11th straight and 106-102. >>> baseball team beginning to report to spring training and includes albert pujols who left strl for anaheim. pujols says he has no regrets. >> there were some great moments. i was able to accomplish two world series and an experience i want to bring to the city, you know, to anaheim and to this ball club and, hopefully, have probably better years than i had in st. louis and hopefully more championships. >>> manny ramirez signed one-year minor league deal with oakla oakland. he has to serve 50-game suspension for his second suspension for the baseball's drug policy. >>> johnson drove the length of the court and laid it up and tied it but connecticut came right back. napier pulled up from inside half-court and nailed it. the game winner for the defending champs. uconn won a thriller 73-70. >> that is your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> lindsay lohan lost in the role of a lifetime. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, a heart-warming welcome home in tampa for one of the nation's bravest. you're watching

11th straight 106-102. >>> baseball teams beginning to report to spring training and includes albert pujols left st. louis for anaheim. pujols says he has no regrets. >> there were some great moments. i was able to accomplish two world series and an experience i want to bring to the city, you know, to anaheim and to this ball club and, hopefully, have probably better years than i had in st. louis and hopefully more championships. >>> manny ramirez signed one-year minor league deal with oakland. he has to serve 50-game suspension for his second violation of baseball's drug policy. >>> to college hopes. johnson drove the length the court and laid it up and tied it, but connecticut came right back. napier pulled up from inside half-court and nailed it. the game winner for the defending champs. uconn won a thriller 73-70. that's your first look at sports. i'm fred roggin. >>> and now for another look at the weather, here once again is bill karins. good morning you can bill. >> typically i'd being talking about a winter thaw is coming but it's warmer than it's been. it's crazy. let's talk about

that's superstar slugger albert pujols in arizona there. he's wearing the red of the angels instead of the cardinals. the nine-time all-star left st. louis just after they won the world series. he signed with l.a. for a whopping $240 million over the next ten years. >>> when we return, an adventure turned tragedy. a survivor of a deadly avalanche speaks out about her narrow escape from a massive snow slide that killed three of her friends. her friends. so we made ocean spray cranberry juice cocktail with a splash of lime. it's so refreshing, your taste buds will thank you. mm... oh, you're welcome. what? my taste buds -- they're thanking me. uh-huh. one chance to hunt down the right insurance at the right price. the "name your price" tool, only from progressive. ready, aim, save! grrr! ooh, i forgot my phone! the "name your price" tool. now available on your phone. get a free quote today. >>> here's a look at today's forecast for some cities around the country. washington, d.c., breezy, 54. atlanta, partly cloudy, 64. detroit, rain and snow

values that other companies in the valley might get or might be worth in the same sense that when albert pujols signs a $240 million contract, everybody else benchmarks off of that one. >> yeah. i think there is some value to that. and i think there is a domino effect. and i think you'll see a lot of companies in both the private and public sector growing in value because they say, well, look, we have this many users and this is how many facebook has and they're worth $100 billion and we're worth x. so i think we're going to see a lot of that. i also think that it's just a good time. i'm very optimistic. i think we're going to see a big boom in tech stocks of all kinds. and i think there are going to be multiple markets that allow these companies to flourish. we've had sort of a 10-year dearth in technology and i think that dearth is just about to end. >> brendan, tell me about identify. you use some of the things facebook provides. tell me what -- where you want to take this company? and eventually do you plan perhaps with mr. draper's help as well to go public? >> thanks, sue. i guess to tell

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. >>> to a slugger considered in his prime, or at least being paid like it, albert pumols, taking -- pujolstaking aim. he proved to be one of the greatest hitters in history, so the angels gave him a contract wocialtee -- worth a guaranteed $240 million. no pressure. i don't know in it's pressure. but something getting to university of maryland basketball coach, mark turgeon. he knew he was in for a challenge when he took over for a young terps team after gary williams' retirement. but you can see the frustration on the sidelines at times. maryland's loss at virginia saturday was their worst of the season. turgeon eventually sent nonscholarship players out to finish the game. he was upset with his team's performance, in what ended up in a depressing, 71-44 defeat. >> yeah. it's been a challenge. i'm -- it's been a challenge. i wish i could help guys more understand, you know, the fine line between winning and losing and making winning plays and winning decisions. and you just keep trying with them. >> reporter: for the record, 15- 11. 5-7 in the acc. turgeon admitted today, his terps are ha

and bill wolf had the excellent quote that albert pujols is now the first statesman of applebees becausehat is the band you told andy to listen to? >> fits and the tantrums. awesome, i think they're l.a. based. we like barry manilow too. >> manilow. you know what? i love led zeppelin, the stones, the sex pistols, but i'm not afraid to say i love barry manilow. >> by the way, manilow still golden voice. >> still got it. still got it. here's the split. >> what do you think? >> that's vikki. that's my girl. woo hoo. >> all right. >> do it. >> woo hoo, we'll be right back. >> all right. "parade" magazine, lifestyles of the rich and treacherous. your finances can't manage themselves. but that doesn't mean they won't try. bring all your finances together with the help of the one person who can. a certified financial planner professional. cfp. let's make a plan. what do you get when you combine the home depot with this weekend? the cure for cabin fever. because with get-it-done savings on everything we need... we can turn this weekend into a fresh floor... or an updated bathroom... or a brand-n

go, what upsets you the most, republicans challenging you on the credibility of the budget or albert pujolsf substance, i'm most disturbed when my colleagues slip into the political in order to mislead people that there's no plan in play, nothing has been done to limit spending but it's just not true. but in the sports world, i'm most upset that nobody has offer made contract as a left-handed reliever. >> little spot duty for you, senator. quickly before we let you go you mentioned to mark halperin that you will come out with something on the medicare and medicaid, can you give us a preview, any talk of ragtz retirement age, means testing? what are we talking about here? >> you know, the markup will come probably in march or april, those decisions haven't been made. as you know, i served on the president's fiscal commission, i served on the group of six. in both those venues, we came one ten-year plans to save $4 trillion, in part by changes to medicare but more broadly spending and revenue and, yes, we did raise additional revenue. the only place that there's been a bipartisan plan will is