what items have you regifted? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. smart phone apps may be getting ratings to help protect your children. jane king has the bloomberg business report. >> good morning. if your booking a hotel on a budget, there are some good ones in the d.c. and baltimore area. reviews of hotels in big cities nationwide. the best overall ratings were the nation's capital where over 60% of budget hotels got a positive rating. you know how ratings for movies are pg and r. about ratings for cell phone apps using 85-point scale -- using a 5-point scale. american shopping big time for the holidays and buying stocks. the bloomberg maryland index soaring on gains for under armour. something good come from the lack of jobs. college kids are getting more charitable. college students and recent grads are putting in longer terms of service than in the past. one of the key reasons is the competitive job market. i'm jane king for wbal

what items have you regifted? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. have you regifted? >> fruit cake. we have heard about road rage. there is wrap rage. jane king has the bloomberg business report. good morning to you. >> good morning. facebook it could be valued at more than $100 billion. source is say the network side is considering raising $10 million -- a sources say. the company may file an ipo by the end of the year. we will get a report on home prices. price could be falling at a slower pace -- prices could be falling. futures are looking to hire. markets are off and running. the dow up almost 300 points. cyber monday it was a big hit this year. more people shopping on their smart phones. mobil payments surged more than 52000%. trying to eliminate those hard plastic clam shell casings that enclose electronics and other items. those twist ties that secure children's toys -- very annoying. they call that a wrap rage. >> i hate those

a lot of people regift this time of year. now, a new surae from couponcabin.com, finds 41% of adults have regifted an item and the more people make, the more likely it is that they've actually regifted. >> no way. >> that's why they have money, i guess. they're savvy. 49% of people who make more than $75,000 say they have regifted. that's compared to 33% of those who make less than $35,000. get this, some of the most awkward regifts, plungers. why? plungers. cheese steaks. and jumper cables. i guess there's value in that. >> facebook could be inching closer to become being a public company. there is a new round of reports about plans for an ipo. the latest speculation is the stock value would value facebook upwards of $100 billion and the social networking firm is targeting a timeframe of april to june 2012. at $100 billion, facebook ceo mark zuckerberg would be worth about $24 billion, more than google's cofounders, larry page and sergei bryn. >> the interesting thing about that story, when mark zuckerberg first talked about

coupon cabin.com reports more than 4 in 10 american adults have regifted an item. the website also found more than one-third of those surveyed said that they have received a regifted item. here's a tip. you plan to regift a gift card, make sure your name isn't on the "to" part. >>> this morning three connecticut men are now $254 million richer. they came forward to claim their powerball jackpot. the trio bought the winning ticket at a gas station and formed a trust when they learned they had the matching numbers. they decided to take the after tax lump sum of nearly $104 million in cash. the men say they plan to give a significant portion to charity. the jackpot was the largest ever won in connecticut and the 12th largest in powerball history. good for them. >> why don't we ever win that? when we do it here at the station. >> would you give a large sum to charity? >> i'd give a portion of it to charity. >> a dollar would be a portion. we'd give half of it to charity, let's make that promise, if we win. >> stay with us.

if you plan to regift a gift card, make sure your name is not on it and don't regift to the same person who gave you the gift in the first place. >> that's smart. >> probably not a good idea. >>> if you have relatives in connecticut, you may want to check in with them in the near future, it not now. >> this morning three men in greenwich, connecticut, they're $254 million richer. they came forward yesterday to claim their powerball jackpot. each worked as money managers. the trio bought their winning ticket at a gas station and then formed a trust when they learned they had matching numbers. the group is taking the lump sum of nearly $104 million, that's all, after taxes. they plan to give much of that away to charity. >> that's nice. 30-some-odd million per. >> what would be your first purchase? >> probably a good accountant. >> you've got to be more creative than that. all right. well, i would purchase an rv. >> would you? >> yes. >> an rv? and head on the road? >> hit the road for the rest of the time. you'll never see me agtoday" co0 a.m. >>> walking free. the local man held in arub

regifting may come back in style this year. >>> former "nightly news" anchor, tom brokaw was in town speaking at the museum. he was speaking about the rapid pace of change in our country right now. he called on cooperation from all americans and what he described as a very tumultuous time. >> we have gone through a difficult time. we are not out of it yet, economically, politically and culturally. >> his book is focusing on the challenges americans face and how they can be part of the solution. comcast sponsored today's speech. >>> when we come back on news 4 at 5:00, a shooting at a major intersection right in the middle of rush hour. we'll hear from a driver caught in the cross fire. >>> in sports, we're going to >>> a gunman opens fire in rush hour along one of the cities busiest thoroughfares. it happened 6:30 wednesday evening in the 1200 block of north capital street. commuters scrambled for cover. derrick ward spoke exclusively to one eyewitness whose truck was hit by a stray bullet. >> reporter: the intern section of new york avenue and north capital street. it's hazardous an

. >> they are regifting their iphones to th toddler. >> i see nothing wrong with that. >> and we missed one of the full screens there. you can find the list on myfoxdc.com. >>> let's check in with tony now. he joins with us a look at the forecast. >> the thing is is that kids, you know, are seeing their parents with the ipads and it is very interesting because i think for that age group that you specifically talked about, a lot of parents are saying the ipad has only been out for almost two years now and so now that it's been introduced, the kid get chance to play on it and now they want their own. >> i've seen kids under two years old. >> and even one-year-olds. i was reading blog about it. >> but like $400. i remember when $40, $50, $60 was a lot for a gift for a child. >> let's jump into weather. here yours bus stop forecast. are we starting with the bus stop? okay. we're going to see clear skies, chilly temperatures, ranging from the 30s to the 40s. sunrise at 7:06. let's move it along. we are at 40 degrees right now here in washington. 40 here. 43 in annapolis. 42degrees. plenty of

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