the teen's death is an opportunity for parents to talk to their kids about the dangers of drinking, especially drinking four loko, which the 13-year-old's mother said he was drinking before his death. just one four loko has the same amount of alcohol as four beers. after a maryland ban was put into place in 2010, caffeine was pulled from the cans but you will' still find the drinks on store shelves now. the pain at the pump isn't getting better. the cost of gas hit its highest price ever. over the past month gas prices have soared 18 cents a gallon and it might get worse. economists predict the naptional average could hit $4.25 by april. jury deliberations in the murder trial of george huguely won't begin again until wednesday. huguely is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend, yeardley love in her off campus apartment in

may have you 2010. huguely's attorney said his client had a role in the death. however, he blames huguely's action on youthful indiscretion. this is national dating violence awareness month. the yeardley love case and the man accuse of killing her makes the danger more real for young people. roosevelt leftwich has more on the warning signs and the help that's out there. >> reporter: think about this. hant no mountain high enough . i will die for you. if someone said that to you, wouldn't that be kind of creepy? a sign that love cran reelingly hurt. when is it love. when is it dangerous. if he's calling or texting a dozen times a day or following you or shows up when you least

expect it. >> it doesn't start with the vie lenls. maybe it starts with he calls you four times a day. then it's six time as day. eight times a day. i say if you don't answer what happens. if you ignore it, is it completely okay. if you don't answer. where are you. what are you doing. >> reporter: the death of yeardley love should be a wakeup call for many young people. during the trial prosecutors painted a picture of an abuse f--- abusive relationship. as the jury prepares to deliberate, they want to bring awareness to the violence. the resources are there. >> when they look at these cases, they think, gee, am i in that kind of situation or do i have friends? and what would i do if i had a friend that was concerned about

it. >> the other thing that we are starting to do is bystander training to help students take action so that we just don't sit by and watch a potentially dangerous situation low -- occur. >> reporter: there are resource. on a college campus you can go to any counseling service at any college to get help, but also, in other cases you can call the police and there are many services. we'll links to them on our website. >> thanks a lot, rosie. now i'm taking a look at some severe weather elsewhere. a tractor-trailer carrying a load crashed into a guards rail in greensboro, north carolina. one section of the highway was closed for eight hours while crews worked to clear the

debris. people are without power in vest -- in west virginia after a heavy snowstorm. as many as 52,000 customers were affected by outages yesterday and today. crews are still hard at work trying to get the power restored. what a difference a day can maifnlgt i mean, we were did have some pretty active weather across southern maryland. snow is in the southern part of the state but none of that today. crystal clear. our satellite picture including down through central virginia where they did get several inches of snow a lot of melting with the sunshine. temperatures well above fried freeze -- above freezing. goldsboro 43. we had light snow, 42. 46 -- the rest of the evening will fall through the evening. things will begin to change last we were move toward the latter part of the week.

this won't be more winter like this time, just the opposite. 50 years ago today john glenn made history as the first american to orbit the earth. back in 1962 our country was losing the space race but glenn helped us catch up and soon became the trailblazer. looking back, glenn remembers concerns he calls laughable a half century later. >> the ophthalmologists were concerned your eyes might change shape and your vision would change and you couldn't seat instrument panel enough to make an emergency reentry if you had to. >> good thing the doctors were wrong. he had to fly much of the mission by hand. then on reentry he saw fireworks. glenn watched part of the space ship tear away but he eventually

landed safely. today glenn said his concern is about the budget cuts in the program and he said he hopes an american will land on mars. well, it's that time vive the year again -- tax season and the irs is warning about a dozen tax scams to avoid. we have the details. >> reporter: with the deadline to nile your taxes less than two months away, the irs is out with their annual list of the most common ways taxpayers cheat the system or get cheated. beware of these. topping the list is identity list. scammers will steal your information to file fraudulent returns. they can get this by phishing. be aware of unsolicited emails or sketchy websites. coming in at number three, the irs warns these professionals sometimes take more than their fair share. this may sound obvious, but the

irs is cautioning peafls -- taxpayers to be truthful. don't file false returns, lie about income or exaggerate donations. they chop end up costing you more in penalties. if you think you may be the victim of a scam, visit irs.gov for more information. reporting from new york. >> well, the new jersey governor's decision to fly flags at half-staff to honor whitney houston is not sitting well with some folks. find out what extremes one michigan man went to to protest the move. in tonight's democracy 2012, the remaining presidential candidates are hitting the ground to get support. which candidate is leading in the polls tonight.

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a michigan man was so upset by new jersey's decision to fly flags at half-staff in on for of whitney houston, that he burned a flag on his barbecue gri. after losing his son in iraq, he thought it was disrespectful for the pop deview to receive the

same recognition. >> she was a great syringe. i won't deny that. lowering the flag is for someone who has given their life for their country. this just opened the wound again. >> governor christie stands by his decision. reality television is entering the world of sports collectors. coming up, jamie costello takes a look at the new series ball by. >> how do you like your burger medium or rare? you won't believe the price tag of this new patty.

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next month is the premiere of ball boy right here on abc2 and jamie costello is here to give us more info. >> reporter: you can add sweet lou, shaggy robbie, sr. and junior as the big stars from baltimore. in with the old and out in front of a national audience. >> i was born to be a star. i mean, look at me it. 's greatness in a bundle. >> reporter: our network abc has hand picked robbie's fresh face to be the next star. you're getting uncle joe's jersey. >> camera's up. love it. >> who would be the want to be in front of the camera. come on, now. that's what everybody dreams of

oar they shot 123 half hour shows. you'll find out who's trying to sneak one by them with a fake signature or a family owned business. >> this is a really cool experience. all we do is talk sports all day and all of a sudden we're going to be on television. >> reporter: when abc invited us in for an exclusive behind the scenes look we saw two guys trying to sell a detroit tigers turnstile. what would it take to keep the turnstile here or turn it away. the guys wanted two grand. robbie, sr. in the back, $1900. robbie in the back $1800. >> you're shaking off signals. >> i wanted to own it but i wanted to own it at my price. >> reporter: don't want to spoil

the episode. they don't lose much but they will gain a lot of publicity. >> this is going to blow it up. that's going to be so good for memorabilia because everybody can relate to athletes. >> tell you what, i want that turnstile. that would be great. hey, this show had a number of titles but abc decided to about with ball boys it. was slated to layer in january if the nba was in the midst of a lockout it. hits march the 24th, two half hour shows. we will be watching. jamie costello, abc2 news. all right. a nice finish to the day, nice finish. lots of sunshine through the

day. a little bit of a breeze. you can see this with our flag moving good. 48 out at bwi. that's the current air temperature. obviously well above freezing. it did get a little bit of snow last night melting, no question about that. winds are northwest at five miles an hour. visibility is at 10 miles. take a look at some of the weather through the day. baltimore it was sunshine on tap throughout the afternoon. mighty find day in charm city for february, a cool breeze blowing. how about a postcard shot on kent island looking at the docks. it won't be all that much longer before we get the boats fired up. bel air sunshine on tap. a nice looking day in harford county as well. maryland's most powerful radar all sweeps showing clear. 45 in ocean city. patuxent river, one area that did get yergt weather well --

wintry weather well above freezing. the hair is bone dry. our winds are from the northwest. it's a cool dry breeze, certainly making it feel cooler than it s tomorrow we're right back into the mild trend here. increased clouds, but low to mid-50s tomorrow. so another above average kind of a day for february. that's going to be the beginning of a more significant warmup coming late are this week. crystal clear across the mid-atlantic, across the east and west. you can see the storm blowing offshore. that's the last remnants of the storm that came through virginia last nit and provided a glancing blow to southern maryland. high pressure will stay in control. cool dry conditions will be the story. this will warm things up as that high pressure moves further to the east. our trend showing not much, though. it does appear we could get a small disturbance off the coast of maryland by tomorrow night. right now it appears that most

this who bring, perhaps a few showers to the beaches but nothing for central maryland. then on wednesday, just some increased clouds, maybe an isolated shower up into pennsylvania. overnight 30, mostly clear. tomorrow we're talking about 53 for your two degree guarantee. into tomorrow night still some clouds. we'll keep the forecast dry certainly for the baltimore area. your seven-day forecast looking ahead, finding a big surge in temperatures, 60 or so on wednesday, pushing 70 on thursday. what a surge in the temperatures we expect later this week and also the chance for rain last we go towards friday. back to you. >> thanks a lot. now to democracy 2012, the remaining gop candidates are working hard, perhaps anticipating a long drawn outbattle. tory dunnan has more. where does it stand now?

>> reporter: this afternoon rick santorum is still in the spotlight. the latest gallop national poll shows that he's 10 points ahead of mitt romney. that's why the next two states to vote are so critical. this gop nomination race is taking yet another turn. now the candidates are hand picking their states. rick santorum and mitt romney spent the early part of the day campaigning in ohio. >> this race is about freedom. >> i want to get government in washington smaller. >> reporter: ron paul is the only contender without a first place victory into seems like our momentum is picking up. >> reporter: it's day two of stumping in north dakota for him and newt gingrich is banking on super tuesday to reignite his campaign. today his sights are set on oklahoma. >> this has been statistically the most successful party in the country. >> reporter: the four candidates don't cut.

it some republicans are calling for a new comer to enter the race. the short list, new jersey governor chris christie, mitch daniels and jeb bush. >> this is really hard. there's no gimme here. no one will show up and become superman or super woman. >> reporter: a lot of this will depend on what happens in michigan. that's romney's home state. the general consensus is they has to prove that he is the best one to take on president obama in the fall. well, the presidential campaigns and super political action committees started filing financial reports, looking at how much money they've been

raising. one of the super pacs backing mitt romney raised 6 million. president obama's campaign reporting its latest numbers last friday. it has raised just over $29 million last month. jamie? >> coming up at 6:00 we have another scam alert to warn you about. it may look too good to resist. have you seen these letters claiming to reduce your mortgage payments? they'll take the money from you. and the game of hockey, not only fun to play but for these kids it's a chance to be independent. we'll show you a special sport being played right lear in baltimore -- here in baltimore. these stories and more coming up at six. here's a preview of what's ahead at 6:30. coming up on world news, we know about the jobs that moved overseas but some companies are bringing jobs back to america. which ones, how, where?

the great american homecoming this week on world news.

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new stats from the department of agriculture shows that the difficult economy is keeping the population now. the average woman in the u.s. has less than two children and that's not enough to rebuild the population. demographic experts say the number of births will probably rise once the economy recovers. after the awards, the cheers, the speeches, do you wonder who cast the votes for

those oscar voters? most or white men over the age of 50, members of the academy work identity is kept a secret. the academy award is sunday night. taco bell is breaking out ofs it shell. they're rolling out a new shell made of nacho cheese dorito chips. they're called doritos loco taco's and they will make their debut on march 8th. a dutch shine ties is working on a newed into that gives a whole new meaning to mystery meet. the idea,000 grow cow meat from bovine stem cells. the project costs about $330,000. scientists need to grow the fat separately to keep the meat juicy and tasty. to produce the meet efficiently

and on large scale it could take up to 20 years and that's in the research has unlimited funds. i think i might have to pass on that one. coming up a celebrity chef is trying to make sure the state gets those in need a good breakfast. we'll have that story and more on abc2 news at 6:00 with jamie costello which starts right now. >> reporter: teenage drinking takes center stage after a 13-year-old loses his life in parkville. it's hard to miss. gas prices continue to go up, how high they will go is discouraging news. if they tell us how much money we can save, we will fall for it. >> it will steal your money. the scam making its way into your mailboxes throughout the hear. this monday the schools