. >> are you happy now? >> i'm here. this has made my day. >> are you glad to be home? >> very happy to be home. >> are you glad to see them. >> oh, yeah i miss my family very much. . okay. let's let the tears come down

the cheek again. wow that's tough. happy though. the president and mrs. obama paid a vivid to marines at the marine corps base in hawaii. we have an army sergeant arrived home from his second tour of iraq via parade float. she surprised her 75-year-old mom who lives along the route in lynn massachusetts. >> i could have fallen through the ground. >> that is a great idea isn't it. the soldier on the float. brenda's mom believed her daughter would be spending christmas at forth bragg but instead on a float there wyatt. >> topping their r's good stuff jamie. 40s, 30s to the north.

temperatures dropping rapidly under a generally fair sky. few fair weather clouds in western maryland. now. we've got a new rainmaker already brewing down over the middle gulf states that's on its way here tomorrow. 40s breezy and brisk as temps fall. we have much more on the week ahead into you are why new year's eve coming up. >> all those tears of joy soldiers coming home and there's the soldier on the parade float and people are still basking in the holiday glow of christmas yesterday. we have horror yesterday in our nation. abc2 news reports on holiday tragedies all around the country. >> reporter: neighbors still can't believe the tragedy that unfolded in an apartment in their texas suburb on christmas day. >> too hear something like this it's just shocking. >> reporter: 7 people were shot to death. investigators believe the victims are all related, and they had just opened christmas presents.

>> something that's very tragic. >> reporter: four women and three men range in age from 1860. at this point police still don't have a motive. >> we believe the person or the individual that shot these other victims was inside the apartment. >> reporter: in connecticut more grief on the holiday. initials in stanford are investigating a cause of a fire that swept through a victorian home killing 5. >> first units on the scene attempted rescues within the structure. they were pushed back by intense flame and heat. >> reporter: a well-known advertising executive and a male acquaintance managed to escape, but her three daughters, twins 7-year-olds and 10-year-old and both of her parents died in the flames. >> there probably has not been a worse carrier mass day in the city of stanford. >> reporter: firefighters made a gruesome discovery in a house in columbus ohio three bodies in a charred room. investigators don't know what set off the fire that killed 22-

year-old mother four-year-old chide and boyfriend. >> she had muscular dystrophy. and my nephew dawson sean he was the happiest little kid alive. just so sad. all right we have an armed rob near north carolina got a lot more than cash when he tried to hold up a business. an employee at the we buy gold knock the robber out held him down until police arrived. take a look at the surveillance video we're going to show you here. the masked man got the money and a lot more when the store employee derek literally took matters into his own hands. >> he had a bag and said put it in the baggie handed to him. if he wants money get a job work like everybody necessary this world. >> there was a left hook right there. the robber is charged with armed robbery with a dangerous weapon. it's a girl and it's been a longtime coming for one family in indiana.

talk about a century in fact. we'll explain coming up. those socks your aunt gave you weren't exactly what you wanted. don't you worry abc is working with some tips for you for happy returns.

. your family just cleared out late last night but listen to this family history. little ashland mary ward is the first girl born into the ward family in 100 years. the last time the indiana family welcomed a girl was back in the early 1900s. and the proud parents expect their family will delight in a little girl and have already received plenty of gifts first girl porn to the family in a hundred years. employees at logan airport in boston are giving this pup a home for the holidays. whopper's owner didn't have the proper paperwork to take him along with her to spain. when airport workers couldn't find a pet sitter they told his owner they would take turn caring for him. >> if you trust us we'll take him you go to spain have christmas and new year's he'll be here healthy. >> workers have been e-mailing

pictures and updates to the owner every single day. the 5th day of hanukkah. in laguna beach california people had a perfectly appropriate celebration. the a surfboard menorah was put up. each board with oil lamps attached to the noses. they will will be lighting a 6th one in laguna beach. twin talking babies who seem to understand each other. we're going to count down the top youtube videos of the year and before you return that christmas gift that doesn't fit we've got some tips for a stress free refunds and returns.

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the top 10 youtube videos of the year have been a announceed. the most watched talking head- on youtube belonged to a dog. >> reporter: the thing about youtube videos is that some you get, and some seem like jib rush. for instance in this year's top 10 most viewed videos the number 5 spot went to a very annoying cat, the you in we are 10 spot went to a very adorable cat. a mother cat hugging its kitten hill the two of them take a cat nap. the number 9 video was volkswagen super bowl commercial called the force had. number 8 was a cute 11-year-old canadian sing sergeant lady gaga 's hits. lady gaga was so impressed she invited maria are a gone to

sing a duet in concert. number 7 was a dance comedy video. youtube is the place if you want people to at least 56 million people looked at the twin talking babies that seemed to understand each other perfectly. adults enjoyed adding subtitles and nominating them for best foreign language film. comedy music videos were popular and we might as well acknowledge the number one video that got over 180 million views. okay. that's enough acknowledgment. but it's the video that came in at number 2 that's number one in my heart since it's my story that's the one we're going to concentrate on. >> you know what the meat jares right.

>> reporter: this is just something riveting about the talking dog being teesed. >> you know that bacon that's like maple got maple flavor. >> the maple kinds yeah. >> i took that out. and i thought. >> yeah. >> i know who would like that. me. so i ate it. >> . >> looks like he's getting hopes up they are dashed. >> reporter: former add agency andrew gran that many makes a leg creating and voicing talking animals. >> people smith thousands of videos and he adds the dialogue. andrew wouldn't say how much his advertising partnership with youtube pays but clark the dog now has a facebook fan page with a joke bacon tree and bacon t-shirt. if you're wondering what he really said in dog speak. cnn new york.

. >> it's in the eyes jamie. you can tell what's on a dog's minds sometimes. >> clear cold out there. 43 right now at the airport. a nice day in the wake of christmas, a nice day to run out and maybe make an exchange if you had to that kind of thing not a bad day to be out and about. sunshine over the severn river as we look out to the east u. s. naval academy. all of them are on christmas break. sunny skies in laurel today. little morning cloud cover in the baltimore area but ocean city was crystal clear all day long right into the evening. maryland's most powerful radar all five sweeps showing not a thing. that's going to be the case tonight and in the morning tomorrow. clouds increase through the day. we do bring in a chance of rain tomorrow night. temperature wise 30s and 40s out to the west and mid 40s across the central part of the

state from baltimore testoon. the beach at 43. but again these numbers headed south tonight on a light northwest winds under a clear sky. these temperatures will be dropping pretty quickly down to the 30s. in a few spots potentially the 20s. >> across the region again quiet weather pattern. very little happening locally, but we're watching our next weather maker already putting down some pretty heavy and steady rain across western tennessee and down through the mid south. places like mississippi, alabama. this storm will keep tracking slowly northeast through the day tomorrow. we'll bring in a chance for rain here by midday into early afternoon. but for tonight and early tomorrow we still got dry weather in control. i want to show you the timing on this as we go from tonight into say midday tomorrow. that's when we think the first rain will be knocking on the oar from the west. even out in western maryland we think this thing starts off as all rain. the temperatures will be well above freezing statewide. as we go towards 6:00 we'll get

a heavier rounds. evening commute could be work. as we work into later tomorrow night the rain clears by say 8:00, 9:00 but that's when we go get brief wintry showers out in western misdemeanor. in fact maybe an inch or two of snow in wisp some of the higher elevations. maybe not a bad day to go skiing in the middle latter part of the week. nothing through the early part of the day tomorrow. overnight 32, clear, cold less breezy he. tomorrow we'll go 48 on the guarantee. a couple of degrees above average. normal is 44 this time of year. cloudsing up developing rain by the early part of the afternoon, and we'll still see showers lingering into tomorrow night. so they will taper off as we go past say 10:00 or midnight. we should see the last of the rain showers gone maybe even earlier. 7-day forecast looking ahead finding temperatures not so bad. a breezy colder day behind that rainmaker on wednesday. then we're going to moderate things back up to 50, 51

degrees toward new year's eve. that is not such a bad deal because, you know, a lot of us need to put our cocktail dress on jamie something like this. >> is that what you're wearing. >> you don't want it too freezing cold. i'll probably do the tux thing. >> so wear your cocktail dress. how about that guy with the voice overs for the dogs. what do you do for a living i'm a dog voice over. let's take a look at democracy 2012. winding down for the christmas holiday. the gop presidential hopefuls are refering up. this is newt gingrich's campaign. it's a pretty big roadblock. torre what's the latest on this? >> reporter: it's hard to believe iowa is just 8 days away , but this is the perfect time to start basically zeroing

in on the recent polls. specifically this one out of iowa. i want to take a closer look. what you're going to notice ron paul mitt romney and newt gingrich are essentially in a virtual tie. i want to talk a little bit about ron paul. he is a diehard supporter in the state of iowa. people who will go out and vote on the coldest night. he's got a strong organization there, and then if you look at romney and gingrich one percentage point is separating them. so clearly this is going to be a battle. what's really interesting about todayes only one candidate is out campaigning. the rest of them are maybe celebrating the holidays with family and friends. but i'm talking about rick santorum who is pulling in the single digits here. he's out pheasant hunting. but as you can tell he's not alone. he's with some big time republicans out in the state of iowa potentially tying to get an endorsement maybe trying to up his numbers ahead of the iowa caucuses. interesting though only one of these candidates is out today and it's 8 days away. >> dick cheney is not out this

with them is he. >> reporter: oh, no. >> last week should have said newt was in the lead in iowa now i heard he got bad news over the weekend. tell us about that. >> reporter: in fact this actually isn't iowa it's out of the state of virginia. but newt gingrich got some big news over the weekend. the fact is he didn't gather 10,000 required signatures to get on the ballot out there. the primary ballot and voting takes place on march 6th but his campaign director issued a statement over the weekend that statement says, voters deserve the right to vote for any top contender we'll work with the republican part of virginia to pursue an aggressive write in campaign to make sure all the voters of virginia are able to vote for the candidate of their choice. here's why that's unlikely. state law prohibits any write in candidates on primary ballots in virginia. this is raising kind of a bigger question. how disorganized is newt gingrich and his team if they can't get all these signatures

together especially in virginia which is where he lives. >> torre dunham thanks again. coming up tonight at 6:00 we're going to take you to elkton where a story is getting a lot of attention selling a lottery ticket. the latest in the search for the luckiest person in cecil county. we brought you stories all year about people trying to make a buck at the expense of others. a look at our naughty list for 2011. those stories and more coming up all new for you at 6:00. now here's a preview what's ahead of us on world news at 6:30. when is heartburn a warning sign. an alarming new study for women what other risks could heartburn pose and what should you do if you have it? see the whole picture with diane sawyer this week on abc.

. all right in tonight's consumer alert it's the thought that counts right. that's why you were back in the store this week trying to return gifts that missed the mark during the holidays. abc 2 news karin caifa with tips on happy returns. >> reporter: gifts we received during the holidays aren't always the perfect fit or perfect match. if you plan to return items, you'll want to have a receipt. >> without a receipt or gift receipt you're going to get back either a, merchandise credit or the lowest amount it sold for. >> reporter: some stores will charge a restocking fee. in the case of electronics a repackaging fee.

>> you want to be sure not to open the packaging if you're not sure you want it because again you can leave all the tags and the labels on the item. if you destroy the packaging or rip it apart, again you'll have a much more difficult time returning it. >> reporter: most retailers willis the tells of their return policy on your receipt and if that still doesn't make it clear ask someone in the store when you check out. some retailers will allow merchandise purchased online to be returned or exchanged in their brick or mortar stores. read the policy on their web site for details. for consumer watch i'm karin caifa. >> did you hear about this japan sony south korean rival samsung are ending their venture making will lcd flat screen tvs. sony's tv operation has lost money for 7 straight years and april many is working on a cell phone that doesn't need recharging for weeks at a time.

and based on patent filings it appears to be the future for iphones, ipods and mack books as well. the hydrogen fuel cells the company is developing environmentally safer. 8 states are going to raise the minimum wage. the lowest paid workers will see their hourly rates go up between 28 and 37 cents in arizona, colorado, florida, montana ohio vermont and washington. colorado getting the smallest increase 7.63 an hour washington the largest at 9.04 an hour. a look back at the year busier in business on abc2 news at 6:00 which starts right now. who went to wesleys in elkton

this christmas eve. you're about to have a great great new year. the search is on for the lucky 125 million-dollar lottery winner whose identity is still a mystery. fortunes were made and lost businesses he flourished and crumbled the world lost one of the greatest geniuses. we've been telling you about their schemes and scams all year who do you think made the 2011 naughty list. 14, 16, 30, 51, 52, 19, those are the numbers that add up to $125 million for one person in cecil county. the lottery ticket was sold at wesley's restaurant and lounge. family business for more than half a century right there on telegraph road in elkton sold on christmas each. as brian kuebler tells us the lucky winner has yet to come forward. >> reporter: at wesley's in elkton, you can get a steal on