the homeowner was home alen when the fire broke out. >> i hear like a thunder. i thought someone was trying to break in the house. i run to the door to see if i can lock it and i see this red hue under my door. i said oh, my god. the house is on fire. >> fortunately, shes not hurt. there's no word on what started the fire. >>> in howard county fire ripped through an ellicott city city. it was on meadow road and this heavily damaged the house next door. roosevelt leftwich joins us with more. >> reporter: when firefighters got to the scene just after 1:00, they immediately pulled the second alarm. the fire was moving very, very quickly. the brightly colored christmas decorations stood in stark contrast to what was left on middle meadow road. they said they were awakened in the middle of the night by a loud noise and then there were several more. >> i noticed the garage was engulfed in flames. so apparently something had ignited, and it just took off. >> i asked what happened. he said the neighbor's house was on fire. >> reporter: the house was so involved that the

. >> rushkoff: alen lives in new york and is a member of a warcraft guild... >> it's probably becauseok floating text out. >> rushkoff: ...a group of players that work together to fight off monsters, attack enemy this guild raids, on average, four evenings a week. >> i need to hug my boy good night. i'll be right back.[ >> win rider, orc shaman, windster clan horde. >> rushkoff: many of these people never actually meet each other in person, unless they travel to one of the annual fan conventions sponsored by the gaming companies. >> they told me you'd be here. >> rushkoff: but they say they consider each other close friends. >> we talk four times a week because we meet online, so... we recognize everyone's voices, and we're just getting used to faces now. >> yeah, we have members as far away as new zealand. >> rushkoff: last summer, we followed alen and his wife liza out to california, where every year, blizzard entertainment throws a giant party for its fans. >> oh, my god. they're all playing the game. >> rushkoff: sure, games like warcraft aren't for everyone, but the number and va

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. >> i pledge alen jens to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic under one natione, and liberty and justice for all. >> crowd. >> mark kelly behind her. >> i swear, but you know what, how proud she is as well, you can tell, right, that she's come so far. >> goose bumps again. we did this story last hour when you were sleeping, or maybe sleeping, i got the goose bumps then. i got the goose bumps again. i'm so proud of her. i'm so happy for her. >> very special story. >>> seven minutes past the hour. u.s. markets kicked off the year on a high note. on friday, the dow and s&p 500 both slipped less than half a percent. nasdaq eked out small gains. >> basically flat. let's just call it flat. >> you don't want me singing the "friday friday" song again, do you? >> no. monday. what's going on today. a lot of earnings. eye on urp because even as the zus showing a little signs of stability in the economy, you still have big concerns about europe. europe is our biggest customers. if europe has problems, if it can't get its deal done, debt problems under control that means u.s

. >> hi, alening. >>> do you get there's a sense a confident message out of the president's campaign. get re-elected. not a sure thing. all systems are go. they're on their game plan. they want to convey an aura of confidence about where the country is going. because they believe in their study of history that it's the confident, optimistic forward-looking presidents who tend to get re-elected. the conversation about america in decline, they're more likely to lose. if it's about america's back, general motors' back, things are beginning to inch upward, then they're in a better position. >> i'm wondering if what you are talking about, this inching upward is why you see in the marist poll numbers the president beats each one of the four gop potential candidates by a fair amount. i mean, quite handily. the closest race is by a few points between the president and mitt romney. but do you think that is what's happening, there's a trend. given the economy where it stands now, it's not so good. >> i think it's too early to give much meaning to those polls. but i think there is a certain amou

. >> my name is alene gillette, and i am not a postal office person. i am a general person. a citizen of west hartford and i came to speak because i had some observations i wanted to make available. the state of vermont is now the most rural state in the nation. unlike other rural states, however, our population is almost evenly spread across the whole state, not like montana or idaho, where there are hundreds of miles of uninhabited land between larger cities. the state of vermont also has a total population that's smaller than the city of new york. forget the suburbs, in new york, the distance between processing centers is only a few minutes. the distance between burlington, white river and manchester is five hours. apart from the population, exactly who lives here? vermont is also one of the fastest aging states in the country. and the poverty level is high. meaning the ability to move around is more limited than other states. even compared to new hampshire or massachusetts, we don't have easy access to public transportation, dropping centers or even conveniences. even th