francis maguire has been charged with malicious wounding. the injury is not life- threatening. >>> if you haven't shipped your holiday presents, get a move on. today is the busiest postal day of the year. the u.s. postal service expects more than 655 million pieces of mail to be processed because of the holiday season. december 17th is the recommended date to send packages and the 20th is the date to ship -- after that, the post office says use priority mail or express delivery for on or before christmas day. >>> forecast, looking a little busy, too. topper is going to be here to tell you how active your seven- day forecast is looking. >>> also, we speak with an expert from johns hopkins, center for gun policy and research, to answer all your questions regarding gun safety, coming up right after the break. >> the current payroll tax cut is set to expire on december 31st. in dollars and cents, this means that your payroll tax withholding is going from 4.2% to 6.# 2%. why is this happening? many of the policies expiring at the end of the year

francis maguire stabbed the 18- year-old with a pocket knife after he was punched in the nose. the stabbing victim is expected to be ne. >>> it's 4:32. we might be getting closer to a deal on the fiscal cliff. president obama and speaker of the house john boehner met at the white house yesterday to discuss the issue. the president presented a new plan which closely monitors -- closely rather mirrors speaker boehner's proposal. the new plan would increase tax rates on americans who earn more than $400,000 a year. it includes more than $200 billion in spending cuts on programs such as medicare. the speaker's latest plan calls for a tax hike on americans who earn $1 million a year or higher. >>> 9news is tracking the discusseses on capitol hill concerning the fiscal cliff, and we've broken our newsroom into four groups. one to monitor the potential impact on the local economy. a second to prepare you for what could happen to you and your family. a third will help you take action and the fourth will hold lawmakers accountable. you can get alerts about all our fiscal cliff notes by

police say 20-year-old francis maguire stabbed the 18-year-old victim with a pocket knife after the victimched maguire in the noadz. the victim is -- nose. the victim is hospitalled with a large but nonlife threatening stab wound. maguire is charged with malicious wounding. >>> mothers out on bond charged with assaulting a school bus driver. bept any rudd -- bethany rudd hit the woman in the face after students were getting off the bus friday afternoon. witnesses say rudd yeldz at driver first -- yelled at the driver first claiming the driver threatened her son. she said she merely told the boy to sit down for safety reasons. >>> future top chefs like bobby flay might thank a new jersey girl for the success. that's because the has broke toy company has -- hasbro toe company has agreed to make ovens for both genders. this comes after a new jersey girl complained the current oven was too girlish for her brother to continue using. she launched an online petition that drew support and grabbed hasbro's attention. >>> the pregnant duchess of cambridge makes her first public appearance since bein