>> it's g.p. and the fergs epilogue. [meow] [laughter] craig: it has been a long night, g.p.. geoff: it sure has, pal. i mean, sure has, the fergs.

[laughter] craig: why am i called the fergs. why not just fergs? geoff: you're the one that said it one time. craig: no, you came up with the idea, didn't you? geoff: oh, hell. [laughter] craig: do i really have hair under my eyes? geoff: i don't know about that, but you smell like a flamingo. craig: goorningts everybody.

what was your reaction when you were first accused of rape? >> when they first told me i was shocked. i was like, i didn't do this. >> labeled a sex offender for a crime he didn't commit. the legal loophole that has one man fighting to clear his name. >> this is 9news now. tonight, justice denied. the story of a young man's

fight against a complicated legal system. a 19-year-old from mineral, virginia has been on the commonwealth's sex offender registry for nearly five years even though everyone acknowledges he's not one. matt has details. it >> reporter: 20-year-old edgar is an inspiring rap musician who writes his own songs, one of which is entitled "the truth shall set you free." it's an auto bye biography. when edgar was 15 he was accused of raping a 14-year-old girl. he and his mother say based on the advice of their lawyer edgar pleaded guilty to avoid a lengthy prison sentence. >> i know we had bad counsel. >> i was scared. >> reporter: a year and a half later after his accuser

admitted that she made up the whole story he was released from custody. >> a relief. >> reporter: but that's not where the story ends. that's just the beginning. despite the fact that his name was cleared in court that same name, for technical legal reasons is still listed in the sex offender registry, making it extremely difficult for edward to get on with his life. he says he was recently arrested for being around minors at a high school football game because of his legal status as a sex offender. so with the help of the innocence project of the university of virginia edgar and his mother have gone down several legal avenues trying to get his name off the registry. so far nothing has worked, but edgar says he's certain he won't be on the list forever, and that the truth will ultimately set him free entirely. >> when you get in trouble, it's hard to get out, basically. >> reporter: edgar's next legal appeal will be argued at the virginia supreme court january 13th. >> it's hard to fathom that this keeps going on and he

can't clear his name. why? >> two things. both technicalities. first of all, for sex offenders to get their names off the list in virginia they have to have the convictions vacated. in juvenile court technically defendants are not convicted. also, the fact that he did plead guilty in the first place is making things very complicated, even though everyone now acknowledges he's innocent. >> as his mom said, they got some bad advice and they're now paying fort. we saw some snow right here around the station in northwest. is there more on the way? topper joins me now with the answer to the question. >> a little bit, south and east of town. if you are west of 95, it is over. we'll start with live doppler 9000. it will lay down a dusting. right now the line of snow is essential eastern prince george's county, anne arundel county, and also back into southern maryland. again, i don't think we'll see any problems at all for tomorrow morning, but we are

looking at light snow south and east of town. it is beginning to move quickly to the south and east. a couple hours of snowing in leonard town and st. mary's. temperatures because of the clouds not as cold. 35 downtown, 30 in manassas. you might remember this time last night temperatures were tanking in the low teens. your wake-up weather. 26 to 32 to start. some residual clouds. by 7:00, 25 to 31. by 9:00, partly cloudy. temperatures go back in the 30s. so not as brutally cold but you still need a winter coat. we'll come back, talk about when the mild air rolls in and look ahead to the weekend forecast. new at 11, an extra cold and dark night for some people in georgetown's glover park. it around 5:30 the electricity went out after a feeder line was tripped. since then they have been working to get the lights back on. the utility says they started out with 2400 customers in the cold. they are now down to less than

500. this just in. d.c. police have released a sketch of a sex assault. take a look. police believe a man who looks like this is responsible for kidnapping a woman and then attacking her right in front of her child. the attack happened back on december 29th. a woman was stopped in traffic a block from the verizon center when a man jumped into her car. she says he then sexually assaulted her at gunpoint all while her one-year-old child sat in the backseat. the man eventually let them both go. if you have any information about what happened call d.c. police. 24 hours ago we knew the iowa caucuses were close but we didn't know they would provide the closest election there in history, with mitt romney winning by only eight votes of more than 122,000 cast. the political road show has moved full force now into new hampshire but as gary nurenberg reports, with one less candidate than last night. >> reporter: 6th place finisher

michele bachmann is out. >> i have decided to stand aside. winner mitt romney flew to new hampshire and picked up the endorsement of 2008's nominee john mccain. one poll shows romney with a commanding lead in new hampshire, 43% to ron paul's 14%, but that was extra santorum's impressive showing in iowa. he reminded doubters wednesday night. >> they forget this is now my 31st trip into if you hampshire that we've done well over 100 of these town hall meetings. >> reporter: newt gingrich offered an interesting perspective on why the seemingly endless campaign is worth it. he talked about iowa. >> here's this very intense breathing after the caucus, and, bye-bye, and you go to the next place to get immersed, and you do this over and he over. and good candidates, they're not just going from staged

event to staged event to staged event. with good candidates, they're getting a kind of immersion that gives them a permanent flavor of who they're representing. and i think for the good candidates, when they get to the oval office, that gives them a reservoir that they draw on, that reminds them who they represent. >> reporter: with all of the name calling and attack ads and all of the ugliness this election process of ours offers up every four years and all the frustration that it causes voters, we thought that perspective on the process was one worth hearing. anita. >> thank you for sharing, gary nurenberg. president obama spent the day reminding americans he is the other capped date in the race for the white house. he announced the appointment of

the director of a new financial borrow. >> the financial firms have armies of lobbyists looking out for their interests. you need someone looking out for your interest and fighting for you, and that's richard. his job will be to protect families like yours from the abuses of the financial industry. >> he was first appointed last summer. it touched off a month-long battle with republicans who said the new office had too much power and no oversight. the nomination was blocked by the g. o. p. just lant month, but with congress in a pro forma session the president used a recess appointment to give him the job for at least two years without congressional okay. it is a move republicans now call arrogant. they warn the president will face a court fight over his decision to do. so tomorrow perhaps a critical day for d.c. councilman harry thomas junior. his attorneys plan to meet with prosecutors. as we first reported on 9 news last night sources say thomas is telling close associates as part of a plea deal he would resign from office and plead guilty to tax evasion with a

sentence of perhaps two to three years in prison. the justice system has been given an opportunity to work, and i think that's the fairway to do this, and if council member thomas chooses to resign, he is then taking that action, and would we hope is to be able to make sure the residents of ward 5 are well represented. >> the fbi and irs raided thomas' home last month, part of an investigation into allegation he stole public dollars from a baseball program for kids using about 300 grand on an suv, a motorcycle, and other personal goods. publiclily, at least, thomas continues to deny those allegations. don't play with fire. a four-year-old boy in waldorf learned this lesson the hard way. after investigators say he is the reason a home went up in flames. investigators say the child was playing with a lighter when he lit a mattress on fire tuesday. those flames spread from the bedroom, causing major damage to this duplex no. one was seriously hurt. the fire spread to the home

next-door when neighbors say they barely got out. >> there was a lot of smoke, and it was hard to breathe, and i was trying to run. we have five animals. i was trying to run and get the animals out, so that they wouldn't get hurt. it was pretty scary. and you don't leave lighters and matches and that sort of thing out to where a child can get them. >> the house where the fire started will be torn down. the neighboring home can be repaired. among some woods in fort washington, maryland, police badges and bulldozers. officers were looking for the body of a woman murdered back in 1996. her boyfriend eventually confessed to killing her and burying her, but police were not able to find the remains. no word yet on what led to this renewed search today. bell's family says they would like to find her body so they can give her a proper burial. 25 years ago today an amtrak train slammed into a set of freight locomotives in

northeastern baltimore county. 16 people died in the violent accident. the engineer of those locomotives ended up serving four years in prison for beg under the influence of pot. that led to mandatory drug testing for people in safety- sensitive job. for montgomery county public schools the math doesn't add up. the county has just asked the state of maryland for $184 million to help upgrade and renovate aging school buildings but the state says we only have 24 million to give you. >> we have about 2500 more kids every year coming in, and it's important that we have the facilities that we need to meet that growth. >> the county plans to keep asking the state for cash. meanwhile, there is good news to report. today the county cut the ribbon on three renovated schools. garret park, seven locks, and canon road elementary. coming up, it seems like the district could be one of the best places to find a date.

where the city ranks when it comes to searching for true love. plus, where we're winning the war on cancer and where we are not. but first, a virginia mom looks for answers after her little girl dies at school. why she says her daughter should still be alive today. that story right

tonight a virginia mother wants answers after her seven- year-old daughter died at school from a well-known severe peanut allergy. this all happened at hopkins elementary school in chesterfield county on monday. police say the seven-year-old died after she suffered an allergic reaction to some kind of peanut product. the girl's mother says the school knew about the allergy and her little girl should be alive today. >> she has an allergy action plan at the school. if she breaks out into hives, the first thing you do is give her benadryl. they didn't give her anything. i've heard two different stories. one was that it was unsupervised, and a kid gave it to her, and the other was that -- something else.

>> the school will not comment other than to say they're looking into exactly how the little girl got the peanut product. the medical examiner will determine the exact cause of death. in tonight's health alert, the american cancer society says cancer rates and deaths keep going down for yet another year. the biggest progress has been against breast, prostate, lung, and colon cancer. but less common ma leg nancys of the pancreas, throat, and thyroid are still going up. overall, doctors say obesity, lack of exercise, and high- calorie intake are raising our risks. there is still encouraging news on the screening and treatment fronts. >> we're catching it earlier so we're not -- we're catching the abnormal tissue earlier so that they don't turn into cancer. >> advances in screening and better, more targeted therapies have saved more than a million lives in the last 20 years. if you're watching us while laying in bed, first, behave yourself because we can see

through the screen. not really. second, try sleeping on the left side of the bed tonight. you might wake up feeling better. a new study finds lefties are more likely to be cheerful and ready to take on the day. for clarification, it's the left as you lie in bed, looking up at the ceiling. >> i normally sleep on the left- hand side of the bed, and i'm pretty happy, so i guess there's something to it. >> why the left? no clue. fyi, this study did not delve into special sleep circumstances which would include your basic spooning behavior and husbands who hog all the blank. if you do end up taking all the advice and end up feeling waking up charismatic enough to go out and look for a date you are in the right place. >> reporter: as it turns out the nation's capital is quite the play ground for singles. the daily beast ranks

washington, d.c. as number 10 in its top 10 american cities to date in. >> pretty awesome. >> people are really open. it's very international. >> you can go out for drinks, go out for dinner, go out to a monument. >> reporter: washingtonians agree the dating scene here has a wide variety of options. cities are ranked on the number of singles and the health of said singles. the survey says 69% of men in d.c. are single. michelle is a dating coach and the owner of d.c. match making.com. she says the findings of the daily beast's list are spot-on. according to her, d.c. has always been appealing to sipping gals because of all the activity the city has to offer. >> so much to do in d.c. there are so many -- there are meet- up groups, singles events, so many fascinating things going on. if you make an effort to get off your couch, you know, and out into this beautiful city and do things, you are going to

meet people. >> here's what's surprising. despite washington, d.c. having a reputation for being gay friendly city, our expert says dating within the gay community isn't as easy. >> there aren't as many gay clubs, all these things indicate inter that community. >> reporter: even in a city that ranks top-tier, there are alleges exceptions evidenced by one young lady's anecdotes. >> some of the guys out there are just really weird. >> in case you're wondering, the number one dating city, atlanta. i thought they had a younger population there. the only other city in our area to get a nod was alexandria, ranking at number 21. this could be a good cuddle night for daters. >> yes, it could be. >> chilly. >> not quite as cold as last night but cold enough. light snow is still going on south and east of town. it will not cause any problems

for tomorrow's commute, but maybe just a conversational snow. maybe we're continuing to break the ice and chip away at a store. >> no. >> no, i doubt it. most of southern anne arundel county, down to st. mary's county, calvert county, and the northern neck, pretty good snow. this is laying down a pretty good coating, especially down into southern maryland. everything west is over. clouds are lingering, but it is over in terms of snowfall tonight. we'll zoom in a little bit. this is some pretty good snow around mechanicsville, colonial beach, over towards leonard town. everything is pushing off to the south and east. another couple hours it will be gone. the clouds, however, are going to linger. in fact, we amended the forecast. once this goes through, more clouds lingering in the west. we're going to say becoming partly cloudy. still not a bad day, but it may take awhile to get some of the residual clouds out. we were 17 this morning at national. that's as cold as we've been

all year and as cold as we've been since last winter. not as cold to start. chilly but a seasonable day. haze back in the 40s. you are still going to need sunglasses eventually and a coat. just because we're not talking about windchills in the teens, don't leave home without the coat. the good news, you might be able to lose the coat by friday. mid-50s actually io friday. overnight mostly cloudy, not as cold. light snow south and east. low temperature 25 to 30. winds southwest at 10 to 15. for morning, becoming partly cloudy and cold. grab a coat and sunglasses. winds light out of the west at 10. then by afternoon, partly cloudy and chilly but quite frankly season afternoon. highs near 45. winds turn northwesterly but don't go crazy. northwest at 10. we can handle. that sunset tomorrow at 5:00. we're finally getting that 5:00 hour. we'll break it down. 6:00, 25 to 3 2, residual clouds. by noon partly cloudy, chilly,

upper 30s to low 40s. by evening, partly cloudy and chilly, temperatures 40 to 45. the next three day, we are going to tack on 10 degrees between thursday and friday. 54 on friday, a fantastic day. even saturday will be pleasant. clouds come back at us, maybe a sprinkle late saturday or saturday night. but the day part is going to be fine. next seven days, a break on sunday, then clouds come back in on sunday, another system sunday night. right now we'll just say on monday mostly cloudy skies, light rain or snow possible. it is going to possibly duck to our south, but we'll keep the chance for light rain or snow. temperatures around 40. doesn't stay cold long. we've seen this pattern. back to 50. what appears to be a stronger system next wednesday, that's going to be rain, 55 next wednesday. >> so we're not chipping away at a storm. >> well, we're not. i've got to think of something to make me feel better. >> how about the lack of snow. >> yeah. >> i have a neighbor who is a

georgetown grad, and he's got to be doing a victory dance tonight. >> that was the most exciting game. down to the final seconds. if you didn't get to watch, we've got highlights for you. the hoyas are hot, hot, hot right now, unlike outside. tonight, a thrilling finish at the verizon center, plus west virginia rocks the orange bowl and sets a

the georgetown hoyas weren't expected to be much of a contender in the talent-laden big east conference, and although there's still plenty of games to play what they're doing now is down right impressive. a 10-game win streak. hoyas down 17 at one point. here in the second half henry simms finds clark for the layup and the lead. clark with 26 points. with 25 seconds left, hollis thompson nails the three to

take the lead for g. hoyas beat marquette to win their 11th straight game. >> there were times there that, yes, that were frustrating, but, i mean, i think from our poor decisions in the first half and our numerous turnovers in the first half, our talking points were, stay with it, at both ends of the court. >> they stayed with it. this win ties the hoyas' longest win streak in the last five years at 11. the wizards could use some of that hoya talent and maybe a little lady luck. wizards visiting the magic in orlando. wall wants a goal tending call, and dwight howard doesn't get it. it was just that kind of night. magic's dwight howard dominated, 28 points, making it look easy. the wizards fall to 0-6, the worst start in franchise

history. the nhl has suspended nate bork for this hit. west virginia and clemson facing off in the orange bowl. the tigers elington gets stripped by west virginia. he returns 99 yards for the score. the mountaineers scored 49 points in the first half, five touchdowns, the most points scored by any team in any bowl game, ever. right now it's 63-20. west virginia also in action on the hardwood taking on rutgers. the dunk here. mounties up 14. west virginia beats rutgers. a good night for the mountaineers. time to announce the game of the week. boys basketball, stonebridge at langley, broad run at chantilly, or chantilly at west

field. vote at dcsports.net. finally, a little bit of what's going through the mind of a football player as he attempts a field goal. >> brunette girls. >> at least he's honest. that's michigan's kicker. he won the game last night, and they asked wes going through his mind. brunette girls. that's what his coach told him to think about. >> it