crofton meadows elementary, and rachel carson elementary in montgomery and whitehall alimentary were all honored. the schools were selected based on high performance or significant improvement in math and reading. still to come, credit card debt, new numbers show many are eliminating what they owe. >> 7 on your side with catching up on your debt, and new numbers showing americans are starting to clear credit cards. the average debt was cut 11% last year. the average balance is now $6600 down from $7400. hard to believe but tax season is here and virginia residents are being given a new option for filing online. nearly 2.7 million people in virginia file their returns on line last year. officials say it filing online is safer than paper returns and also speed up processing of refunds. can you believe it, getting close to april? >> after february, in d.c., february can produce some fairly potent snowstorms even march and early april. >> i'm not complaining the way things are going. >> today, 0.7 inches of snow at reagan national airport, not much tomorrow. tomorrow night freezing rain.

the second school is whitehall in buoy.for their involvement in the school and activities. >>> you hear about people who can't live without their smart phones. there may be some truth to people being addicted to the internet. a study was done and found abnormalities similar to people who are addicted to drugs or alcohol. there should be further studies to determine whether the brain irregularities happened before or after the onset of the addiction. >>> when our broadcast continues tonight. what a deal today means for the medical marijuana industry in d.c. >>> a judge rules on whether lindsay lohan is satisfying the terms of her probation. >>> we'll get a state of the redskins report from one of their players who b ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] combine a pnc cashbuilder visa credit card with a pnc performance select checking account and get up to 1.75% cash back for just about every purchase. learn more and apply today at pnc.com/cashbuilder. pnc bank. for the achiever in you. >>> action today from d.c. councilmembers that will li

whitehall elementary in prince george's county. and pocomoke elementary in worcester county.he program honors schools that show high performance or significant improvement in reading or math, many of which have economically disadvantaged students, including woodholm, where 42% participate in free and reduced lunches. >> we differentiate the lunches. we meet with them during lunch. we spend time with them. >> reporter: and many students appreciate the faculty's hard work, knowing their education ensures a bright future. >> you have the good intelligence to get a job, to get money, so you can have your own house. and you can just live happily. >> reporter: the blue ribbon schools will now go on to compete for the national awards which are announced in september. i'm andrea fujii, wjz eyewitness news. >> and for the past four years, all nominated maryland public schools also won national blue ribbon awards. >> quite an honor. >>> still to come tonight on wjz eyewitness news. lost in the wilderness. what a man did to survive in subfreezing temperatures the. >>> disturbing video.

white -- whitehall, and pocomoke.t shows high performance or significant improvement in reading and math, many of which have economically disadvantaged students. including woodholm, where 42% participate in free and reduced lunches. >> so if a student is struggling in any way, we meet with them during lunch, we spend time with them. >> reporter: and many students appreciate the faculty's hard work, knowing their education ensures a bright future. >> we have the good intelligence to get a job, to get money, so you can have your own house, and you can just live happily. >> reporter: the blue ribbon schools will now go on to compete for the national awards, which are announced in september. i'm andrea fujii, wjz eyewitness news. >> for the past four years, all nominated maryland public schools also run national blue ribbon awards. it's a very big deal. >> absolutely. congratulations. in today's healthwatch, coffee drinking helps reduce the risk of diabetes, apparently. a new study found three compounds contained in the b

every day officer whitehall greets new prisoners whose crimes range from simple parole violations to major felonies. >> what's your name? >> mcdaniels. >> all right. you been here before? >> no. >> go over stand by the fence. >> what's your name? >> jacob. >> how much time you got to do? >> six. >> six years? >> yeah. >> go over, stand by the fence. you can bring the rest of the guys off, too. we can stack them on the fence. >> do you have any -- take any psych meds? >> no. >> do you have enemy situations with gang members? >> no. >> how much time you doing? >> 90 days. >> 90-day op? >> yeah. >> you know if you screw up in prison, that 90 days you come right back, it's over. you've got to be on your best behavior, understand me? >> yeah. >> it's different when you step in the door right now, all right? >> okay. >> step through the door. >> 90-day observations are used to better gauge what type of punishment a convict deserves. depending on his behavior, an inmate's sentence can be suspended completely. >> we're doing intake from alameda county right now. first process, we check their

. >> whenever a pin drop the noise reverberates down whitehall's.ut the point is it isn't the pan that the secretary of state should be concerned with. it's the strategy and of course the accountability of this past. the endless interference at the discretion of clinicians mvps and for that matter of professional recidivism. change for a sensible outcome. there is no reason one cannot be ruled out. much the rest of the bill suggested without having discussed rear commiseration upon us. >> a.d. williams will continue to detailed scrutiny of that bill in the news here. staying in the house and had a remembrance day sees how the sacrifice of britain's war dead. >> it is a tragic fact that 16,000 members of the armed services have lost their lives serving since the end of the second world war. they are commemorated at the national bearing immense stature in the suit held in the two world wars i and many thousands of war memorials throughout the united kingdom now say today to the minister that strongly i'd applaud the appalling actions of those who vand