get inside the action of arena cross.we'veegot another chance . tomorrow on fox45 morning news. &p 3aa a careful 3 "there's been more demand for aamunitionnthan there's ever be" been."the white house inittative to craft new gun control measures... up and running.the meeting tooay... pe the vice preeident and the &pnational rifle association. an unusual outcome... for baseball hall of fame voting. the reason áno oneá ii getting inducted this year. 33- -3 3 & thuusday, january 10th.

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3 3 -3 fiist on fox...a trrde ccool &pwith three locations across maryland... closes withoot warn. warning.this morning... wondering whatthappens to them. south altimore with more on why they were told to leave and ever come back. good morning guys,affer months of hard work herr at the american careerrinstitute... students are wonnering ii it was all a waste... if theii moneyyis gone.some were only before they were toll to leave in the middle of class yesterddy ... without any warni. warninggescorteddout by

policc... connused students sttod outside the a-c-i cammus here in baltimore.and we're told he same thing is happening at it's wheaton and columbia campuses too.students come to this school to learn anything from dental assisting to digitallmedia.some spent months working towwrds their career... only to find... "this is bull crap, bull crap, you want this? this is bullcrap""work hard, stay ssraight this isspootposterous" "they told us might as well go home, don't worry bout books tests, go hooe, schhols clooed "theyywere ggven a letter from a-c-i... explaininn the school had to close all of its couldn't get additional credit frommschool lenders.bascialll they have noomoney. and it's not juss students thaatare being impacttd by thhs... employees say they were told they'll no longer be

petting paid.find outthow ttey plan to fight back... coming up next half hour.i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morniig news. &pit's the issue that's once again on the minds of many llwmakers this ession: tax.the gas tax hasn't beenn raised in more than á20 yearssá but according to governor martin 'malley... the state's transportation funds arr severely depleted.so he's considering at least two &poptions... to boost revenue for transportation. (governor) "ooe woold be tt update he gasoline tax and the other wouud be to dedicate an aaditional penny from the sales tax so those are two ways to do it perhaps members of tte general assemmly have to unveil his plan to boost transportation evenue ii the ppcoming weeks. &pbills frrm b-g-e... if the company gets its way wayb-g-e s looking to raise

its distriiution charge for electricity and gassfor the &ppean your bill would go up d month. on wednesday... b-g-ee held a meettng at the war discuss the increase.of the 14 people who showed up... half who were not... say the meetings arr not advertised well enough... nd predict &pmany people are going to have p tough time paying for the increase. (53:17) when our elderly their heat whee is very cold or they have to dial back on the cooling when its hottttey but that's what they are going to have to do to offset this increase.(56:58) juss like many long liie utilities bge does need to make significant upgraadee tt our electric and natural gas distrrbution systme so hat we cn conninue to provide safe and reliable electric and gas power to our c. customers... if the increasess are approvee....customers ill see higher bills by spring. 3 get ready for a stinn bug

invasion... expertt are telllng us they expect a bounce-bacc year or those nuisance bugs... &pespecially here in maryland. that's bbcause ttey feed off most of our local plants. experts say you an expecc to starttseeing more of them starting áthis eeeendáá.. when the weatter wwrrs upand py sprrng....they could come out in masses. stannon gill, university of maryland extension: 4.18 "i'd vegetable crops are thhigs fruit trees, thht's where e - they're gonnaalay their eggs." caabridge mattice,,ashland, virginia: 6.11 "it'sslike youu chilling on the wall, likk they came out of noohere." clarkson "pogo" sherwood, been trying to outsmart 'em. pllnt my omatoes at a littll bit of different time, doo phis... and it doesn't seem to work. it seems like they're on top of their game." game."whether or not it seemed this way to you... we actually caught a breek here locally sttrms.but expertt say... this year is going tt look a lot &p20-10. reconstruction is now underway at one of new jersey's mosst popular boardwalkk... left damaged y superstorm sandy.

destroyed he entire 1-point-3 pill stretch of belmar's governor chris christte was on hand for theeceremonial groundbreakkng.aboot ooe &pthousand peeppe gathered for this symbolic occasion... he beginning of construction on one of heejersey shore's most pooullr boardwalks. "because the boardwalk is belmar. we have o amusemenns, we haae nothing. we hhve famiiy. we have the boardwalk.. "so it was important forryou to be here?" "uh huh." dollar project includessmany pew features... like strapss thattbetter anchoo the boardwall during hurricanes. 3&vvce president joe biden kicked offfhis gun iolence task orce wednesday by and gun violence surrivors. tooay, hh sits down with ppyne has the story. the the national rifle association has made its position clear: no new guu laws. ttee orggniiation has activeey lobbied to ppevent any new saying we ssould enforce the - gun laas already on the books.

but vice president joe biden house intends to take action to reduce gun violence. thee ttere are executive orders, that is yet, ut ww are n be compiling it all with the help the rest of he cabbnet members s well as legislative action we believe is requiied. up, gun and ammunition sales gun enthhsiasts are stocking - uppon weapons and ammo fearing phey could eeoutlawed. jay wallace, an ammunition distributor ii atllnta, has seen a ig boost ii sales. thii is probably ii my lifetime, n my business we're havingglaw enforcement agencies coming in and buying ammunition oof the shelf. &pwal-mart -- the nation's its executive will alsoomeet with bidenns gunnviolence task force... they initially had declined. i'm ed ppyne

repooting. president obama established following the massacre aa sandy hook elementary school. its recommendations to the ke -3 president at the end of jaauary. tiikets to president obama's inauguration are supposed too beefree, but they're racking up quite a hefty price on craigslist and ebay.some aae pven going for 2-thousand a piece.congressional offices committee,,aaeetrying to clamp &pddwn on the blackkmarket. soo far, their fforts haven't sttpped online scalpers. the president is expecttd to have an all star musical line up at the inauguration. beyonna, kelly clarkson, and james taylor are ll set to perform .beyoncawiil sing the national anthemm kelly clarksoo will perform "my &pcountry is of thee," and james taylor will sing according to the white house, preeident obama was involvedd in selecttng the singers for the ceremony. one of monopoly's classic gaae tokens... is hhaddd straiggt

hasbbro has announced iis replacing one of the tokens withha new one.and the ame- maker is turning to facebook... to get your input. input.you can vote on whhch token they would like to see spaaed: the shoe, top hat, wheelbaarow, iron, battlessip, race caa, thimbll or scottii ddg. you can also decidd on a diamond ring, guitar, toy robot, cat or helicopter. happyyvoting! coming up on the early edition... trapped... by

pheett of ice. ice.the pack of whalls that's in need of rescuing. 3 ((break 1)) time is running out... for

officials in canadaato rescue a pack of killer wwales... trapped by ice.today... the ggvernment is sending experts tt the scene....to ee whether tteeoocas can be saved. ssved.just ecently... part o &ptte hhdson ay froze over... forcing the animals to share a small ooening of ice as a breathing hhle.officials are hoping aa icebreaker can be used... to cleaa a path for thh whales.but as of now... the nnarest crew is far aaay.

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rates... dropping across the news.the h-p-v elated good ne. cancers... that are actually seeinn an increasee coming down... with the flu. the toppthree ways people end up gettinn sick... and how to avoid them. ((breek 2)) 3

a severe outbreak of tte flu across the u-s. moreethan 40 statessare ddaling with flu mayor has deelaree a public health emergency. as lisa can spread quickly... and you may be surprised at just how easy you could get sick. &p we tooch so many things without even realizing it. ttke a simple trip on the subway... (nats) buying a metro card... going down the beginning. standup: "the flu virus can spread eesilyyin an inclosed place, likk subway ssatioo." "the flu is a virus that usually spreads through or sseeze, f we're infected with the virus, we can be contagiouu to anyone is not affected." the flu virus can spreaa to others uppto 6 feet away, according to the centers for disease controlland prevention. and flu germs caa the top 3 ways to catch the flu: -being near someone who is sick who sneezes, ccughs or talks spreading infected dropllts drinking from he same cup or sharing a utensil... -and touching a germy surrace and then touching your eyys orrmouth.

and you can pass theevirussto someone before you eeen know you'reesick "somebooy cannbe contagiouu with influenzz up to a day priorrto developing sympttms. symptoms typically cougging and so on, and up to &p7 days post developing those & ymmtomss so the flu viiussc be fairly contagioussover a long peeiod of time." o see how easy it is to spread ggrms we triid out this experiment witt smething callld glo perm. just look whattthis plack liiht picked up. if this were the flu virus or cold germs, i would be leavingga trail behind for someone elle to catch. usinn cleaning products to keep suufaces germ free can minimize the chances important to ash hands d it's thoroughhy. (nats) jessica benton is with calico industries, a company that distributes lo germ as a way &pto each proper hygiene. "som people siig the a-bbcssor pappy birthday wo times. but a least 20 seccnds of vigorous washing. i do know wwen people

do wash their hanns they may not go in between their fingers. so there's a lot of - but they dooget stuck behind phen you don't wash your hands soo how loog can germs live on ttpicaaly 2 to 8 hours... but there have beee reports of up to 48 hours. soap and water is but if yoo don't have accees effective. some good news..aad bad news... cancer deaths are declining ii phh -s... but the number of pelated to h-p-v ... has ggne pp... despite vacciness vaccines.that''saccorddng to a new ssudy.the fiist vvccine, gardasil, was approved by the f-d-a inn2006. the vaccine &pprotects agginnt strains f the h-p-v virus that can cause waats. anotherrh---- vacciie was approved in 2009. the rrport connludes thhre'' clearly a need for more

preeentton efforts for h-p-v- relateddcanccrs ....including getttng more peopll vaccinated. straight ahead... the consumer electronncs show isn't just about entertainment. friendly gadgets n display at the tech event. ((break 3)) technology makes your life

you healthierr at the onsumee electronics show in las vegas, theee's a new waae in the fast- grrwing space where tech and health nterssct. karin caifa technology and health have long beee intertwined - pussing forwarr to develop new ways for doctors to treat patients. but exhhbits at this year's ccnsumer electtonic show - more ways than ever for devicee incredibly valuable "co- and they're really motivating people to live healthier believe last year at ces,, he

space was aout one-third the & it's growing really, really &pquickly." fitbit was one of the early entrantssinto this space in 2007. at this year"s personal fitness mooitorssfor ttacking things likk steps sleep patterns has expanded - and it's got mooe ompany. some aimed are at speciffc health problems, llke this iphone-integrated tool for diabetics monitoringgblood suggr. ""ow anyoneewwo hhs an iphone can monntor their blood ssgar with their smartphone, they don't have to carry a separate devicc" others aimed overall... "blood pressure your body fat, your lean bmi,, muscle mmss and much much more. they all coomuniccte via bluetooth to our ihealth app." integrating the traditional tooll for measuring key metrics like weight,,body pomposition and blood ppessure with he new gadgets availaall &pconsummr watch,,i'm karinn - caifa. coming up... convicted child

sex abuser jerry sandusky.... to appear iincourt. court.the arguments his lawyers will makeeat tooay's hearing..- this cold season, nasal congestion won't stop me. i made the clear choice.