nnw yeers eve.... they say greasyyfood can cure a sure to dd the trick. trick. check out the ""angover burger" in australia.it weighs on how much it costs... but it comes ith all thh fixings plls fried eggs nd whole bbq chickens. 3 hello and happy nee year. i'm jennifer gilbert.jeff barnd is off tonight.breaking news oot underway about 20 minutessago on the senate bill which amounts to a compromise on the fiscaa cliff. ittavoids drastic tax increases and sppnning cuts.by our count it passed. house deeocrats voted overwhelmingly in favor of the &pcompromise, but many house republicans voted against because the compooise did ot address any governmentspending cuts. more on what's in the

deal coming up in ten minutes. 3pthe nnw yyer... means a new start for seven ssme-sex cooules who tied the knott minutes after midnight.the first gay marriages in maryland were pprformed early this morning at city hall. melinda roeder is streaming liie there tonight -- mmlinda? melinda?for theenewlywed the enddof onn journny - the beginning of another.the last several months - included campaigning and controversy... and ulttmately - a committment. mmayyand is one of only threee states to approve gay marriage close one. a controversial referendum thhttcould sst a precedent - in many ways for other states.one couple came hereefroo south carolina to get married - because it's still illeggl there.another vows after 35 yeers in a r - partnership. they say they're happy to be aapart of history - and thankffl that voters supported their cause.

maayland... at one point we never mayor stephanie rawlings blake performed one of the maariage grooms is a long time city the - emplooee.live from city hall - melinda roeder - fox 455news - late editiin same sex mmrriage...is among several new laws takkng effect . today.another measureeprotects children from identity tteft .... by aalowing parents to freeze their child's crrdittat pny time. time.veterans will now be able &pshown on their driver's licen. license.and another measure to help keep toxins out oo the chesappaae ay. baltimore city saw its number of homicides grow in 201. 2012. 217 peoppe lost their llves in baltimore city lastt year. thht is 20 more

compared to 2211 when baltimore saw a historic low of 97. baltimore did sse a percent drop in iolent crime as well assproperty crime. gun crimes declineedby 6 percent. the ump in hooicides mounted to aa incrrase of 10 percent. a 100year old girl is in critical connition......after caused by gunfire celebrating the new year. year.pollce were called to a morrinn.witnesses say the giil suddenly collapsed... with a perious innury to the top f her head. head.the girl remains on life support at a hospital in delaware tonight.neighbors report hearing gunshots in the arra a teenager diid in a crash overniiht in harford county. it happened alonggbush chapel roadd.. ear mount cavalry churrh road in aberdeen.police lost control of his car as he came around a turn in the road......and struck another otherrcar was nnt ijuredd and

ccash is still under eeof the - investigation 3 an update tonight o a sttry you saw ffrst on fox involving a pizza delivery driver ho says he was emoted because he attacked on the ob.ile be job.. sam swicegood says he used this small piece of fiberglass to fend off a group of teens who jumped immduring a delivery. swicegood told fox45 .... he waa demoted and saw his ours cut because of policy. tonight a spokesman for the ccmpany tells fox 45 swiceeooddwas not ddmoted. swicegood says while that's technically true... he's not getting tips as a cook so his 3& for 46 american couples : 20133is already heartbreaking. russian orphan:but last vlldimir putin officially banned the adoption of russian children by americcnnfamiliee.

reports tonight one howard county woman is fighting to 3 (ahh,,,,, its like a pound or two its pretty heaay")tatyana mcfadden ii a fierre competitor.(wide-in pheelchair)"i competed in the 100 m 400 m and 800 meters.. " he paraolympic athlete already has three gold and a bronze... but.. she wants to win sommthinggelse... and it's not a game. (taayyna-side angle)"i will neveerssop fighting for hoseechildren" tatyana delivered a petition with thousaads of signatures to theerussian embassy in washington dcc... she wwnts thh russian government to re- open the adoption proccss to american families. (tatyana)"the cchldren were used as pawns stuck in the arguments.. and its really reallyyunfair its going to effect tteir ives forever it's ersooal foo tatyana. (tatyaan close)"i was adopped at age six., i was born with spina bifida so i was very pery sick whhn i wws little" (((mit: no russian family no

other family))) but an american woman walked innand i knew from that moment she was going to be my mother." (mom)"tatiana would havv died there.. and so all these children are doomed and believe president puuin nailed the coffin in these hildren" pprticularrwho have met their americaa pareets.. aad were waiiinggto be picked up.... whennppeeident putin stopped the rocesssby signing a laww (tatyana cllse)"they already know who their mom aad dad ps.. if they live in the orphanage i donttknow what is going to happen to them" 33

innthe past 20 years,, sttte department figuues show american families have adopted more then 60-thousand russian prphans. 33 a bad day ffr aa crook in washington ssate.... he essed with theewrong man.... man....corporal alex pohle.. who is a marine ...and his wife returned hhme from a the froot door of hii parents' home kicced in.once he ntered crook...red handedd... with a gear.pohll... who justtcame back fter a 7 month used hiss arine trainingg...to i restled with him a little bit and he got out and as he was running i taccled him and &pi thhew him o the ground and uh we wrestleddthere for a &plittle bit and uh i subdued him. when i took him tt the ground, it kinda kicked into put him in a headlock and, blood choke and i put my knee on hs head, everythinggkicced . in.the suspeet has a long

criminal history, and now its a good day for purple the ravens prepare for their - fifth-consecutive trip to the postseason.members offtte ravees ground crew are literally paanting the town purple to get fans exxited for sundda's game against the coltt.they're spray painting the team logo at 30 locations at city hall.poe wassthere to help... along with the ravves cheerleaders... aad fans are definitely feeling confiddnt. "iq: yeah we do it every purple." .. oq: paint the town "ii: oh ravens win..... oq: all the way to neww 3orleans." orleans." in addition to the purple and golden raaens will appear cial somewhere in marylann. and bbginning tomorrow fans can enter to win tickets to the game by finding the golden pogo to the ravens websitt, twitter or inntagram accounts.

&pearlier we asked whattnew year's resolutions you are making this year. and its our question of he day marcus writes on our facebook page...."to take better care of my body." better."a wide variety of interesting respooses on our facebooo boo page tonight go to fox-baltimore dot com and tell us what you think. you can also sound off through tweet.. at foxbaltimore. wx toss wx toss wx toss 3- phe house of rrpresennatives

jjst passed the fiscal cliff de closer llok attwhat's in the law......and whyyyour paycheck... will get smaller the emannipation proolamation hoo we are remembering 150 33 aad a police chase..ow it wenttfrom high speed to ssow in a matttr oo minutes.

3 its official... the houss has ppssed a bill to avoid the fiscal cliff and its on its way to president obama who says he will siinnit. wendell goler explains what's inside the legislation. p3 p------------------------------- -------------------------------- -------------------------------- naas "(measure passes, deal passed with ovvrwhelming ...extending the buss eraatax cuts for amilies making less than $450 thousand dollars a yyar and maaiig the lower rates permanent, sooething... ...former president bush because he wasn't ble to get 2/3's of the ssnate to go allng. that part most republicans are happy with. ffeming says it made some thingsspermanent...permanent fix toothe amt....some things do like." ...the deal hhving to ay the alternative miiimum tax, by indexing it to the death tax 5% but extempts &pindividual estates...

..and $10 million for family estates like farms. backkto 6..%, a 2% increase ll phicc will cost a worrer making $110k year about $2k more. on the spending term unemployment enefits for another year. democcats had "it'sscrittcal. you want to talk aboot the real cliff it's compensation..boxer says if that's not in theedeal, that deal is a real problem." there's a five year extension thingg like alternativv energy convvrsion... ...and &panother year in which businesses can take a 50% bonus depreciation on new equipment and buildingg. the deal puut off cuts in doctors' medicare payments for another year... ...and living entititlement n obama care, that the administration had decided was unaffordable, anyway. the catch all measure even exttnds a dairy subsidy to keep milk prices ffom spiking. , mr. obama can expecttadded pressure in a matter of weeks when the nation's debt ceiliig

must be raised again..hall says "we made mistake increase debb limit first time gave that guy all money to buy same mistake now." mr. pbama sayy congress shouldn't do that, eccase it holds the country's credit ratinn hostage to partisan demands republicann feel thaa's the haapen. 3 coller weather on the way.. ere's tony paggottithe way.. &ppagnotti

one-hundred and fifty years ago today... presiddet abraham lincoln signed andd issued he emancipation proclamation, eclaring that slaves in rebel statts shall be "forever free." molly line looks at how we are today.erinn that moment today..- 3&butteefield says: "this is amerrcan history that eveey individual must understand and

proclaamed the freedom of the nationns slaves.tooay, in the house of representatives... putterfield says: "today, mr. speaker, we commemooate 150 years of freedom ffr african american itizens."the landmark document came as a divided nationnneared itss thhrd year of the grueling civil war.lincoln's proclamation ensured ttht if the union eeerggd victorious, slavery oold perish.but lincoln did not free thee nearly four million slaves wiih a single signature. because it had no bearing on slaavs in the four borderr statee, and exempted certain parts of the confederacy -- it peft perhaps 750-thousand slaves in bonddgee the remaiiing -point-1 million african americans -- claimed as property by lave-owners -- were welcomed into the uuionn army.the u-s postal ervice introducing a limiteddedition

ptamp, in honor of the hung an early copy...with lincoln's signatuue...in the oval office. the áoriginalá is on display attthe naaional archives in washington. its ink is faded, and it's hard to read...but the procllmatiin makes clear: no aaerican can own another. churchgoors in biimingham, marking the anniversary wwth prayer and song:greason says: "if you don't remembbr the past you can't know how to caa tag)emancipation was a áprocessá, not a ssngle event -- and t continued tt evolve untilldecember 18-65, with the ratification of the 13th amendment -- abolishing slavery throughout the nation. in new york, molly llne, fox news. p

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unlimited. quite an interesting matchup thhs sunday, as tte nfl playoffsdessend on baltimore... it'' current team...the colts and the rrvens...the fever is rising already...and he opponents will be led by a man with a strongbbltiiore connecti. connection... chuck pagano servee as the &pravens defensivv coordinator last season,and he wws impressive enough to get a head coaching job out of it... he isssd most of thh season

leukemia, andsunday will be only hii second game back... pagano has said many timess that he loved baltimore, and workingfor the ravens...but all that is pushed asiie this &psunday..these are the playoffs.... 3 -3 college basketball...and the end of the beginning forthe portion of their schedule today...things wiil et a ot puffer from here...buu there is good reason or oppimismm.. optimiim... maak turggon and is maryland terrs looking to win their 2th consecutive game, hosting visiting jaguaas taking the early lead,,craig riccegoes to gaines unnerneath..and thee had a big early leade.....but faast can't hht, but 7-1 alex len is dominant force thii year..here's he reboond building a sseond half lead.. ..ttey were ppaying som defense too...seth llen

defflcts it to niic faust..back to alllnfor the slam...2 of his 13...terps roll 81-63 to go to 12- p..theer 12th straight win. that'll do it for this edition goodnight. 3-