menu which will offer items such as flat bread. well, if you're planning a trip for spring break we are working with you for tips to get the best price. find out why the booking is all about the timing. that's coming up at 6:00, which starts right now. visibility of less than half a mile out there this evening. i'm meteorologist wyatt everhart. i'll let you know when the heavy fog begins to lift. police in harford county say a half nude priest exposed himself at this adult movie house in abington. first it was flipping houses. now it's flipping cars. we have a warning so you don't end up with lemon. >> you've been outside and you

know it's a foggy day. looking like it's moving pretty well. the big question is when will the rain move out. we have a look at the forecast. that cold rain is gone. that's near the eastern shore but less than third of a mile, baltimore, wilmington, that is dense fog. it's that i-95 corridor. has you go south through d.c., visibility is improving. in those areas no problem. temperature wise, will we see a refreeze, i don't think so. temperatures have stabilized in the mid-30s. many spots are warmer. i think temperatures will hover. not that there couldn't be an ice cry spot where areas have not had a chance to completely melt.

take a look at the trend, cloudy, rain showers blowing out. the rest of the evening foggy still and fog into early tomorrow morning. we'll talk about that and look to the rest of your week, some surprises -- it's coming up. a to you son priest is out of work after police say -- towson priest is out of work after police say he exposed himself. >> reporter: in addition to adult dvd's, patrons are warned they must follow simple rules. >> we recently hired security guards to be here to help us, to make sure everything is -- nothing illegal is going on in there oar when harford county sheriff's deputies stopped by to do some random checks, they got an eye full.

>> they went to the rear of the building to where the movie theaters are. they located an disaw. he was in the state of undress, exposing himself in a way that was visible to patrons. >> reporter: the suspect, mark stewart bullock was known as father stew bullock at immaculate conception in towson. they have learned the archdiocese removed him. >> he was probably a good person and he made a mistake and they're crucifying him. >> reporter: the owners of the business say they, too, have been victimized, targeted by deputies wielding flashlights who show up late at night. >> police come in here all the time. we know that. we're not going to allow illegal activity to go on here.

for a few bad people that break the law, you know, what about the other hundreds that have legal rights to come in that don't break the law. >> reporter: in harford county, jeff hager, abc2 news. >> according to the church letter bullock was on vacation at the time. two women and a baby are recovering after neighbors say they jumped from the second story of a burning row home. neighbors say one woman jumped out of the front and a second woman jumped out of the back. they're working to confirm exactly how the fire victims got out but all three are recovering at area hospitals. >> they're injured a little bit but they could have died. they could have suffered a lot

more injuries. i'm grateful they all got out. >> investigators are still working on the cause but so far they have not found anything to suggest this was an arson fire. a dozen people were forced out of their homes after a two alarm firement this broke out about 7:00 on the third floor ball conning in. it damaged six apartments. no one was hurt. the cause is under investigation. also in perry hall, looking for a descrifer who hit and killed a 68-year-old woman. this happened just after 7 last night on seven courts drive. two cars were traveling when one car allowed the victim to cross. the second victim went around the first car and hit the woman. the driver left the scene. the woman later died at the hospital. anyone with information is asked to call police. now to towson where there

were scary moments for had driver in a parking grafnlgt the driver's foot got stopped and he hit the gas rather than the brake. the front of the car went over the lefnlgt the good news, the driver was not hurt. >> now to your money. are you one of those travelers who try to book your flight well in advance? well that may not be the best deal. some new research could change the way you search for flights. >> it's all about timing and the best time to get a cheaper air fare appears to be six weeks before your flight. it looked at billions of dollars worth of ticket sales in 2011 and found the average flight trip was $358 rounds trip. to get the best price you need to book six weeks before your flie. that's only about $20, so not a huge discount. you could put it towards the

fees of checking your basmght the closer you get to departure, the more expensive it clan get -- can get. the researchers admit there is no guarantee with this. it's just lap trend that they've noticed. if you fly during peak times or around the holidays, the trend is less likely to happen. bottom line, shop around. look when people aren't shopping like late at night. fare compare said booking flights on tuesday, wednesdays and saturdays are often the cheapest. use flights like kayak to find good deals. listen up, coffee drinkers. how much do you spend on that morning cup of joe? the average person drops nearly $1100 a year on coffee. that's $20 a week and it doesn't

include the cost of spending coffee is at home. last year the average household spent $4,154 on gas. holiday shoppers spent a little over $700 last year. cell phones, the average phone costs more than $600 a year. the iphones could easily cost more than $1900. we love our pets so much that we cof up $1500 for our dogs, cat owners, $1100. >> the sales of tablets and e readers really picked up. if you're considering purchasing one we have tips for you. how much do you want your device to do. it's designed for reading books and news papers. some will allow you to play music or search the web f you need more than -- if you need more than a reader, you should get a tablet. are you going to use it only at home or take it with you when

you travel? wi-fi should be enough for your e reader. tomorrow there will be a public viewing for legendary penn state joe paterno. there is a makeshift memorial. paterno coached the nittany lions to more wins than any other college coach. but the scan dpal with jerry sandusky cost him his job. the public memorial will happen on thursday. >> ravens fans are still reeling. the game was a nail biter.

the new england patriots won by holding out baltimore 23-20. ravens kicker billy cundiff missed the last kick. billy cundiff said yesterday's loss gives him some perspective. >> it's great to have my family. my daughter woke up this morning and she didn't care. my son, as long as i got him breakfast, he was happy. it's that kind of perspective that through this deal, it's tough to go out there and fail but at the same time i've got a lot success. i will continue that success. you have to do what's important. >> not that we really care, but the patriots will be going for their fourth super bowl trophy. well, the ravens lost.

sinai hospital awarded a savings bond to the new parents. the baby was the first born after the start of the ravens-patriots game. she was born at 10:41 last night. car flipping may seem like a way to get some cash, but we have a scam lay lemplet find out how scammers could be taking you for a ride. >> the fbi is warning you about something else, a new scam that's out to steal your money. >> it's been a foggy day. we don't have our official high yet. temperatures could warm up as we go toward mid-night. we'll talk about when we'll see the clear skies come back. that's coming up.

?iewf a probably heard of -- you've probably heard of house flipping. now there's char flipping. abc2 joce sterman has more. >> reporter: rebecca was on a tight budget. when she wanted a new car, she turned to craigslist. she found what she thought she wanted from a dealer. >> he said the car was in immaculate condition. >> reporter: she made sure a mechanic check it out. >> i got the car back. then the car wouldn't start. >> reporter: there were faulty belts, tire and brake issues and the car need new transmission. >> on a regular basis, once a

week we get someone in the shop who said i need a new transmission. >> reporter: he run has transmission scar -- runs a transmission. >> you can buy a car for $500 or $1,000. wash it up and sell it. >> reporter: it's called car flipping. with some people buying used cars today it's an easy trap to fall into if you're not careful. >> buyer beware. >> reporter: remember, car fact reports are helpful but they may not catch everything. take the car to your own mechanic, someone you trust and have them do a full inspection before you hand over any money to the inspector. we have another important scam. it is a phishing scheme that

uses spam emails that appear to be from government agencies such as the federal reserve. it when you -- when you open it it says there's a problem with your bank account and you must click on a link. it takes you to a phony web site that downloads malware. gas prices have edged up over the past few weeks despite a drop in crude oil. the average price is $3.39. the lundberg survey finds the price is three and a half cents higher than a couple weeks ago. if you're looking for the best prices in your area, abc2 is working for you. head to our website, abc2news.com/traffic and click on the gas prices link. you can enter your zip code and find the cheapest gas in your own neighborhood using our

interactive map. all right. absolutely a nothingy -- foggy night out there, that damp chill in the air. it makes the old joints, old hinges act up. we're seeing some clearing and bit of a warmup. 100% humidity. visibility women under a half a mile -- well under a half a mile. you can see the clouds holding tough and the fog at times getting more dense. then letting up a little bit and getting more dense again. look at ellicott city. tough to see at times. that's going to continue to be the case, especially as we lose daylight. toward frostberg, the sunshine

came out. that's what we'll see. after morning fog things improving. maryland's most powerful radar, we're sitting clear. as we look at the overnight hours this will not be new rain but new fog. temperature wise interesting, as i was pointing out, 46 at the beach. 50 in the mountains, in the 30s through central maryland where we never saw as much as a peek of sunshine today. look at the visibility reports. less than a half mile, one third of a mile in baltimore and one third of a mile in wilmington. this corridor absolutely fogged in, really dry. you see on the eastern shore we have cleared out 10-mile visibility. so 10-miles is normal. temperatures never getting much above 40 but still enough to melt things. not nearly has much concern for

-- as much concern for ice. we saw that brief clearing, but the real clearing is out to the west. they're sitting crystal clear. that weather is moving our way. we're looking at a pretty fast pattern that will push this boundary out to sea overnight into the day tomorrow and by say 10:00, 11:00, we should really begin to see improvement, clearing skies will mean temperatures will rise into the low 50s. tomorrow you can probably go golfing in the afternoon. there will be a lot of mud. wednesday we'll go with upper 40s. tonight down to 36, patchy drizzle. widespread dense fog that could last in spots, say north eastern maryland through daybreak. then we improve quickly. that fog lifts, burns off, sunshine 52. tomorrow night down to 30 with

just a few clouds. seven-day forecast. bottom line as we've seen all winter, we bounce back into more mild conditions and as we look to the weekend, some clearing, some sunshine and i think we will get colder by sunday. the bottom line, this is good stuff for late january. keep that in mind. >> i guess we're bouncing back in a good direction. >> got to get the fog out. after that we're in good condition. in tonight's health alert, smoking is so addictive but many people still light up even when they're seriously ill. researchers looked at smoking rates in lung and colorectal patients. 14% of the colorectal patients still smoked. five months later those patients were still smoking. lung canners who still lit up -- cancer patients who still lit up

-- those with colon cancer who still smoked tended to be uninsured or under educated men. listen to this. gossipping can have harm on people's reputation and yours but it may have benefits. what are the benefits? apparently reducing stress, discouraging bad behavior and stopping exploitation. the study found people don't need to feel bad about revealing gossip, especially if this helps someone. here's a look at what's coming up tonight at 11:00. are you planning on taking a present back to walmart? even if you have a gift receipt you may not get the amount you're entitled to. plus, a reunion. nearly 60 years in the making we'll tell you what separated this pair of brothers and how

they finally came together. we'll have those stories and more plus wyatt's forecast.

nothing can stop the frog. this will be gone by mid-morning. bawcialghts northeast mrksd will manage -- baltimore, northeast maryland, wilmington. >> we'll be back at 11.

have a good one.

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