afternoon on news4, as students head back to college, one of the biggest challenges is outside the assroom. we will have tips on how to avoid the dreaded freshman 15. >>> who is on the chopping block for the redskins? and players battle for a spot on the team. find out who may be in and who may be out. for these stories and all the day's news join us for news4 beginning at 4:00. joe and barbara? >> freshman 15? >> too much pizza. >> i am still carrying it. >> no, you are not. >> i remember when i first went home for thanksgiving, my parents were like, wow, what did she do? we will check on today's forecast. >>> a good morning to get exercise, as we take a look eig outside. we have partly sunny skies here now, and clouds south and east of us are producing rain. as we look at the radar, areas of rain are continuing to move across the southern parts of the eastern shore and northern neck and right now near richmond. those are heading off to the north and east. and we will climb into the low and mid-70s later on this afternoon as the clouds begin to clear out. we will have a clear evening comi

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