. >> more than 5,000 recycling senters help generate jobs and save the economy billions of dollars. the center displays business cards of all the former students who landed jobsment bruce say that is with the holiday season arriving most callers wonder how to get rid of old decoration. >> people wonder what do i do with this broken strand of christmas tree lights or what do i do with different holiday wrapping or do you have any ideas about gift. >> to spread awareness about recycling, the center decorate this is tree in the christmas in the park. >> it shows all the past litter of the year. so it was just kind of eye- opening the stuff that was on it. >> the center started operation in 1989 and has planned to expand the project to other schools. as of right now, it is only student-run recycling hot line in the state. live on campus, update news. >>> the food court, arcade and mosaic room, students are finding other places within the student union to relax. >> reporter: the student union offers more than just food and a bowling alley. student can say discover different types of mews

they have until 8 tonight to come to a fedex senter. >> yes we close at 8 tonight and the last truckill depart around 8:30 to get stuff out for tomorrow. >> reporter: you hear that. that's the busiest day for fedex. all day today you have time to ship something out and i am told the very last day to have the package dlferred by christmas is to ship it -- delivered by christmas is to ship it. reporting live, corinne redman, abc2 news. >>> what length would you go to to hold onto your job. 2/3 of surveyed workers buy a staffing company said they would give up vacation time. and nearly a quarter of them said they would give up their annual bonus and work longer hours without a pay increase or september cape reduction in deb -- accept a reduction in benefits but many draw the line at taking a pay cut or relocating. >>> paris jackson will play in the film longedeen bridge and the three keys. accord -- london's bridge and the three keys. she joins the cast of larry king and his wife and ted lang and and there's no word on a release date for the film. >>> five things to know on this monday.

it's at the baltimore visitor's senter. >>> a hundred mid at safeway stores had remain open around the6 hours leading into christmas. some stores are going to be open christmas day. some are opening as early as 7 and others by as late as noon. all stores close on christmas day by 5. >>> officially winter sort of it's 12:30 tomorrow morning. it's the longest day of the year for those south of the equator but shortest day of the year for those in the northern hemisphere. >>> obama administration will announce new expected lilts on mercury emissions from coal fire plants. business leaders opposing the measure say it's going to cause blackouts and kill jobs. >>> and attorney general eric holder and dignitaries will attend a memorial today marking the 23rd anniversary of the bombing of pan am flight 103 over scotland. it will be at the flight 103 memorial in arlington national cemetery. >>> almost 100 million dollars has been spent on slot machines in the state. up next, how much more the state is willing to shell out to get the casino anne arundel county up and running. >>> video games are

he is locked up in the baltimore county detention senter. >>> today we have them packed and racked and ready to go, thebusiest day of the year shipping wise. for companies like fed ex and ups they are gearing up for a record setting day. and corinne redman is live at one of the distribution sent wears live report. have they put you to work yet? >> reporter: no, they have not put me to work yet but i suspect they will later. right now i am here live at the golden ring fed ex distribution center where they will be geared up for the busiest day in history. 17 million packages going out today. 90,000 fed ex trucks hitting the roads. joining us live is latia jackson a kerrer and -- courier and will be one of the drivers out. >> yes, he. >> reporter: what does it take for you to load up the truck and get out of here. what do you expect? >> we exspeak heavy load. so preparing we have to make sure we pack our trucks as tight and safe you know as careful as possible. larger items on the bottom smaller items on the shelves and once you pack the vehicles tight, you know, everybody's packages will

being that it is in iowa and right before the caucus will remind candidates and voters while they are senter stage treating every human with dignity is he is shaenl. over the counter sales of a drug that kills a baby. they did make it so one has to be 17 to purchase what has been termed abortion in a bottle. think about this for a moment. if you have a daughter, she has to have parental consent to take an aspirin at school. but government was on the brink that will allow her to kill her unborn child with neither your consent or approval. this is insane. the gift of life movie illustrates why each life matters by seeing things where their mother attempted to abort. they are going to get a copy of the movie "the gift of life." i think they will enjoy it. you can take it home if you want more information on getting one for yourself or maybe for christmas gifts go to the gift of life movie.com. you can also go to mike huckabee.com and follow a link. there you can comment on today's show. >>> our special presidential forum featured 6 candidates who had equal ties to answer questions for a panel o

muttville caught oprah's eye this, year, they're trying to catch yours with new pop up adoption sentersfor senior dogs. and says there is a huge benefit. >> most are house trained and they're calm and gentle. they don't need to go running three times a day. they aren't going to chew shoe autos they're mellow. >> you can visit the center on the corner of polk and bush streets, it's opened saturdays and sundays from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. >> and if you're looking for a gift for someone who seems to have everything we might have an item for you. take a look. bloomingdale's starting selling rolls royce of mattresses. retailing for $33,000 called the beyond luxury pallett royal. >> it's a blend of cashmere, mohaiar and latex creating a multi layer mattress it carries the made in the us label. usa label, i should say. it's hand made in southern california fchl you don't think you'd be able to sleep after spending more than $30,000 on a mattress there is a budget version without the cashmere that sells for under ten grand. >> is that just lay yechl at that point? >> one other ingredient there? >>

but the general is also calling for onsite monitoring for the senters to continue to get federal funding. >>> in florida, reports of another hazing incident involving marching band members is being investigated. three young men with the university's marching band are accused of beating a female mob ter. she sufficiented a broken thighbone. this bail before a trapped trip to orlando and investigators say hazes was involved in that ins tent. >>> tonight, cabs will be hosting a public meeting in san francisco while plans for a bike path -- for plans of a bike path on the brick. now, artists will show off the platest designs. the new eastern span will have a bike path allowing bikers to walk from oakland for the first time. but there's still no plans for a bike path on the western side. >>> a drety card skilling scam has -- credit card skimming scam has banks taking new ack u. 1,000 customers are getting a new card. even if the accounts have not been compromised. it comes after several readers were rigged in 24 lucky bay area stores. >> they place the card in the ankt tv m it's verified, a -

i was tweeting at the kennedy senter and my sister thought i was crazy. >> you weren't paying attention> i was paying attention but it's a four and a half hour show. i was updating my twitter followers. we were sharing it together. >> i am hearing it is a four hour show? it was boring so you needed something to do so you were tweeting. >> it was not boring, i was just bringing everyone into the fold. now they will make me sit in the back. tweet seats for those of us who tweet. >> that's what i have to say. >> really? you're the one who tweets all the time. >> i don't tweet when i'm like at a show or a movie or opera. who could afford an opera anyway. but if i were able to afford it, i would not be tweeting. >> okay. big l on my head. loser, okay. i got it, carol. >> i'll forgive you. >> thanks. >>. >> cracking down on the drug cartel. how far u.s. agents are going to go to be a part of the inner workings. >>> so the son of deposed libyan leader gadhafi tried to come south of the u.s. border. mexico said that he was planning to sneak into the country with false documents. four people wer

abc2 is tailing with up celebee learning centers to make -- teaming up with celebree learning senters. >> i am richard from the celebree learning centerrer. we collect over 1,000 toys from parents and children. i want to give our families thank you -- celebree. we selected over 1,000 toys from parents and children. i want to give our families a thank you. >>> tay tuned -- is it a-- >> stay tuned tonight at 5 and 6 as police officers take away the donated toys and get them in the hands of the families in need. >>> a nightmare for one family thankfully end well. we will get to that in one second because if you want to drop off a toy, you still have plenty of time. we are located at 6400 york road. abc2news.com if you need more information today is the final day so you can get the toys in and you can make someone's holiday much more brighter. >>> well, news time is 6:11. now we can tell you about how a nightmare fon one family thankfully had a happy end. what happened when severe weather devoted this young girl's flight overnight. the problem is you saw it. look how young she is. >>> and