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♪electronic santa song ♪electronic santa song >>> after six months of sweat and tears, patrick houset ousted al frayed owe dinton. she didn't have a chance against the super sized guys. lots of emotion back stage after the biggest loser tonight. we were there. >> reporter: and with that, patrick house went from an unemployed struggling husband and father to a $250,000 man. >> i feel fantastic. >> he came into this contest 400 pounds and deep in debt. he left with a new job, a new car and 481 pounds lighter. >> that 400-pound man is history. >> coming into this, a lot of people thought fredo would take home the biggest loser packet. but don't forget about ada wong. >> i was a different person. i was uncomfortable with attention. >> but although it was the contestants' night, the biggest loser felt a loss, gillian michaels saying she felt like she needed family. >> the fact she's not going to be at my side, its privately one of those, but i love that i know her and how much i abecause then -- >> a big loss for the show? yes. bob hasher said he's gil. >> you gave one to them with teeth.

♪electronic santa song ♪electronic santa song ♪electronic santa song >>> a fight over holiday displaysit was to pose to be a season of good will. -- it was supposed to be a season of good will. it has turned into an outright attack on religion. it is beginning to look a lot like christmas. or not. this year, six of the reserved spots on the lawn were scooped up by a non-believers. >> personally, i think we have gone a little too far. 90% of the people, if they ask what the reason of the season is, they will tell you christmas is one christ was born. >> there is a christmas tree next to the christmas scene. there is also a sign proclaiming there is no god. tonight, another sign is being put up on behalf of atheists. >> we think it violates the separation of church and state. >> last year, all religious displays at the courthouse were banned. officials relented after a public uproar. it has people talking. >> people who do not believe in religion want to cause a stir. >> i think it is hilarious. there is something about a jedi. >> someone is posting a sign about a jedi. >> the nativity f

stick around, your complete first warning forecast is still coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ♪electronic santa songelectronic santa song >>> washington is mourning the death of richard holbrooke. he had undergone 20 hours of surgery to repair a torn aorta. he played a key role in the obama administration in afghanistan. >>> a british judge granted bail to wikileaks leader julian assange today but he remains in jail pending a possible appeal. the 39-year-old has spent a week in a on done prison. he's fighting extradition to sweden where he is wanted on sexual assault charges. many say his extradition would make it easier for him to take action. >>> a 12-year-old taken from virginia is back there this afternoon. brittany smith is back with her family. 32-year-old jeffrey easley is charged with her kidnapping. the pair was spotted outside a san francisco supermarket last week. her mother was found dead and easley is a suspect. >>> stick around. your complete first warning forecast is now two and a half minutes away. first, take a look at today's midday stocks followed by last night's multimatch number

♪electronic santa song ♪electronic santa song the official account of the 2010 census landed on the president's today. it revealed the slowest population growth of any decade since world war two. >> is the present u.s. population is 308,745,538 persons. >> republicans have a good reason to cheer, the new census results will trigger a shift in congressional representation. a least a dozen seats mainly democratic state to the east and midwest, where moving to largely republican strongholds in the southwest. washington, nevada, utah, arizona will each picked up one of seat. so will georgia and south carolina. florida will get to, texas as many as four. those losing seats are mostly urban and industrial. york and ohio will lose two seats, the others on the map one. california will not gain as see, that's only the second time that's happened since it joined the union. the golden state still has the largest number of house seat in the electoral votes. after the census it will have to share the title with taxes. nevada was the state with the biggest population jump up 35% from 10 years ago. at michiga

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♪electronic santa song ♪electronic santa song >>> a controversial plan to implement congestion pricing drivers has been tabled for now. that after a strong backlash from the leaders of neighboring communities. dan shows us the heated scene inside san fransisco city hall today. >> reporter: san fransisco supervisors gave the county transportation authority the go ahead to keep studying the idea of charging people who drive their cars into the heart of san fransisco. but the board made one change following several negative comments from a variety of san mateo officials. >> if the southern gateway design option here today is approved and moved forward, i will be introducing legislation to prohibit local governments from charging tolls at the border. >> reporter: hill and others object to the idea of charging as soon as drivers cross into san fransisco county because it would create what they call an arbitrary toll. the board majority agreed and voted to drop this southern gateway plan from further study. a final decision on whether or not to implement congestion pricing is still 2-3 years

♪electronic santa song ♪electronic santa song >>> it has been a bizarre journey for a former 49ers starjourney that lands him in jail. dana stubblefield sentenced for stealing his ex-girlfriend's mail. raj mathai joins us with the details. it is so odd. >> dana stubblefield had a world on the string. his sparkling personality and skills on the field made him one of the most successful bay area athletes the former 49ers star who ended his career with the raiders has been a mixture in the courtroom, mixed up in the balco steroid battle and his fiance whose says their relationship was rocky. sentenced 90 days by san francisco federal judge for stealing his former fiancee's male. stubblefield remains in the public eye. he was riding in the san jose holiday parade last weekend and a former assistant coach at bally christian high school last season. this 90-day jail sentence part of his problem. the ex-girlfriend has a restaining order in effect for another four years. back to you. >> thanks a lot, raj. a small power outage in japan is creating big headaches in the tech world. it could reduce

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♪electronic santa song ♪electronic santa song >>> welcome back.re taking a look at the rain falling in oakland right now and look at it come down. chief meteorologist jeff paniri says the forecast has changed for your holiday weekend. he'll be along with the details in just moments. >> well, news tonight at 11:00. growing pains in oakland. plans to sell pricey permits so people can sell large-scale marijuana farms hit a snag. the city council put a stop to that application process this evening. jean is live in oakland this morning with exactly what happened this morning. jean? >> the district attorney is warning that the plan may put councilmembers in legal jeopardy. critics are warning they may be setting up a pot-growing turf war and tonight the council voted to put the brakes on the entire process. >> this may be an example of greed rather than reason. >> they took over the federal government over medical marijuana. now he's taking on oakland cultivation ordinance. the city was planning to sell four permits to growers at $211,000 apiece. >> the

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♪electronic santa song ♪electronic santa song >>> jerry brown is not governor yet, but he's on the groundsacramento already holding town hall meetings on the state budget crisis, even though he won't be sworn in for another three weeks. kevin riggs has the latest from the state capitol. >> california is facing, as you know, a very serious budget crisis. >> reporter: there was no sugar coating at this unusual town hall called by jerry brown. >> what we're looking at today is much worse than it's ever been before. >> reporter: a frank and sobering dialogue in which it was revealed for the first time that a projected $25 billion budget shortfall could reach $28 billion. worse, a sluggish economy means another cash shortage is looming this summer. >> if we don't have sufficient cash solutions, we run the risk again of the consequences, and i don't want to say it, but ious and delays of tax refunds and other things that hurt real people. >> reporter: the governor-elect is embracing a tough love approach to warn voters of unpopular cuts ahead. >> because we're a divided state, north and south,

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♪electronic santa song in more communities across the country, >>> we like this one. take a picture with the bay area's newest superstar. it's the world series trophy and it travels with its own security detail. >> whenever we handle her, we have to have on white gloves. it's just a matter of keeping fingerprints off it. her. yeah, it's a her. >> it's a her. it's a she. that's the chief trophy officer, erin reilly, and the trophy is a she and she has a name. the giants players have named the trophy tiffany. >> of course. >> now the ladies perk up. they know all a that. that. >> thanks for joining us tonight.

♪electronic santa song >>> it's 5:45. know folks, thee are the games that will drive you to drink. the ravens looked like they were in control and would beat the texans by four or five scores but the ravens d collapsed to come alive again in overtime. to houston. the texans tie it at 28 after going for two point conversion. 21 second left in regulation and that send us to overtime. oh, but in that extra frame, josh wilson picked off matt schaub and returned it for the game winning score stealing the ravens win 34-28 in ot. so with the d giving it up at regulation, they can take it away in ot. >> quarterback threw it inside, and i said this can't be happening. and, i was concentrating catch the ball. and the game was over. >> our guys overcame a tough situation and found a way to win. >> the ravens included 9-4 and moved into a tie for the jets for the two wild card playoff slots. baltimore 16-1 against sub.500 teams during the past two years. >>>5:46. the wood lawn man accused of a terrorist plot is going to stay in jail

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♪electronic santa song >> now 11 sports with pete gilbert. >> questions about what direction the ravensffense would go. the first half of the sea son delivered -- 28-20. inside a five minutes to play. david reid opened up the second half with a kickoff return. joe flacco, 180 yards passing. they move ahead of the jets in the wild-card race. the double header thanks to the collapse and minnesota. the metrodome roof collapsed sunday morning. even more deflating is the likely end of an era for brett favre. yeah, and everyone had to go to detroit to play the game. brett favre just a spectator. eli manning was one when his streak began. manning, great throw. 14-3, giants in front. up the middle. scoop that. a 48-yard touchdown. the vikings offered no offense. giants. he is innocent -- and suspended for the remainder of the season. he has been suspended. carol limped off the field. malosey apologized in a press conference saying that he would accept any punishment that comes. the orioles make it official. they re-signed him to a one- year, $3 million deal with an option for a second. he is th

♪electronic santa song commital when asked who would start at quarterback next sunday >>> after theiratest lost mike singletary was once again noncommitsal when asked who would start as quarterback next sunday against the rams. there is no indecision from mike shanahan who is benching donovan mcnabb for the rest of the season in favor of rex grossman and added that mcnabb will likely not return to the redskins next season. high school football division 1 state championship. palo alto and centennial. comes back to get it and takes it the rest of the way. palo alto pulls off a huge upset beating centennial 15-13 to win the state title. the warriors will be without a big man tomorrow night in portland. he sprained his ankle during yesterday's practice and won't even make the trip. more injury news. after missing all of last season with a few injury yao ming will miss the rest of the season with a stress fracture in his left ankle. how about lebron james? spike telling him he should have taken his talents to the big apple. lebron james put on show at the gardens. 32-7-10. the heat have no

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we'll update you ♪electronic santa song >> welcome back. 22 degrees downtown.rctic cold again across maryland today. windshields are running in the single digits. pay no attention to the actual temperatures. let's look at them anyhow. the temperature right now at the airport is 20, 19 in frederick. this is what it feels like outside. it feels like 4 in westminster, nine in parkton. dress for the arctic conditions this morning. breezy and cold are the conditions today. i think we will see more sunshine than yesterday. the average high is 46. for now, over to the news desk. >> scientist in spain has made a breakthrough discovered involving brain cells. the study gave them the ability to identify the cells that grow into brain tumors. the same research team found a drug that can eliminate malignant cells. the study involved the use of cancer cells. the most frequent type of brain tumor. >> when you sit down to that huge meal, having a drink will not cause your tummy to rumble. researchers found alcohol consumption can slow down digestion. it does not increase in d

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♪electronic santa song ♪electronic santa song >>> now maryland most powerful doppler radar and forecast most accurate by weatherate. >> good morning on this monday #:26 on the clock. but we are looking at temperatures near or below freeze on the thermometer. freezing in cockeysville and arnold. now in 20s from laurel to sykesville towards the hereford zone and carroll county. that's important because we have light snow that falling right now. and it's very light and flurries around towson but off to the east in parkville moderate snow could coat the ground. and it's in through howard countyel. ellicott city and crumb why getting it. we could have a coating up upwards to ionch and now the temperatures are near freezing whoa could slicken up the road. harford carroll 'arundel county towards -- anne arundel county. winter weather advisory through the a.m. ionch of snow with some slick roads. many are wet right now. we stay in the low 30s and we will drop back into the upper teens tonight. let's check on the traffic now with kim. >> reporter: thanks. we are going to keep an eye on the pavem

♪electronic santa song all right having a bit about my problem there.ne more chance as we look at storm tracker 4. >> you can see all the activity nestled in the north bay this morning so light showers along the peninsula and getting heavy as you head through happen in a also san mateo. san mateo bridge getting wet weather this morning but it's when your head no. the golden gate bridge that's where the heavier downpours really have just been sitting. we have been watching a cell in the north find it to the east of santa rosa on interest and not much along the panoramic highway getting a good dose stretching through san rafael, and a lack avenue taking a long 80 is welded and heavier cells and in over fairfield this morning also portions of vallejo but as we take a wide look at the pacific a lot more of this wet weather expected the final raid on through san francisco so we will continue to keep chances are rain and the picture bridge for the rest of the day but the best chance in the north bay and being this morning. by 10:00 a.m. we could already have

♪electronic santa song jshg well, we've got quite a show for you on this fine winter's evening. which opens friday beau garrett is here. beau is a female, by the way. with a name like beau, you never snow. but i saw her in the movie and she definitely is. then, later, with music from, this is their album, it's called "conditions," the temper trap from the bud light outdoor stage. i saw them on sunday, they were great. tomorrow night, jeff bridges is here, as women as diddy and his band diddy dirty money. and also our announcer dicky is getting his band back together again. is it called dicky dirty money? >> dicky: we go with the funky bunch. >> jimmy: the mighty mighty b s bosstones, the hometown throwdown. this is the 13th throwdown. house of blues in boston. you can get tickets through tick ticketmaster, so -- >> dicky: thank you, jimmy. >> jimmy: thank you, dicky. you don't take a break. you continue entertaining. >> dicky: i'm a machine. >> jimmy: this guy works 1:10 a day. so, for him -- >> dicky: solid hour and ten, though. >> jimmy: our first guest is an oscar-nominated a