she chose a gift from under our tree to unwrap.s on blu-ray blue velletdressee to kill straw dogswesttside story value: $104.96 $104.96 our next winner is debbie from from under our tree to unwraa. (gold bbx)rose art "coloo blanks" figurescollr in and couutesy: toys r usretail: $12.99 33 $12.99 and if you didn't and if you worry.we''e giving away more - gifts aa parr of our countdown to christmas.more chances to win tomorrow on fox45 morning news. it's shaping up to there.will the easonable here.- temps last into the weekeed? break. you're waaching fox 45 good day altimore. we are following breaking news just into our newsroom.the city has formally denned request to continue protesting in mckeldin square.the occupy baltimore movement askee the city for permission to keep forty tents at the park until april..he city has yet to set a deadlinn or when the group must vacate the sste. be sure tootune in to fox45 news at 530 for the latest. 3 3 3 3530 for the latest.to fox45 nees at 530 for the latest. 3 3 530 for the latest. 33 every ch

and so i -- i give gifts. i really do -- i bet everybody hates my guts, but i give something that benefits the association to benefit children. i send out these cookies and everybody loves them and people get helped. everybody i know pretty much already has way too much stuff, hoda. yet i feel for the retailers this time of year. so much of what they make is this time of year. but for me christmas has always been a spiritual holiday, not a commercial one. >> i buy all my stuff at the last possible second. >> i wonder why? does that surprise anybody? >> but here just so you know, if you're one of those people who does a lot of shopping, this is how you're going to spend your time now. you're going to. this is what consumer reports, they broke it down, you're going to spend 19 hours for gifts. >> have fun. >> you're going to spend three hours waiting in checkout lines, standing. >> wasting your life. >> because it's not your turn yet. you'll spend three hours wrapping gifts. you're going to spend nine hours trav

>> what i did is i provided members and staff with gifts in violation of the gift ban. i went beyond these lines in the senate. to give you an example, i represented travel indian governments. in the house and the senate, there's an exemption for governments to be able on to basically get out of the gift ban. in the senate tribal governments are exempted from the gift ban, so the tribal government could give anything they want to a staffer or member there. in the house it isn't the case. so, unfortunately, i would treat the house and senate the same. now, most people looking at it from america would say, the whole thing is absurd. the house, the senate, travel, gifting, what's going on here? the truth is they're right. they're right. the details of the system are really unimportant to me. the overall of the system is the problem, and that's what i'm trying to bring out in the book. >> transparency of government is an issue. newt gingrich the former speaker is caught up in this with freddie mac, the large housing giant now controlled by the government. he claimed he got

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gift cards continue to be the most popular holiday gift. 80% of people will buy gift cards this season, up from 77% last where year. but along with the rise in the popularity of gift cards has come a growing number of sites dedicated to selling those cards for plain old cash, instead. card cash.com and plastic jungle.com are some of the gift card exchange sites where consumers can hawk their gift cards for roughly 90% of face value or you can buy gift cards at 10 to 15% off. the latest call of duty video game enjoying record sales despite a shaky economy. the latest installment in the popular shooter series has broken the sales record for video games grossing $775 million in just its first five days. >> you know people will buy what they want, no matter what the economic situation. >> that looks like a movie. not a video game. >> real human faces. >> that is the graphics nowadays. amazing. >> howard loves it. interesting. >>> it is the only reason he says he is still here. to help some kids find their way through difficult times. >>> coming up, we'll bring you the story of gene hughes.

but gift cards are hot and cash is hot also. >> that never goes out of style, right? so how effective is all this for the retailers? does it mean since people want deals they're going to get deals? >> i think it's going to be very competitive, and if retailers are going to get them to open their wallets, they'll have to be there with deals. the on-line shopping looks like it might be a little flat this year from previous years, it's not going up a lot, and many people say they get better deals in the stores themselves, so i think that speaks to a lot of retailers' ability to kind of communicate with consumers and offer things they want. >> tell us more about that, because we've seen these strategies that people take on. what kind of strategies are people using to ensure that they get the best deal ever? for a long time it was just that, it was the on-line story. people kept flocking to dot-coms to get the best deal. talk to us about price comparison, the smartphones, social media, cash versus credit. >> yeah. people are using every tool at their disposal. smartphones,

we have a gift fair.a lot of people have a million candles and potpourri, you can come to the takoma presbyterian church between 12:00 and 4:00 and put down a donation for a collar, a leash and donate a certain amount of money that will go back to dogs. >> i want to mention that you have your monthly adoption event. one is coming up on december 10th at the petsmart in maryland. for those of you who find that to be far log on to our web site and take a look at the dogs there because we have linked your site. >> right. >> finally we have our reduced shot clinic this weekend. instead of doing it sunday, the first sunday of the month we will do it saturday from 1:00 to 3:00 in forestville. >> a lot of information. go to our web site, myfoxdc.com and we linked their shelter to hours. >> some calm beagles. >> i know. >> they are dog whisperers. >>> now that thanksgiving day passed you may be looking to do your holiday decorating. >> holly, good morning. >> reporter: i always thing boughs of holly are perfect. f

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that looks like a lot of money. >> you don't these gift baskets, these gift containers, are like $80 investments if you have someone you want to give a hoe teases gift to why not put together one yourself -- hostess gift why not put one together yourself. >> the most expensive plant was $6 what you want to do is use 3 to 5 plants in the arrangement, you want to try to pick plants with different textures like this one here, i think would be great i want you to do one i will do one i am going to actually use the little palm tree, now the root ball on this is a little large but what you can do is and i will go ahead and take care of that, just to refresh this, if you will, you can cut about a third of the root ball away, safely, so that way, that fits into there, if it has a hole there you want to put a film there, just to prevent this from going out. i want you to pick out two additional plants. >> i love it. >> then the ivy one. >> variegated or green. >> this one. >> what you want to do is break up the root mass just pull it apart a little bit and put that into your container and go

and so i -- i give gifts.holiday, not a commercial one. >> i buy all my stuff at the last possible second. >> i wonder why? does that surprise anybody? >> but here just so you know, if you're one of those people who does a lot of shopping, this is how you're going to spend your time now. you're going to. this is what consumer reports, they broke it down, you're going to spend 19 hours for gifts. >> have fun. >> you're going to spend three hours waiting in checkout lines, standing. >> wasting your life. >> because it's not your turn yet. you'll spend three hours wrapping gifts. you're going to spend nine hours traveling. >> bye. >> and you're going to spend 14 hours celebrating with friends and family. >> now you're getting to it. now that's what you're getting to. but here's the thing, if you go to the malls, i know we do a million segments on germs, because our senior producer, tammy, is obsessed with them. >> we don't even care about germs, if you know what i mean. >> the point is, is that the mall is suppos

return the gifts. >> what do you need the gifts for.y are like here is your $600 toaster you don't need it any more. >> ridiculous. >> just 54 days away from christmas and that means you better get your holiday shopping under way. >> don't get kim kardashian a gift consider the old one her gift. >> there are a few incentives you will want to know about, steve joins us live from dallas with details, good morning steve. >> reporter: i am crossing kim kardashian off my holiday gifting list. >> excellent. >> reporter: absolutely not she has enough stuff. let's talk about incentives, that merchants are going the use to get you in the door one of the ones is this, online price matching we all know that traditional price matching in the store or through your credit card company we talked about it before on the show now some stores are going to match prices of online merchants, bed, bath and beyond, sears, plus they will beat it by 10% if there is a brick and mortar location locally here is the red flag for me personally when i make a purchase

i have a customs guy who looks at my bag of gifts and said what are the gifts? i said, i don't know, they are fromsanty. i then spent two hours in secondary screening and they ep ripped open every gift. kids, be careful about taking wrapped gifts on the plane. >> can't you buy pass that little part of it? >> no, we don't advertise it. >> that's a good point. >> there is no line. >> for you rookie cia's. >> leeann, why does the tsa hate christmas? >> i don't know that answer. i think they just want to see everything that is under the wrapping. why do they put the systems out there. >> good point. >> bill, ultimately this is not much of a story. why do we do it? >> that's a good question. pot rates well. it rates better and better from our red eye viewers. i am told only baker can bring the charts. >> 8 ball and pot all in one show. >> and does it surprise you? >> no, it does not jie. we are both veterans on the war on christmas. if the tsa has to check packages, isn't it a small price to pay that no more ingnaw cents are killed in this senseless war? >> yes, than

if you add them all up and then the gift that the u.k. government is giving richard branson to take over northern rock you can see that the government is basically taking money out of the people that were riding due to their mistreatment by the government and they're putting that money directly into the pocket of richard branson how can this government get away with just transferring wealth directly from the lowest. on the social ladder directly into the pockets to the highest oh you know it's astonishing and it's a lose lose situation i don't understand i mean the austerity budget is removing removing benefits or shutting them social services there's no growth there's no job creation is like a million people young people are employed at the moment there is no way they go and they've got nothing to do so if the people who can go with the fed up with the phone. a reality that's forced upon them anyway and they're fed up with their crap drab weak precarious future that's foisted upon them as well you know what you know you're really going t

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are you going to be buying gifts made in america this year? we're going to show you how easy it is to tell. >> this one is made in america. you have seen it on tv. tonight we city if style snaps lives up to the height. >>> you pray to st. jude. but tonight, the saints go marching in to help the troops. back in 60 seconds [ female announcer ] at verizonfios.com, you can choose your channel package. ♪ you can choose your own internet speeds. ♪ you can even choose to chat with a live person. ♪ now you can choose to save $35 a month for fios tv, internet and phone for just $79.99 a month, plus get a $300 verizon visa prepaid card with a 2 year agreement. but hurry, offer ends soon only at verizonfios.com. contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. . >> you have been out there. you know the holiday shopping season is in full swing. but as you snap up all the gifts, you may have noticed that most of them are made in china, so you have to wonder is anything made in the usa. >> here is good news for anyone that w

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what if we just buy one gift made by americans here at home? how many jobs could we create right here? >>> good evening. a judge in los angeles erupted in anger today at doctors who compromise their obligations to patients, even rich and famous patients with serious problems. the judge in the michael jackson case sentenced dr. conrad murray to four years behind bars for his role in jackson's death. and blasted him as a disgrace to medicine. abc's jim avila has covered this case from the beginning. >> reporter: conrad murray leaving court for nearly two years in los angeles county jail. blows kisses to his mother and girlfriend. but he had none for the judge, who had just sentenced him to the maximum for killing michael jackson. >> the judge was -- i thought he was openly hostile. >> reporter: judge michael pastor became the story today, not just for rejecting conrad murray's plea for probation and instead sentencing michael jackson's former doctor, seen in today's booking photo, to four years. no electronic monitoring or house arrest. a judgmen

armed with those new numbers -- the average american spends $700 on christmas gifts. holiday gifts.ber, the economists who told us just $64 of that, less than 10%, on gifts made in america -- and we create 200,000 jobs right now. would you be willing to take your $64 and find something american? >> absolutely. >> reporter: cue the andy williams. because the usrys are just the beginning. we're about to hop into our own red sleigh, dressed up by the family. the first stop? these are the -- >> this is the tocar family. >> reporter: this poor family. they didn't need us to make the case. >> the average american spends $700. >> reporter: and she told them, 64 of that on something american. you're in? >> we're in. >> reporter: next stop, the chances. >> i got some crazy numbers for you guys. >> reporter: and that question -- are you in? >> we're in! >> reporter: and it's not just dallas. minneapolis, too. remember nordic ware? those bunt pan s then. look at them now. red and green. workers telling "world news," they can't ask all of us to buy something made in america, unless they're in,

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it's our responsibility as individuals to try to learn how to take care of our dangerous gift. i don't feel like there's this foreign evil thing operating in me and my goal is to eliminate it, and tame it into submission. i think something that happens for a lot of us who get labeled as bipolar, is we have these really kaleidoscopic tendencies in our brains, where we can't filter out as much of the world as a lot of people do. and it's like we have 500 antennas out in every direction all at once and we're bringing in tons and tons of information on all these different channels. the dead flower over there, and the shadow over here, and this person over there, and the love letter over there, and the map over here, and the apocalypse over there, and walmart down there, and the ocean, and children, and... and in my mind, they're all connected, and they're not separable. when you open up your radio transmitters and you are taking in all this information about the world, it ain't all good. when i open up in that way, i don't just see beauty and light, and god and grass, i see sufferi

so you may want to give them a heads up. >> reporter: are e-gift cards wore it? one in seven charge purchase fees and others have expiration dates. >> this is the buyer that will pay and not the recipient. >> not many people will charge you a purchase fee. this is with the general purpose gift cards which is the one with the credit card brand such as visa, american express, mastercard. >> and some will replace cards. 73% offer free shipping or delivery and you don't have to worry too much about expiration dates. >> you're going to get five years before the fund on the gift card can expire and you have 12 months to use the card before any inactivity fees kick in. >> bankrate.com survey found that 6% of gift cards are not used or get lost every year. brenda butner fox news. >>> the national cathedral opened for the first time since an earthquake rocked our region in august. >> but today was more about the people who work in the historic building >>> are overworked metro workers putting your safety at risk? the unsettling finding of a new report. that's next on fox

it's tempting to give gift cards. >> but there is a big down side.rds carefully. >> sure buying a gift card might seem like a perfect present. >> the ones you use right away are to clothing store autos consumer reports money advisor says it's important to think twice. >> gift cards are better than they used to be. new regulations eliminated some fees. sou can't be charged if you don't use it in the first year and they can't expire for five year autos with the new protections there are draw back autos rule as ply to merchant ask bank issued gift cards. if have you a reloadable card or not marketed as a gift card you're going want to pay close attention. >> the bank issued cards are convenient. you can use them almost anywhere. they come with fees this, visa gift card costs $3.95 if you get it from a branch or 6.95s fdz you buy online. and after 12 months you're charged an inactivity fee if you don't use it. even charity cards come with fee autos we found one charging a $4.95 transaction fee. another 3% to transfer funds. >> if it's still wait you want

so should you buy pricier gift?1% of people told us you know what? wait on buying the expensive gift. maybe wait a few more weeks and see what happens. >> okay. you know me long enough you can buy me a really expensive gift. it's fine. >> i have a bunch of them already. >> awesome. going back to keeping the phone on the table, to take those pictures during dinner, when you're at an event and you take pictures, people post them and they don't always ask or they will tag you in a photo without asking. is that okay? >> we asked people, is it appropriate to specifically, is it appropriate to post photos of your family without asking and which comes up a lot at holiday gatherings because you have your phone there and even if it's not at the table but the phone is there and you're excited and you want to post some pictures. only 15% of the people that we polled said that it was proo appropriate and that was even among people between 18 and 34 agreed it's not appropriate. you should always ask. >> a big no-no. the kids def

>> well probably the most requested gift and one of the most popular gifts this year, gift cards.etting a gift card, so they can go to a store and buy something they may have had their eye on for a while. and for a gift giver, gift cards are extremely convenient. we're seeing growth in a lot of other discretionary categories. jewelry, sporting goods, home decor, toys are all up this year. instead of just the basics like clothing and the more basic toys and small appliances. >> in terms of where people are spending their money, do you think it's happening more in the brick-and-mortar stores or online? >> we are seeing a lot of people go to the internet. but both to purchase and research gifts, look for ideas, read reviews. but still, the majority of holiday shopping is happening in brick-and-mortar stores. we know that a lot of people are visiting a variety of different locations before they decide to buy. so discounters, department stores, electronic stores and the internet will all see a lot of traffic this weekend and throughout the holiday season. >> you bring up the number of

it is a gift to ride in the run and dave can bring gifts or money. >> thousands of chicago and muslimse together in prayer today they were joining millions of moments around the world commemorating the annual to mecca. 50,000 people were expected at toyota park and another large group attended the service in schaumburg hosted by the council on american islamic relations the holiday is celebrated with the distribution of food to the needy giving gifts and social gatherings. community members and riverside held a press conference today asking for improved safety conditions following the sexual assault of a woman in a neighborhood alley. the woman was walking home after getting off of a train tuesday night and says that she was followed and grabbed from behind pulled into the alley and then raped neighbors want sissy more beat cops and better lighting to make the area safer. you could have prevented this. we will not sit idly and allow these culprits to jeopardize the safety of our neighbors in children. investigators are looking at surveillance video and are working on a composite sketch

i think that the gifts would be appreciated and unique.way. >> we are live in the square. how about the maryland crab and rock fish? >> i read that label on that! >> man! >>> that sounded great! >> it has all the food groups in it. >>> we are live at the square, homes of many small businesses. here is a look at the small business saturday and that means a lot to you. >> when the market was reborn, it went with small business and we have been here and we close on the major holidays and got get up at midnight and come to work and it is great! >> (laughs). >>> i want to bring someone else over, what is the concept, the black friday and ciber monday and now small business saturday. >> right. we are the anti-black friday, like you heard, no one shopping more at midnight and small business saturday is about shopping local and your small businesses in your neighborhood. this is a perfect look at that. we will have a strolling santa, that is in front of the tree prosecutor 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. >>> i want to bring over the new store, you are a small b

this visa gift carr from u.s.branch or 6-95 if you buy it online. and after 122months you're charged a 2-50 a month use it.even charity ift cards come with fees.((st: mandy walkerr"we found one that chargee a 4.95 transaction fee and it charged another three percent to transfer the funds." (v/o)but if a gift card iss still the way you want to go... retail store cards usually haveelittle or no fees. you just want to make sure the person you are buying for likes to shop in the stooe. ((oo: mandy walker) "when you're giving a gift card, you want tt include the terms and thh policces, as well as the receipt, which might be needed iff he card is lost or stolen." (v/o)but better yee... why not givv cash or a check? that way people can shop wherever they want... whenever they want... no strings attachee. &p3comingguu in our 7 o'clock hour... a tell-all book... about the from the prosecuting attorney... about some details nevee leakkd. ((megan ive tease))you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all morning. 9ç3 h

black friday edition of "today's holiday gift guide."with me. good to have you. >> all of us are shopping on black friday. >> let's get to the items. why is it so important to do homework? >> because you're so tempted when you see the black friday deals. it's a buy, buy, buy and grab. you need to stick to the list and need to know if the price is worth it. they can say it's less, but if you do your research you know. >> you have coats for us right here. >> for men this is all from jcpenney. $160 now $50. this jacket was 140 and now 40 for women. you can't beat these. these were 80 bucks and now they're $15. >> that's great. >> you can get a size up, and then your kid can wear it next year. >> get it for the friend. >> shoes. >> these are from macy's, rampage boots. >> 50 to 60. that's great. >> these are the hip style, the wedge, which is popular this season. >> you would know. moving on to something else i know, cooking, not. >> this is for christmas dinner, target has a great set. it was farberware. you need to clean up with the dirt d

you may spend a lot on those gifts. >> but that's nothing compared to one gift list. doyle is here to add it up. >> can you put a price on true love? of course not. over the holidays, the pressure ramps up to show just how much you care. if you take your shopping tips from a classic christmas song, budget a lot for your sweetie this year! dancers, check. calling birds, check. bling, check. finding all of those gifts for your true love laid out in the holiday classic, the 12 days of christmas, takes a lot of work and costs a ton of money. pnc wealth management has been tracking the price of each item for 28 years. >> this year, how did prices do? >> they're up a little bit. about 3.5%. >> d.c.'s adventure theatre singers joined us at the smithsonian's national zoo for a whimsical look at the pnc price index, a holiday inflation gauge. ♪ on the 12th day of christmas, my true love sent to me 12 drummers drumming, 11 pipers piping ♪ >> the musicians only charge 3% more for their services this year. ♪ nine ladies dancing >> the joy of motion dance school dancers are lovely

>> well, gift cards.a scratch off code behind them, and if they're conveniently located, many individuals will go into the store previously and write down the code and 800 number and when you buy that gift card, as soon as that is activated, as soon as that card gets activated they run to the store and say, here's the code, i want to spend your money. we want to make sure it has the scratch off code or just purchase gift cards online. gift cards, again, sometimes we spend too muchb money on gift cards. >> you would actually recommend that. seems so veenconvenient with th card, you are saying old-fashioned cash. >> sometimes gift cards have fees attached to them. >> sometimes around the holidays, people want to pick up a little extra cash. sometimes tens of thousands of jobs are out there, sometimes temporary. you need to watch out for this. >> people try to make money and they see this new thing, post on facebook and on twitter. new job. come down here and get this brand-new job and give up your social se

that's real gifts, real joy.00,000 doll? barbara scoured the country and she's here to show us what she came up with. happy post-thanksgiving. >> thank you. going to buy a new house now. >> that would be very nice. >> you start out with palm springs, california. an artisan restretrearetreat? >> it not only comes with a beautiful house but 330 days of sunshine a year and it's a playground for the rich and famous in palm springs. people love it. this is not a rich and famous house. it's a whacky kind of house. it's a huff and tumble hillside home. i think it works. it looks like an alpine chalet than a desert home. the inside is in keeping, but inside there's a barrel vaulted ceiling, barrel vaulted walls. everywhere you look. that is the kitchen. very streamlined and not to everyone's taste. if you like that thing, they did it really well. >> it's an acquired taste. >> you either like it or don't. it's like a giant sauna inside, but at least they're true to the vision there. the main living area has cool floors an