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erika edwards introduces us to a new weight-loss program that motivates dieters over the phone. >> the decision to lose weight came after the decision 280aled he swweighed pounds. 2/3 of the participants could track their weight. >> most people know what to do. the key is sustaining behavior. >> a lot of the counseling was focusing on sustaining behavior. >> participants lost 5% of their body weight and kept it off for two years. phone counseling helped just as much as a group. >> it is difficult to go to lake facility week after week. it is much easier to schedule an appointment and do it over the phone and then schedule again for the following week. >> doug participated in phone and group sessions. he says all the support motivated him to exercise six days a week and stick to an 1,800 calorie diet. >> i no longer have to monitor my blood sugar. >> he is down 100 pounds. you just may need some help from friends. >> amazing. 6:26. 52 degrees on tv hill. >catching burglars -- there is an app for that. >> we have report of a crash on >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news

. >> reporter: she's undaunted by research that suggests 80% of most dieters regain weight on nationalloss plans. as someone that has yo-yoed back and boforth, what makes this on different? >> it's a matter of learning the maintenance. and they have a program for that. for janet jackson, 2011 has been a year of blank? >> a great deal of happiness, some sadness. >> reporter: like reliving the trauma of her brother's death. during the trial of conrad murray, who is now serving a four-year jail sentence. when it came to the trial, you tweeted out, "justice has been served." what did you mean by that? >> exactly that. even though it doesn't bring my brother back, that would be the ultimate, but the best was done at that moment. >> reporter: it must be terrible, sitting in that courtroom. >> it was difficult on all of us. it wasn't easy, sitting there, every single day. >> reporter: but 2011 has also been a year of new beginnings. ♪ control >> reporter: and an international concert tour. janet jackson also guards the memory of the brother with whom she was so close. what do you want your br

johns hopkins is using modern technology to keep dieter's motivated. >> for doug howard, the decision to lose weight came shortly after the scale readfield he weighed 280 pounds. >> -- readfield he weighed 280 pounds. >> i found out i was diabetic. >> all purges the pins were given information about healthy eating and exercise. -- all participants were given information about healthy eating and exercise. two-thirds were given access to a website where they could track their way. summer offered counseling sessions and others were given phone and group counseling. >> most people know what to do. the key is to sustain behavior. a lot of the counseling is focused on the behavior is necessary to sustain weightloss. >> many lost at least 5% of their body weight and kept off for two years. and phone counseling had the same results as group counseling. >> they have the ability to go to the same facility week after week. but it is much easier to schedule an appointment and do it over the phone and scheduled again for the following week. >> he was able to track its progress on line. all of this

dieters have bought stores complete stocks of butter. the food additive is so scarce now what is left is selling for $20 a pound. wet weather in the country has also cut milk production making it tougher for manufacturers to keep up. coming up tonight, what is going on in charles village? a late-night shooting has police searching for clues. a look at what appears to be a spike in crime. and we may be closer to a merger between university of maryland college park and the university cozy baltimore campus. we are waiting to learn a motive in yesterday's virginia tech shooting. now, your maryland lottery pick three and picked four numbers here than in the maryland lottery celebrates purple friday at all month long. >> at the purple friday. go, ravens. -- happy purple friday. for starters, that is a zero. in middle, six as printed on the ball. final number is eight two. pick 3 numbers today are zero, six, two. first, want to win season tickets for 2012? we are moving right along. we have a four. that is a-6 as printed on the ball. your next

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modern technology to help keep dieters motivated. >> reporter: for doug howard, the decision to lose weight shortly after the scale revealed he weighed 280 pounds. >> i found out i was diabetic. >> reporter: he enrolled in a trial program at john's hopkins. some were offered telephone counsel eming sessions, while others had both phone and group counselling. >> most people know what to do, the key is sustaining behavior. a lot of the counselling was focused on the behaviors that are necessary to sustain weight loss. >> both the phone and group counselling participants lost at least 5% of their body weight and kept it off for two years. the doctors were most excited to learn phone counselling helps just as much as groups. because of its convenience, it has the potential to reach more people. >> it's difficult to go to a facility on a regular basis week after week, it's much easier to schedule an appointment, do it over the phone and schedule again for the following week. >> doug participated in both phone and group counselling sessions and weighed himself every day to track his progre

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the new honor for the classic forest gump . [ female announcer ] they've been off limits to dieters since time began. not anymore. fiber one is bringing brownies back. at 90 calories, the only thing between you and chocolaty brownies... ♪ ...is a nicely designed package. ♪ you can have brownies again. fiber one 90 calorie brownies. in the granola bar aisle. caramel...pretzel 90 calorie bar. ♪ >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> good morning. it is almost 6:13. you are looking live from our roof cam at the embarcadero and bay bridge everything looks gorgeous. people must be home recovering from the holidays and bracing for the new year. >> that's our theory. but it is only a theory we are not accusing. 6:13, as she said. the california dream act becomes law january 1st the state's analyst is warning it could turn into a fiscal nightmare it allows undock ed students to apply for some 65 million dollars in state grands for college the analyst's office says five times the estimated cost when the legislation was signed and the state can't afford it now. -- one lawmak

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. >> the con fete ty to the bubbly and the [ female announcer ] they've been off limits to dieters sincebegan. not anymore. fiber one is bringing brownies back. at 90 calories, the only thing between you and chocolaty brownies... ♪ ...is a nicely designed package. ♪ you can have brownies again. fiber one 90 calorie brownies. in the granola bar aisle. caramel...pretzel 90 calorie bar. ♪ of. >> on the radar earlier this morning, we had a little action moving out now. didn't amount to much. showers across howard county, frederick county, to harford and cecil. it's lifting out, you can see down in the maryland beaches and delaware beaches, a cool front coming in here. don't know if we should be calling it a cool front or a weather front. the temperatures are not going to be changing all that much. they've been nice this morning. take a look at our view from ocean city. this is the view in the board walk in the grand hotel and spa in ocean city. this is hard to tell. folks are walking here earlier. not right now. the board walk was a little damp earlier. they had showers and you can see on th

. >>> and the lawsuit to find out why the [ female announcer ] they've been off limits to dieters sincet anymore. fiber one is bringing brownies back. at 90 calories, the only thing between you and chocolaty brownies... ♪ ...is a nicely designed package. ♪ you can have brownies again. fiber one 90 calorie brownies. in the granola bar aisle. caramel...pretzel 90 calorie bar. ♪ >>> welcome back. i'm frances dinglasan with your california state forecast. rain in eureka with a high of 57 cloudy in chico 62, sunnier and warmer in southern california palm springs up to 76°. i'll have your complete local forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >>> 6:44. an internet watchdog group is suing the department of homeland security. the privacy information center wants know what the agency is doing with information it gathers on facebook, twitter and other social media sites. homeland security scans those sites for key words including dirty bomb, nuclear threat, hostage, explosion and riot. countries including north korea and mexico and several cities are also flagged. the homeland security departme

be filed in connection with last year's gulf oil [ female announcer ] they've been off limits to dieters since time began. not anymore. fiber one is bringing brownies back. at 90 calories, the only thing between you and chocolaty brownies... ♪ ...is a nicely designed package. ♪ you can have brownies again. fiber one 90 calorie brownies. in the granola bar aisle. caramel...pretzel 90 calorie bar. ♪ >>> welcome back. at 5:16, family, friends and individuals hold a vigil in baltimore. 16-year-old felicia burns disappeared one year ago. her body turned up several months later in the river. barnes is a homicide victim, but they have not yet said how she died. >> it was around this time that we were calling and crying and couldn't understand where felicia was at and still don't know what happened. but we're praying and we have faith that justice will be served. >> investigators say they are making progress in finding barnes' killer, but would not elaborate. >>> investigators continue to search for any sign of a mittsing girl in maine 13 days after she disappeared. 20-month-old ayla reynolds wa

new snack that dieters may want to an individual. >> here's jane king. >>> good morning if you are thinking on a diet skip the aisle with the philadelphia cream cheese. new product called philadelphia indulgence in january, a sweet and tangy blend of cream cheese and chocolate lostest effort to expand product base designed to be spread on a pretzel similar product has been huge in europe. big european summit on the debt crisis running into problems. negotiations hitting snags because of objections in the u.k. and germany. american flight attendants union wants actor alec baldwin put on its no-fly list. saying the actor should be fined by the faa for his door-slamming temper tantrum. all the drama giving zynga publicity as i prepares to go public. >>> -- as it prepares to go public. >>> new skate park coming courtesy of tony hawk. the tony hawk foundation is donating $10,000 to help build the park. construction should begin next spring with the grand opening scheduled for the fall. the city is host ago event this afternoon to celebrate the donation. -- hosting an event this afternoon to cele

the story, coming up. [ female announcer ] they've been off limits to dieters since time began.t anymore. fiber one is bringing brownies back. at 90 calories, the only thing between you and chocolaty brownies... ♪ ...is a nicely designed package. ♪ you can have brownies again. fiber one 90 calorie brownies. in the granola bar aisle. caramel...pretzel 90 calorie bar. ♪ >>> good morning i'm katie marzullo in for kristen sze this morning. >>> i'm eric thomas. he would are moments away from the opening bell on wall street. [ inaudible ] that's the longest bell i've ever her. nearly 3 1/2% in -- ever heard. nearly 3 1/2% in a -- we'll take you back liver to the new york stock exchange in 15 minutes -- back life to the new york stock exchange in 15 minutes. >>> a man was shot in oakland last night police are still looking for the shooter. >> reporter: the man was driving. he stopped his truck, stumbled out, grabbing at his neck, then passed out on the street. police happened to be in the area and they saw it all happen and rushed over to him. it was alameda deputies that spotted the v

could win every gift in ellen's winner wonderlands. [ female announcer ] they've been off limits to dietersce time began. not anymore. fiber one is bringing brownies back. at 90 calories, the only thing between you and chocolaty brownies... ♪ ...is a nicely designed package. ♪ you can have brownies again. fiber one 90 calorie brownies. in the granola bar aisle. caramel...pretzel 90 calorie bar. ♪ [cheers and applause] >> ellen: country music's biggest night is happening tomorrow night at the cma awards. we're going to surprise ashley lloyd, a huge country music fan, and jeannie is outside of her house right now. hi, jeannie, how are you? >> i'm good, ellen. how are you? >> ellen: i'm good. isn't she on the third floor? >> third floor. so i have a lot of stairs to walk up. >> ellen: right. so you don't have to whisper. [laughter] >> you're right. i don't. >> ellen: i just like that you whisper every single time. you could be around the block. yes, here i am. [whispering] >> this is ashley. >> ellen: hi, ashley. the phone didn't ring. did the phone ring? >> oh, no. i don't know what happened.

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>>guest: people who have a restrictive thinking are dieters, and, actually, dieting is more likely touse the feeling of restriction can lead to this feeling of being deprived and overdoing it. so i would say you are right, you don't just want do say, well, it is the holidays i will eat what i want and get really stuffed and full. but, don't just go in there saying, well i have to be good overtime holidays and i will avoid my favorites. you will be miserable. >> the guilt is the worse. >>guest: always the worse. >> but it is easy to be motivated like around now, christmas is behind us and attempt to get through new year's eve, to enjoy the champagne, and have the toast and all that, but, really, especially in the cold weather climate it is the middle of the winter, made february and march where the moment you will lags or, rather, the motivation lags. what is your advice when it is tough not to go for the extra glass of champagne? >>guest: the food the always be there, the celebrations are about people and food. so energy a little bit of both. think of the way that you will feel. you c

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@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@$x$x$x$x$x$x$x$x$x$x$x$x female announcer ] they've been off limits to dieters at 90 calories the only thing between you and chocolaty brownies... ♪ ♪ ...is a nicely designed package. ♪ ♪ you can have brownies again. fiber one 90 calorie brownies. in the granola bar aisle. [ female announcer ] and now try our new chocate... caramel...pretzel 90 calorie bar. ♪ ♪ >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> what you are looking at is lava flowing from kilauea not threatening homes on the big island of hawaii but as you can see it is quite a show. >>> a letter accusing former hewlett-packard executive mark hurd of sexual harassment will be made public the letter was sent by attorney allread it details accusations made against him by fisher hired as an events coordinator. he was cleared but the investigation uncovered inaccurate expense reports that triggered his resignation. hurt's lawyers argue that making the letter public would violate his privacy the delaware supreme court says it is only mildly embarrassing does not describe any intimate conv

on alert after a man tries to kidnap a young boy. [ female announcer ] they've been off limits to dieters time began. not anymore. fiber one is bringing brownies back. at 90 calories, the only thing between you and chocolaty brownies... ♪ ...is a nicely designed package. ♪ you can have brownies again. fiber one 90 calorie brownies. in the granola bar aisle. caramel...pretzel 90 calorie bar. ♪ >> reporter: if you lit a fire on christmas morning, you could still face big fines. i'm marianne favro. i'll have more on that story in a live report. >> reporter: new this morning, the occupy oakland movement has been quiet for quite some time. it looks like now they've found a new location to set up shop. i'm christie smith. i'll tell you where it is in a live report. >>> police on the lookout for a man they tried to kidnap a boy in the oakland hills. >>> here is a live look at the

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new study offering good news maybe for dieters, just in time for the holiday, something to keep in mind can forget counting calorie, some researchers say cutting carbs just two days a week may be more beneficial than counting calories every other day. joining us live is dr. marc siegl, professor of medicine at new york university, also a fox news medical a teamer. so explain how this works. >> hi jenna. this was actually done among women that were very high risk for breast cancer. one hundred fifteen women. it's a british study. basically it was a diet where two days a week, they went on a starvation diet, they had only 650-calories. now, i have a problem about -- with that because i think inducing a state of starvation is problematic. but you have to understand, a lot of research has been showing that weight correlates with breast cancer, if you can get the weight off you're much lower risk of getting breast cancer. >> this was an interesting part, there was a starvation group, 650-calorie, there was another group that did eat carbs but were -- that didn't eat carbs but ate whatever pr

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here's your local news. [ female announcer ] they've been off limits to dieters since time began.... ♪ ...is a nicely designed package. ♪ you can have brownies again. fiber one 90 calorie brownies. in the granola bar aisle. caramel...pretzel 90 calorie bar. ♪ >>> 9:57 is your time on this wednesday, december 28th, 2011. good morning to you. i am eun yang. let's check with veronica johnson, and she is is in storm center 4. it's colder than usual, at least for this time of the year. >> at least what we are used to, we should say, because we are running for temperatures seasonable for the date. a lot of sunshine, but considering just what december has been like, in the 50s and 60s, yeah, it's going to be chilly today. 48, the high for tomorrow. 55 on friday and 53 on saturday and could have rain early saturday morning. >>> such good news now. the accidents have both been cleared. you may find residual delays back to the dulles toll road. but at least, look at the cameras now. things are so much better. have a great day. >> have a great day. and coming up on inchsz hey, everybody, wel

but first this is "today" on nbc. [ female announcer ] they've been off limits to dieters since timecalories, the only thing between you and chocolaty brownies... ♪ ...is a nicely designed package. ♪ you can have brownies again. fiber one 90 calorie brownies. in the granola bar aisle. caramel...pretzel 90 calorie bar. ♪ >> announcer: "today's travel" is brought to you by the united mileage plus explorer card. get it, and you're in. >> coming up this morning, we are going to be talking about "today's travel." instead of looking back at the year that was in 2011, nilo nilou motamed is here from "travel & leisure" magazine and she'll give us destinations we should consider in 2012. >> good morning. >> happy holidays. we're telling people plan your year ahead. you've got to get out and see the country and the world and some of these destination also surprise people. let's start here in the united states. okay, bentonville, arkansas. why? >> it is unexpected, the home of walmart but the youngest heir of walmart decided she wants to build the most impressive museum in a generation in this