you stood in line on black friday. now you're sitting in front of the computer on cyber monday. probably our best day in the almost three years of being open. >> buried between two of the biggest shopping days of the year. why small businesses were ringing up sales left and right this weekend. it wasn't a jolly weekend for frosty the snowmen. first, in your money tonight, if long lines and

wrestling for sales is not your thing, you may be one of the few million who may plan on finish your christmas shopping by moving nothing but the mouse. we have more on those cyber monday shoppers. >> reporter: despite pepper spray, fistfights, chaotic crowds. black friday was a money maker. cyber monday is doing very well. just between you and i, did you get online today at work, maybe buy something? online shopping is up 20% from last year. to get the best sales you better start with social media. >> the first thing is to moptor facebook and twitter for your favorite retailers. come up with the top 20. look at their facebook and twitter pages. >> reporter: all right. unlike brick and mortar businesses, you can shop several different stores at the same time. while revving up the searchen

gin look for promo codes, coupons. don't forget about free shipping and no parking. listen, if you're really looking to stretch a dollar, wait a few days. cyber monday is becoming cyber week. some of the sales may not drop until the second week in december. well, you could shop today or wait. maybe you're one of those people in the maddest of black friday but who shopped small business saturday. brian kuebler explains how in the middle of the shopping season's first weekend, main street got a well deserved boost. >> reporter: they weren't selling flat screens at $200, no one sleeping out but on main street in bel air, it brought in big business. >> normally friday and monday

are about the same, but it was much better. >> thank you. >> reporter: chris is the manager at heart beat. she said the small business saturday campaign had her working nonstop. main street was packed. >> a lot of people were asking us if we were doing good for the small business saturday. people would come in and say, wow, you're busy. you want people to say, wow, you're busy. >> reporter: it can often set a tone that will carry throughout the holiday see son. the hope is that the message of small business saturday resonates beyond that. >> probably our best day in the three years being open. >> reporter: she is the manager of tiddly wimping -- winks.

the beginning of a relationship main street hope also turn a profit in the future. >> a good christmas season gives us a good boost in all the other seasons, spring, fall, gives us a good boost, making main street easy street. >> all right. so today a nice day. we did deal with plenty of sunshine. maryland's most powerful radar is dry. maybe a couple of sprinkles trying to move in but mainly dry skies. temperatures, i think you will like what you see. 64 in baltimore. easton at 68. we seat low 60s in york and frederick and hagerstown. as we go through the rest of the evening with the clouds out there, we will stay in the 60s. it will be nice and mild has we

go through the nighttime hours. we have the rain pushing in as we go through tomorrow. we also have colder air moving into the forecast as well. stick around because i'm going to give you all that information. all that is coming up. let's check out tonight's top stories. baltimore police arrested 51-year-old alvin wright senior in connection with the abduction and rape of a 13-year-old last month. he grabbed her, shoved her into an abandoned home and sexually assaulted her. police used dna gathered at the scene to connect wright. sir a kyes fired assistant basketball coach bernie fine after allegations of child sexual abuse came out. sir -- coach jim boeheim said he supported the university's decision to fire his long time student.

when the allegation initially surfaced, boeheim very hemmently denied them. st. vincent depaul will spend more than $5 million to expand the beans and bread center. a dramatic crash in california and how some good samaritans jumped into action. plus, frosty the snowman is feeling some heat. why a man dressed as frosty was re rested.

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snowman at a christmas parade. the not so jolly soul is charged with assault and disorderly conduct after a confrontation with the cops. he is also accused of kicking at a police dog. take a look at this video from a luncheon. it's canada's version of the super bowl. these two retired players going after each other. their dislike dates back to the ease -- back to the '60s. after a to you tense moments, the two were pulled off of eachther. hundreds of would-be santas stripped down to the annual speedo run. they were hit the road to get money for breast cancer. >> it's something different for the community.

>> didn't take much to con vns some -- convince some runners to get in on the cause. at least they had good weather to be out there. well, the holiday shopping season is on and we're working to find the best deals. find out how to get the best bang for your buck by picking up your smartphone. plus, rep candidate herman cain is taking a different approach to spreading his 9-9-9 plan. we'll explain coming up.

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whether you love the thrill for the hunt at the big mall, smart phones and tablets can be a key part of your holiday shopping season.

karen kay a -- karen cave a look looks at apps. >> holiday shoppers can use that smartphone while looking for merchandise in the store. >> reporter: you got a price check. it's one way to make sure you're getting the most parching for your buck. >> you can find reviews. do price comparisons with online retailers as well as brick and mortar retailers. >> reporter: apps like four square have a limited time offer. >> looking for deals and coupons that are available online is a huge way that people use search and use their mobile devices.

>> reporter: it has given rise to another trend, couch commerce. consumers can take that tablet to bed, so the shop never stops. shop runner brings together dozens of retailers and offers free shipping. keep track of online purchases with an app like slice for iphone. it scans your inbox, looks for things like shipping information and tracks packages and electronic receipts. you're now clicked in. if you wanted to buy all the items in the 12 days of christmas song it would cost you more than $100,000. the price rose more than 4% sense last year. the biggest increase, the partridge and turtle dove.

the most exnssive item -- expensive in the song, the seven swans-a-swiming. if you want to buy them, it would cost you about $6300. while you're out holiday shopping for your loved ones, consider picking up a toy for a child in need. the toy drive is officially underway. abc2 is a proud sponsor. just drop the new unused toy at the walmart stars lessed, the learning center or fire stations in baltimore and anne arundel counties. the toy drive is partnering with the kids program. if you have hold instruments lying around -- old instrument the lying around, you can drop those out. looking for ideas? check out our website.

have you considered giving apps for christmas? we've got a story explaining how to do that. our toy expert testers can clue you in on which one your kid will enjoy the most. no kelly, i don't want an app. i'll take some jewelry. it was nice outside. still quite nice if you're looking at temperatures, only at 64 degrees. it will be slow to drop off. we have clouds. the winds out of the southeast at seven miles an hour. that visibility is good. as we go into tomorrow, we have a chance for patchy fog. so bell hair today looks pretty good. we did have those clouds to start off the day, but look how we clear out. then the clouds start to move back in. i'm going to call it a mostly

cloudy day. not dropping any rain from those clouds but it's going to be a different story as we go into tomorrow morning. right now let's enjoy it. into dulles, the temperature is 67. 66 right now in easton. we're looking at patuxent river, the low 60s there. food not so -- today not so bad, a little breezy. oakland 14. that's going to be more of what we're going to get as we go into tomorrow and early wednesday. our high made it close to 80. 66 in annapolis. 72 in cambridge. today 69. tomorrow we'll stay in the 60s but it's not going to be as dry. we'll have rain in lutherville with rain in the forecast. satellite and radar not picking up on a whole lot. we can see the rain is back to the west. it is a big system. that's going to move. check out the back side, yes,

dealing with messy weather, sleet, rain. as we look at the weather pattern that system is poised to move. we're pumping in the milder air. on the back side it's going to get cooler. before then check out the showers that are possible, some drizzle as we go into 8:00. the bulk of the rain will move in by 3:00. your commute home will be on the wet side. take it easy on the roadways. you can see in the mountains, west virginia, but we will not see snow. 55 degrees as we go through the overnight. we'll see areas of fog. by tomorrow the temperature around 63 degrees, early showers and developing steady rain has we go throughout the day. tomorrow night temperatures will be right around 40 degrees, showers possible, breezy and cooler. the seven-day forecast, we'll have the rain ending as we go into wednesday.

temperatures will drop off at 530. thursday will be a cool day at 48. plenty of sunshine. that will continue into the weekend but temperatures will be in the 40s. kelly? >> thanks a lot, lynette. in tonight's democracy 2012, information about a new had -- ad going after mitt romney. first, let's start with breaking news about herman cain. >> reporter: we have breaking news about herman cain. he was just on cnn. what we know now is a third woman is coming forward with what's being called allegations against herman cain. the latest information is from aga, an affiliate in atlanta. they said the woman is an atlanta business woman. her name is ginger white and the two of them had a 13-year affair. she said she knew at the time he was married and this is wrong.

take a list on it what kane -- cain had to say. >> this woman will accuse me of an affair for an extended period of time. secondly it is someone that i know who is an acquaintance that i thought was a friend. >> reporter: kane would -- cain would not go into details. but we just gave you the information. >> i want to play some more of what herman cain had to say. >> i'm more worried that this will hurt my wife and my family because it will prove that this was probably something else that was baseless. >> reporter: kane said he talked to -- cain talked to his wife and said here we go again. and speaking of herman cain, the republican presidential candidate has a new ad detailing his 9-9-9 plan.

it's called 9-9-9, the movie. it explains his tax plan which calls for a 9% national sales tax, 9% income tax and 9% corporate tax. he dropped in poll numbers last month after battling sexual harassment allegations and now he's got another one on his plate. coming up at 6:00, the voice of reason decides to turn off his mike and leave the airwaves. how the long time tv personality made the news. i'm jamie costello. those stories and more coming up. here's a preview of what's ahead.

colleges and universities are cutting tuition to attract students. some christian colleges are capping tuition. in order to appeal to a wider group of students, many colleges are removing the christian or bible references from their names. if you're cruising on royal care beerntion you'll have a -- caribbean, you'll have a few

feature. the crews line plans to put ipads in their cabins. it will start adding them in the splendor of the seas ship by mid-february. after that they will put it in the cabins of five otherships and it will be programmed with the daily listings. passengers can also check out their accounts and order their room service with the tablets. baltimore city police are worried about another rash of police impersonations. we'll tell you how police say they are attacking people. that's coming up at 6:00, which starts for you right now. a 51-year-old man arrested for raping a 13-year-old girl in an abandoned home. now police will tell us how they have been able to track him down. ron smith turns the voice off for the last time.

the state comptroller wants you to get off your computer and shop in local stores. we want to start with new developments. a 51-year-old man is behind bars. police arrested a man who kidnapped and forced himself on a 13-year-old girl. roosevelt leftwich has the latest. >> reporter: police say alvin wright is facing several charges as he attacked a child who was walking home from school. the house is boarded up again. the only reason the wood is peeled back is because the house along with others are getting renovated. a young girl was held inside and sexual assaulted and beaten by a man last month. that man has a name. >> 51-year-old alvin wright. wright has a prior conviction for a drug offense, which