turn to ound off on our facebook page about anything you want. want.let us know what's on your mind-- and your response could air in ur "facebook feedback" segment. segment.just go to facebook dot coo slash ffxbaltimore to become a fan and join the conversation. coming up on the early edition... his videos have captivated the world...

world...nats of video... ben holding up cards. cards.ben breedlove's last youtube videos before his untimely death. death. ú 3

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3 we're giving the gift of a shopping spree... today we will give away our álastá 1-hundred dollar wal-mart gift cards. so if you want to enter... go to our facebook page... facebook dot com slash fox baltimore. click on the inside fox45 tab and fill out the entry form.we'll draa today's áfinalá winner later on this morning. still to come... verizon customers... get ready to shell out a few extra bucks when paying your billl..the new fee the company is charging.. and when you'll pt.nats of video...(ben holding up signs) signs)but first...he's the teenager that's touching hearts...ben breedlove died on christmas day... fter fighting a heart ondition.his heartwarming story... and how his family is coping with the tragic loss. ((bump out))

3 his "youtube" videos have inspired people around the world... evee touching the hearts of celebrities... texas teen... ben breedlove shows no fear... just days before his untimely death in his last few videos... he suffered from a heart condition... but didn't let the disease slow him down.as erin cargile explains... hew

was an inspiration to his friends, and family. family. --reporter pkg-as follows -- ben breedlove begins his story telling the world about the heart condition he was born with.hcm short for hypertrophic carddomyopathy. a disease of the heart muscle most people couldn't tell he had.even when it showed.he was crossing the street at school one ime and he just dropped in the middle of the street from his heart condition and his friends helped him up and he just kept going and they laughed about it. he didn't take ittoverly seriously he went with it.doctors didn't expect ben to live past his early teens.the 18-year-old had a pacemaker put in two years ago...that gave him more energy, helped regulate his heart and stretch his limits. allowing him to spend more time on the lake, traael to alaska with his grandparents... and start making youtube videos.but

there were signs his condition was getting worse.ben really wanted to be free from not being able to do some things and recently he was getting more tired and less able to do the things he would like to do. about a week before his death, around the time the westlake high school senior made this video, his parents knew he was ready to go.he had talked to us in person about being comforted by god and having experienced the peace of god and not being afraid of his heart condition or ultimately passing away.last week he prryed for s that ww wouldn't be scared or sad and we would have the same peace he felt and now we're just remembering the joy he gave to the world. ben breedlove's was laid to pest yesterday afternoon.in one of the videos, ben

mentioned meeeing his favorite rapper... "kid cudi" in a dream...the rapper has since come out... saying he was touched by the ben and hhs story. straight ahead... amazon is naming its hottest holiday sellers.the two items that topped the list. list.and say it isn't so!just a day after another network outage... verizon is adding a fee for custtmers to pay.the reason for the fee... and how much you'll need to pay. ((break 3

3 3 it may get cold in iowa -- but the battle to win the iowa caucuses continues to heat up. as ninette sosa explains... while mitt romney fights to hold onto his lead and carry hampshire... another formerly more obscure candidate finds himself taking fire on all sides. 3 enter a man with growing

support...and growing pressure. a poll this week puts texas congressman ron paul in second place in the fight to win tuesday's republican iowa presidential caucuses.ttursday he continued to push his message of a government with limited purse strings.i'm a strong advocate..and i believe we have to do it as soon as possible...to have a full audit of the federal reserve system. other republicans have ssepped up their attacks that paul's positions make him unelectable.ron paul is not getting the nomination. i can't buy the isolationist viiws. i can't buy somebody who's not going to be engaged with the world.rick santorum -- who has surged from the place in a recent iowa survey - said he'd need to have some antacids ready before voting for paul.another troubling with his name in the 1980s and 1990s that contained some racially incendiary writings. paul has disavowed the papers. finally the campaign hasn't

been a breeze for mitt omney -- but things aren't ooking bad.a recent poll puts him on top among likely iowa caucus goers.and on thursday -- he set his sights on someone other than his gop opponents:i want to do whatever i can to get america growing a thriving againthe median income under president obama last four years -- down 10 percentromney &psupporters have spent heavily on ads attacking newt gingrich. the former speaker of the house's support has plunged some twenty points to fourth place behind the resurgent santorum.i'm ninette osa reporting from atlanta. verizon customers will want to hear this...just 24 hours after another service disruption, the company is announcing a new fee.plus, they were the hottest of the hot.edgar treiguts tells us about amazon's list of best selling holiday gifts. gifts. --reporter pkg-as followss--an upbeat report on the housing

market gave investors jumped 135 points, closing at 12-thousand-287.the nasdaq rose 23 points.and the s&p 500 moved back into positive territory for the year, gaining 13 points.first-time unemployment claims ticked higher last week.381-thousand people filed for jobless benefits for the first time. that's 15-thousand more than the week before.analysts warn that even though numbers are adjusted seasonally, sometimes the holidays can distort the real picture.if you ppy your verizon wireless bill online or over the phone, be prepared for a new fee.starting january 15th, customers will be charged a 2-dollar "convenience fee" for each one-time payment.the fee will not apply to electronic check or auto pay accounts, or payments with verizon gift or rebate cards.this news comes on the heels of verizon's third service outage this month.the company's 4-g network was down again wednesday.it says the problem is fixed, and says 3-g service wassnot affected. amazon is

naming its hottesttholiday sellers.topping the list jobs' biography.rory's story - cubes were the best selling toy of the holiday shopping seasonand levi's jeans were the most sought-after clothing item.for business brief, i'm edgar treiguts.-----end----- cnn.script----- coming up... 2011 was one for the record books... when it comes to airline travel...find out just how safe the airways were ... this year. year.nats... plus..lady gaga. has the honor of ringing in the new year in times squaae.. in new york.. but that's not all..find out in charge of.ig honor.. she's - the transportation

security agencyywas created ten years ago. it's grown by 400% since then. it employs 65,000 people - more than the departments of labor, energy, education, housing & urban development and state. combined. it as 4,000 headquarters personnel. 10,000 administrative staff. it's spent nearly $60 billion since it began. tsa has not caught one terrorist. not one. ever. yet, more than 25,000 security breaches have occurred on its watch. stolen passengers' valuables, committed rape, groped women, humiliated breast cancer survivors, strip-searched infants, bullied the lderly, fondled genitals and disassembled prosthetic devices on wounded military. they've made flying america's worst travel experience. another thing. tsa agents were originally hired as airport screeners. but a few years ago, tsa issued them new uniforms, gave them badges and renamed them transportation security officers. they're not federal law enforcement officers. tsos have no legal

authority to detain or arrest anyone. they have no more authority over passengers than the mailman. tsos have less training than many private security guards. or even some mall cops. even tsa's relatively few armed security officers who fly on aarliners have only two days of training. but they're armed. it's an agency of gross incompetence. it's time to dismantle the tsa. for more on this story visit behind the headlines dot net. and follow us twitter and facebook. i'm ú