milder. 34 in the state capital. 34 in chester town. 3345 out the westminster way. you see the heavy rains developing from chicago through boot hill, missouri. this line steadily moving east and arriving in western maryland, perhaps an icy mix. we'll have more on that, who can expect what for your morning commute. forget about working 9 to 5. >> roosevelt leftwich shows us more. >> reporter: in this uncertain economy, three things are clear when it comes to jobs. how long we're working is changing, where we're working and flexibility is the new know. 77% of employers now offer flex time. that's way up from 66bilities just a few years -- 66% gist a

few years ago. >> i love. it never had a company that offered this type of benefit. >> reporter: she has a flexible arrangement. >> i have something to look for every two weeks. >> reporter: other flex options are becoming available, including flex place, choosing where you work. it's twice the amount from a few years heaping. employers see them as a win-win. >> anything we can do to help them get their work done is what we're interested in doing. >> reporter: the rise of the hybrid job. >> instead of hiring someone for one specific skillset they're trying to reduce their cost of hire. >> reporter: james schneider fills a hybrid position. help handles, marketing and sales. he started the job as an unpaid

intern. >> for someone who has been out of work for appeared of time, this is something more and more of us need to do. >> reporter: something else that's shifting, phased out retirement. employees don't clock out one last time when they hit the magic age. >> it's a good way for retirees to get a taste of it and it gives the company time to plan and strategize to fill the void. >> reporter: retirement is far from kim's mind. she loves her flex time arrangement. >> and some go back to their old jobs as contractors or consultants. the downside they reduce the social security benefits.

another change coming to the workplace is the influence of social media. your next job could be on twitter. southerly using twitter views. instead of a formal interview companies tweet out a question. you tweet back. you can tell a lot about some of the personalities of 140 characters or less. furloughs could be coming as early as april unless congress intervenes. the cuts are set to go into effect march 1st but experts say paid cuts from furlough will not come until later. federal agency also first have to negotiate with unions and give notice. a white house proposal on immigration reform was leaked to "usa today." it's already been called dead on arrival by one republican senator. >> the document reportedly would

allow undocumented immigrants to become residents after eight years and provide more money for border community. the backlash from republicans has already started. >> we don't want to give them an advantage over those who came here legally and we think there's a way to do this while still respecting the rule of law. it's clear what the president is talking about does not do that. >> while the white house said the president is supportive, they deny that the plan was leaked deliberately. as college costs soar, so does the amount of the country's student loan debt. karin caifa has some ideas to help you cut college costs. >> reporter: for high school seniors awaiting acceptance letters or droneups for further

education, tuition can be a major fact or. bank rate.com looked at some of the lesser known ways to cut college costs, starting with state tuition aid. in addition to federal aid programs, states hand out billions to qualified students. another route loan forgiveness or in demand professions like teachers, healthcare and legal defense either through federal or state programs. bank rate also says college didders should be aware of the cake dem mick common market. it's a cooperative between 14 southern states that allow students to pay instate tuition rates. if their field of study isn't offered not are a they live. if multiple siblings are headed to the same college at the same time, contact the financial aid department to inquire about a discount. online retailers are cutting

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best buy is making price matching its permanent policy. the new policy starts march 3rd. best buy will match prices of all local retailers and nearly 20 online competitors. they want to and the practice of show room when a customer goes inside to check on the propped but goes online to purchase. seems like our pockets continue to get squeezed at the pumps. the national average for a gal on of regular hit $3.73 today. aaa said prices have

32 straight days. the cheapest can be found at the costco in whitemarsh. real freezing temperatures are threatening our citrus supply. over the weekend temperatures in florida fell to freezing. it could damage oranges and other fruit trees limiting the supplies and driving up the prices. forecasters didn't expect it to get quite this bad. the weather is supposed to worm up. a similar cold snap in 2010 severely damaged some of the citrus crops. >> see that guy cutting the orange? >> you can dine on some of the best restaurants in annapolis. restaurant week is coming to our capital city. we'll give you a sneak peek next. leann rimes sued her former dentist.

dr. jeffrey rossen thal is joining us. what are some of the treatments. >> we offer all the different treatments that could be needed for children with heart disease. that includes surgery, interventional cardiac catheterization and something

called ablations, something we do for heart rhythm abnormalities. >> one or more things you may have to have done. >> often congenital heart disease is so complex that children require more than one procedure and they need to be followed throughout the course of their life even when they're adults because new things can come up. >> all right. dr. rossen thal is with us until 6:30. the number to call to get your questions answered is right there on the screen, 410-481-2222.

start off by looking at some of the beautiful conditions on this holiday, hope you had the day off. hardly a cloud in the sky. a few clouds coming in late in the day. havre de grace on the susquehanna river. not the wild winds we had to deal with on sunday. less brutal. cold day but a sunny one and days getting longer and longer as we work into the end of the february season. take a look at the conditions at bwi. we've got the temperature right around 40 degrees. winds are southwesterly. temperatures are pretty normal

today. winds out of the south. that's going to help move temperatures up a little bit tomorrow as we get into the brief southerly flow. then the cold air comes in toward mid-week. temperatures are right in that average rang of 40. 37 easton. looking at tomorrow, it depends where you're watching from. around central maryland rain showers more thannian thing coming in late morning. temperatures will go into the upper 40s. and then clearing and breezy, 47 or so in essex, but that will be a different story as you go further west, howard county to the west as we look toward glen el, perhaps an icy mix at daybreak and changing over quickly to rain showers. that's going to be the story for us across the area. you see temperatures bumping up. we could touch 50 or so in laurel. clouds beginning to edge their way. the main system will not get lear until late morning.

as we look at the setup trend wise, you can see the front. stop at 9:00 in the morning, some snows out in the mountains from hagerstown westward, and then a brief mix mainly west of baltimore on the front edge before it changes around midday and then the rain clearing out as we go into tomorrow evening and wednesday looks clear. this will be colder and windier. in terms of real easing concerns, that's mainly doing to be for allegany and garrett county. it will create the icy scenario tomorrow. it won't get into central maryland in time to create much. then we feel the cold air arriving tomorrow night into wednesday, so definitely don't get too used to that brief mild shot with the rain coming. the front continues to march into the state, a brief mild shot as we've been talking about

and that cold front triggering the rain showers tomorrow clearing out tomorrow evening. as they clear out tomorrow night the cold air settling in as the cold air comes. then the clouds thicken un. tomorrow 48, a brief a.m. mex of -- mix of precipitation from frederick, maybe western howard county. tomorrow night 30 degrees as we clear and get windy. the next few days temperatures will struggle to get out of the 30s both wednesday and thursday and blustery cold conditions. the wind will be there. as we go into the and of the week, temperatures will come up. we also bring in the threat for rain showers, so very active pattern in mid to late february. very active. >> listen. you can always have up to the minute forecasts. just download hour interactive weather map. you can get there by going to

abc2news.com/download. restaurant week wicks off next week. >> so we sent out our veteran of annapolis restaurants. >> reporter: something is cooking in annapolis and it tastes good. >> amussels. >> at least 39 will offer discounts on lunch and dinner. all of the participating restaurants are serving a two-course lunch and a three-corpse dinner. >> a good little deal from the restaurants. >> rusty romo of harry brown's have participated in all five years. he sees this as a great opportunity for both restaurants and the customers. >> get customers to come in and see what you're doing and the

restaurant get has little pop. all the restaurants get a little pop. >> reporter: smart diners take advantage of it. >> the restaurants are superb. >> it's a good way to introduce yourself to the restaurants here that maybe you haven't been to before. >> it's a chance for people to sort of mark their territory, so to speerks for the upcoming spring and summer months and say, hey, we had a great time. let's go back there or maybe this wasn't so good, we won't go back. >> reporter: listen, guys, for all those hop didn't exactly hit a home run on valentine's day, kelly has a suggestion. >> where they spend their -- they will go around town. >> reporter: whether you're trying to recould you the valentine's day, annapolis is

the best place to be and you have all week to take advantage of it. >> he remember go to the acme bar and drill, good. it's the fifth year for the promotion in annapolis. it goes from february 25th threw march the 3rd. >> we've been taking your calls now. we're talking about your heart health. dr. rosenthal is with us taking calls from the university of maryland medical center. doctor, we're talking about congenital heart disease. is that something that's hereditary? >> losten it is. in a courter of people with congenital heart disease there is some underlying genetic predisposition. this comes up frequently in children with down syndrome and other type ofs of genetic abnormalities or differences. now we have a number of children with down syndrome in our practice and they require sometimes special care because other things can go along with

down syndrome. we love these kids and we left families and obviously, taking care of the heart disease is one part of taking care of the whole child and the whole family. >> you get diagnosis. you're a parent, maybe a new parent. are these children living into adult hood? >> many of them are. the current estimates are that 58% of the people -- 85% of the people born with congenital heart disease will live into their later years. nearly half with congenital heart disease are currently adults, so people are living longer. the most important message to adults with congenital heart disease is stay in care. one problem that adults with congenital heart disease frequently encounter is they believe their heart disease has been fixed, so they stop seeing the congenital cardiologist. at the university of maryland medical center in the heart center we have many specialists or quite expert in taking care

of adults with congenital heart disease and we're happy to help out people of all ages. >> okay. we have dr. rosen nal with us for about another 45 minutes. the number to call, again, is 410-481-2222. jamie? >> kelly, doctor, every few minutes a woman dies of cervical cancer. each year a half a million women die from pregnancy complications. abc2 news' reporter sherrie johnson shows how students are making a difference. >> reporter: these students advocated for women. they are learning about real world health issues affecting women. >> i think as a girl today, you need to be aware. >> reporter: students became

interested after the ceo spoke at the school. last year two upper school students became the first interns from garrison forest. they spent their spring internship skyping with hng workers and girls -- healthcare workers. >> we all know women. it's important that we not forget about the women on the other side of the world that don't have access to the thing that is we take for granted here. >> reporter: students are passionate advocate and started a club at garrison forest school. last month students participated in a multiskate basketball fund-raiser. several students teamed up to support the mismghts students raised over $4,000. >> also just great that they are involved and they're caring about something more than themselves and really can make a difference.

it's small changes that lead to big solutions. >> reporter: for gary son forest students it's not just about the work in the classroom but handing a helping hand lobely to those who need. this sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> students also participated in the january 4th women's health initiative. coming up all new at 6:00, a home invasion in a gated community near loy yow l.a. what police said the suspect did when he forced his way into a women's home. >> a woman walking home finds a grenade on the side of the road. those stories and more coming up on abc2 news at 6:00.

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performing is le an rimes. -- leann rimes. she is suing a dentist for dental negligence. she said would have botched dental workforced her to cancel her shows. the center is getting a new life. we'll explain on website woab news at 6, which starts -- abc2 news at 6 which starts right now. >> we fond out there was a hand grenade that was found. >> the bomb squad core donned off a neighborhood after someone found an apparent grenade. >> an early morning sends three firefighters to the hospital. >> tax season and you're pumped up to