northwest was raided by dc police. the owner, shown here, richard kim, was charged with selling alcohol to a 17-year-old arlington high school student who was using someone else's identification. >> you would have to be crazy not to see someone before you who is underage. >> reporter: because of a news series about the store and market the store had allegedly become a place where underage high school students could buy booze with little scrutiny of the ids they were using. kim denied these allegations during the original 9news now piece. mr. kim? >> not here. >> reporter: sunday family members said kim wasn't home whether we tried to get his explanation about last night's arrest. the store will be back in business monday and liquor will continue to be on sale.

>> i'll tell you, once the sting operation gets you, if you continue, you continue at your own peril. because they are back and they don't stop. >> reporter: the town area market brought convenience to the neighborhood through the sale of wine, beer and other items. but an investigation revealed it was too convenient for minors to buy liquor here. the store will lose its liquor license. montgomery count thank you police have been watching town scare market as well. -- square market as well. we are learning more about the body pulled from the canal in georgetown over the weekend. it is the body of an elderly woman. she had a hospital band on her wrist, it was dated friday, the same day people reported seeing someone in the canal behind fletcher's boat house.

an initial search turned up nothing. police have found no signs of foul play. the body is at the dc medical examiner's office to determine the cause of death. rescuers in holland, maryland, found one person inside a car in the water and the vehicle nearly submerged. a male victim was pulled out alive. he was transported by ambulance to st. mary's hospital. his name and condition have not been released. no word on how the car ended up in the water. you can check out more pictures of the incident at wusa 9.com. two people are recovering from minor injuries, thankfully, after a house fire in temple hills, maryland. heavy flames shot out of a duplex around 89:00 last night. the fire was put out, no word yet on the cause of the fire no foam mer prince george's executive zach johnson reported

to buckner prison by his noon deadline saturday. that is the same prison where convicted ponzi schemer bernie madoff is serving time. he is serving a seven year sentence for taking bribes and kickbacks in office. last may he apologized to county residents outside the courthouse. >> we pled guilty, we accepted responsibility, i'm very sorry for what happened. we all have sin and all are short of the glory of the lord. >> after processing, johnson was assigned to his dorm and got a work assignment. he will be earning about 40 cents an hour. his wife, leslie, reports next month to alder son prison in virginia. rick santorum is now surging in the polls and turning his focus toward the president now. president obama's campaign appears to be taking notice.

susan mcginniss has the latest on the race for the republican nomination. >> reporter: campaigning at a church in georgia, rick santorum attacked president obama's decision to give women employed by some religious institutions free access to contraceptives. >> it is imposing his ideology on a group of people. >> reporter: santorum is focusing on the president as he looks to a possible november face off. in ohio this weekend he said the president's environmental views are hurting americans. >> it is not about you. it is not about your quality of life. it is about some phony ideal. some phony theology. >> reporter: the obama campaign came out swinging sunday, saying santorum's attack was an attack on the president's faith. >> i can't help but think those remarks are well over the line.

>> reporter: santorum said he wasn't questioning the president's christianity. >> i believe the sprees a christian. he -- the president is a christian. >> reporter: latest polls show him leading mitt romney, even in michigan. romney grew up there and his father was a three-term governor. romney will try to take back the lead. newt gingrich says a romney loss in michigan will be devastating. >> i don't see what he says the next morning to his donors to stay in the race. romney will be the first to be tested on the 28th. ron paul got a boost from voters in maine over the weekend. one county in that state had to postpone its caucuses because of weather last week. this weekend paul won washington county but still trails romney in the overall results. united nations inspectors

will begin new talks with iran about its nuclear program. members of the intnax national atomic energy agency will focus on suspicious iranians building nuclear weapons. aviation ills officials -- aviation officials will resume investigating a mid-air collision between a six seater plane and a two seat robinson r-22 helicopter, which collided near the small airport 55 miles from oakland, california. the pilot of the chopper suffered minor injuries, and the pilot of the plane was not hurt. our time is 4:36. still to come on 9news now, see how a weekend on the slopes proves deadly for a group of skiers, out west. first find out why you may not want to stock up on steaks

for barbecue season. we'll be right back after this commercial break.

43:00. 38 degrees right now. snow mist to the south. it will be sunny, even over the next few hours. noon time temperatures, 44. breezy this afternoon but a 5:00 p.m. temperature of 48 with a high around 50. i'll be back with mild temperatures for the rest of the work week. right now monika samtani. >> reporter: talking about the beltway on the east side of the remember on a holiday route 50 hov restrictions are in effect but not on 95 or 395 today.

coming up another look at area roads. european leaders are going to sit down later today to discuss greece's plan to avoid bankruptcy. apparently dorm life isn't good enough for the daughter of a russian billionaire going to school here in the u.s. alexis christopherous reports. >> reporter: investors are hopeful greece will seal the long awaited bailout deal needed to avoid bankruptcy. the dow industrials are within striking distance of 13,000. investors are encouraged by recent reports that point to a recovering economy. the dow rose to its lie highest level -- too its highest level since may of 2008. expect to pay more for beef. the smallest cattle herd in 60 years, combined with rising demand, is expected to push beef prices up 5% or more in the

coming months. that is more than any other food group except seafood. no dorm room for one co-ed. a russian billionaire has bought the most expensive apartment in new york city for his daughter, a 22-year-old college student. the apartment with roof garden and wrap around terrace used to be the home of former citi group -- citigroup head sandy lyles. we'll have more right after this, including our question of the morning. stay with us.

good morning, welcome back to 9news now. 4:44 on this holiday for a lot of you. i know you are just waking up and watching us through your toes. good morning. you know how your feet are in bed. >> yeah, i usually prop myself up though.

i'll have to try that, with the toe viewing. see what i see. >> i remember johnny carson said that one time. it is such a quiet morning out there there was a little bit of snow south of town. you get down to southern maryland, parts of charles county, all the way south one, two inch totals across there. and richmond had about four or five, with 6 to 10 in southwest virginia. no bus top forecast andrea, i don't think anybody is going to school today, with the holiday. if you are going to school today, let me know. we'll have a little bit of a breeze out of the north, 10 to 15 miles per hour. occasionally gusting 20 or more. by 8:00 p.m., 44. wind speeds down to 5 miles per hour. saying goodbye to the storm system that really clobbered

area to the south and west of us. richmond five to six inches. this is moving away from us. clouds are still lingering. they willing pulling out in the next few hours. you may have a stray snowflake same story down in st. mary's city. slick spots this morning well south of washington. i think for the most part though, we are okay. and a fairly mild week this week with lots of 50s and even 60s as we head toward thursday and friday. a few showers here and there, looks like toward the mid and latter part of the week. no systems looked particularly strong at this time but we will get a good cold front here by the middle of the week. this morning we are down to the freezing mark in winchester, hagerstown 81. but south and southeast of town, generally in the mid-30s. and richmond, with that snow clipping to the trees and stuff

there, 4. wind chills also a little bit of a factor. down in the 20s this morning. fields like 31 in baltimore and obviously the winds are calm. looking outside your mike ole and son weather camera. cloudy skies but good visibility. 38 degrees, north winds at 15, so that is giving us that wind chill of 29. look at the humidity. only 57%. we had a couple of sprinkles here. flurries down south, basically. our next storm system is going to affect coming out of the rockies and the plains. some snow and wind to. us this passes to our north and west. it is going to tap milder air off to the south and bring that in here. that is why we are looking at temperatures going up this week. a parade going on in alexandria this afternoon should be fine, weatherwise. don't forget the sunscreen. by tomorrow morning, we are quiet. watch the clouds during the

day, coming up southeast of virginia toward the del mar. in the out of the question the eastern shore could get a stray shower in the often. the rest -- in the afternoon. the rest of us will be fine. the forecast over the next three days, today 50 degrees, breezy. tuesday even milder. wednesday windier. temperatures back down in the 40s for saturday and sunday. i'm bet that go monika samtani doesn't write one note on one piece of paper all day. >> reporter: i have nothing in high hand. nothing up my sleeve. i'm just here to keep you company. things look great all the around the beltway. no problems to report. gw parkway, same story. we are going to take a live look at canal. roads normally one way during the rush hour are two-way this

morning, including canal, clara barton freeway, rock creek. don't forget that. back to the maps, heading to the south side of town. same story on 9 r5. no hov restrictions here 395 or 66. duke street nice and light. going to be like this, this morning to the 14th street bridge. a look into maryland at 4:55. back to you. thanks monika. this morning counselors will object hand to help susan steel with her grief. the eighth grader leaned out the window when he suddenly started to get sick sunday. what happened next was almost unimaginable. his friend ben, witnessed the tragedy. >> at 13, this isn't something they should have to go through.

>> he didn't want to make a mess. he opened the door and we went around the turn and he fell out. and he like fell on the ground and a car hit him. we stopped as fast as possible and we just tried to help him out and he was trying to get hundred and i -- to get up and i car ran -- a car ran him over. it keeps playing over. every time you close your eyes, it is just there. >> friends and parents at heartsville middle school, the students put up a makeshift memorial there, near the spot where the boy died. at avalanche in washington state killed three skiers over the weekend. a fourth person was swept off a cliff eas danielle nottingham reports there are concerns that more could follow. >> it looks like a winter wonderland. but this picture effect mountain in washington state was the scene of a deadly avalanche.

the king county sheriff's office got word of the slide sunday. it happened near the stephens pass skiing area. >> four of the skiers were shot down a chute for about 1500 feet. three were buried under the snow. >> reporter: one woman was using an avalanche rescue system similar to the air bag like the one seen in this video. >> it kept her atop of the avalanche and saved her life. >> reporter: authorities say several groups were skiing in an out of bounds area on the back side of the mountain. most were able to free themselves from the snow. the area had received 21 inches of snowfall the night before. >> you are skiing, it is at your own risk. i have been told by numerous people they were all very experienced skiers, they knew what they were doing, the choices that they were making. >> reporter: the staff at stephens pass said news of the fatalities hit hard. >> it is very hard on the

community here. >> reporter: experts say there could still be a high-risk for additional slides this season partially because of a weak base layer of snow from a dry winter. danielle nottingham, cbs news. there have been 13 avalanche deaths in the western united states this season. a preschooler in north carolina had her homemade lunch taken away in favor of chicken mcnuggets, what? >> this little girl brought a sandwich, potato chips, a banana and apple at school. only to have it taken away by a school inspector and the teacher should have just given the girl some milk to round out her healthy meal instead of taking it away and giving her chicken mcnuggets. >> makes no sense whatsoever. it is 4:52. time now for the question of the morning. according to a new study, you

should do this for 20 minutes daily, if you are really stressed out. play video games, take a nap or take a bubble bath. facebook friend deann irwin thinks a nap is the option. we'll have more of your responses in the 5:00 hour so keep the guesses coming. we'll be right back.

welcome back. your weather first on this president's day monday morning, we are saying gob to the storm system that drops five or six inches in the richmond area and nothing for dc. it is leaving us still clouds hanging this morning, but we'll get rid of those over the next

few hours. a bit of a breeze out of the north at 10 to 15. we'll top out by 50 and by 6:00 p.m. clear skies, 47. diminishing wind. >> we are going to take a live look here at 270. down to the point where the lanes divide. all lanes are open. coming up in my next report another look at maryland roads at 5:00 10á 01. in new orleans thousands turned out to let the good times roll for the parade, locals and visitors from across the country were on hand to watch the parades, catch the beads and enjoy the festivities. >> every year i come out and tomorrow is my birthday and sometimes mardi gras day falls on my birthday. >> the atmosphere here is mardi

gras in its fullest, okay? out of towners think mardi gras is about bourbon street. this is what mardi gras is about. families, fun, atmosphere. >> we have had a real good time, the parades are nice. people in the city have treated us real well. just enjoying it. out hear with people i don't even know. people just give you stuff, booze, beads, beer, drinks, whatever you need. >> yeah, they do that. the partying reaches its peak tomorrow, mardi gras day. >> we are here why? why aren't we there? >> we are going to have a little taste of the season tomorrow. it is oscar week and producers are promising this time a first of a kind show. edward lawrence standing by with those stories and more in this morning's eye on entertainment. >> reporter: the academy awards

will include more than 50 artists from cirque du soleil and kodak's name may not be on the marquis. the eastman kodak company has are received court approval it end its sponsorship deal with the theater. the company filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy last month. the bottom line at the box office is improving. theater attendance fell to a 16-year low in 2011, but ticket rises are up this year, rising more than 14%. good movies are the reason for the increase. fans flocked to theaters for hits like the vow and the woman in black. one of 2011's hits is coming out on dvd.

antonio banderas is the voice of pus in boots -- puss in boots. it will be available to dvd tomorrow. that is your eye other enter -- on entertainment. i'm edward lawrence. good morning, thank you for watching 9news now on this president's day. i'm san drey areason. and i'm mike haiduk -- i'm andrea roane. >> and i'm mike haiduk. and howard bernstein is here with your weather forecast, if you are going out today. >> reporter: the good news is, the weather is going to be fine and the traffic is going to be fine. you don't have to leave the house maybe as early as you normally do. >> and all those president's