we're talking about $40,000, $50,000 unclaimed a year.t it in a separate account, track it. it's a burden on the city to hold it. >> reporter: so we hit the road again to help. >> i have someone here from "good morning america." >> reporter: there are 225 in unclaimed funds waiting for the local girl scouts. that's 56 boxes of cookies. >> thank you very much. it will all go in the girls. >> reporter: we had high hopes at the next stop. it was a biggie. this check represents the amount of unclaimed money the city of pasadena has for you. yep, $3,300. for contractor oscar verdugo. he says his company probably overpaid for permits. >> i'm glad to know there's somebody out there like yourself looking after us. >> reporter: yes, "gma" to the rescue. >> there you go. >> reporter: and we weren't done yet. the city of pasadena has a check for you for $1,176. do you understand english? >> a little. not too much. >> reporter: muy bueno. eventually, her son translated. over the phone, to make sure she understood the urgency. will this money be helpf

millions of bucks sit unclaimed. you have to do is watch for your name. >>> the anchor ball this time is a little table tennis. that's okay. >> unfortunately, we don't look as good as these guys. >> no. >> but i'm going to beat you. >> >>> a former dep ist dentist who used paper clips instead of steel posts in root canals will now spend some time behind bars. today a judge sentenced him to 2.5 years in prison. the 53-year-old ex dentist practiced in massachusetts but lives in maryland now, and some of his patients reported getting nasty infections from the paper clips in their mouth. >>> we have a 9news update. the u.s. air force says they found no criminal conduct with a photo of personnel with an airmen took a transportation course. the photo landed on facebook, as you might expect, but an air force review was meant to found that it was meant to be reinforce the they could be killed if they did not pay attention loading and unloading aircraft. >>> caught on tape, a rescue just in the nick of time. take a look at th

village, 24 young girls died in the rubble here and this is a girls high school. 7 of - bodies were unclaimed. there were several that died during the earthquake. most of them had not been claimed because they're parents were also killed in the earthquake. they wanted to build a memorial around the graves to remember the loss of life had not gone in vain for the girls high school. this is patka girls high school. also running other schools. don't have all the resources to put in buildings. this is in afghanistan and this is a ninth grade class. they're going to school in a russian, soviet, old armored personnel carrier. take a look inside. there's 12 ninth graders going to school learning english. the younger boys are going to school in a steel truck container used to bring over united states military supplies. 80 kids going to school in a truck container. the girls are outdoors going to school in the dirt with one mat one black board that keeps blowing down and they keep picking it up in the wind and one teacher. to me, the courage and hope that resonates when i see those kids - some of thes

29-hundred dollars -- down three percent from 2010.meanwhile, the irs has millions of dollars in unclaimedds because of mailing address errors.log on to irs dot gov if you think your check is missing.kodak is trying to evolve from film pioneer to major player in the digital marketplace.the struggling company says it's restructuring into two divisions -- commercial and consumer.there were three before.kodak won't say if any layoffs are coming or if this is leading to a bankruptcy filing.its stock is down by 90-percent over the last year. it looks like general motors will be reclaiming its status as global sales leader.g-m lost the title inn2008 when it filed for bankruptcy.the automaker never lost its lead here in the u-s but it has been losing market share for decades..inal 2011 sales figures are due out in a few weeks.for business brief, i'm shelby lin.-----end----- cnn.script----- coming up... meet a lethal grandmother... she hired a hitman to kill her husband.ffnd out how she property taxes in baltimore got caught.an to let the 3

some unclaimed ticket less than two hours before it expired, and lottery officials are demanding the owner reveal themselves. a new york lawyer made the mysterious claim, but there are concerns the ticket was a legally purchased and possessed. a feline caused a major delay. >> here, ripples. >> there she is. she got loose on an air canada flight. she got loose and delayed the flight for four hours. latches were left open after a security check. the owner says she feels horrible but is just as shocked. >> this is her first trip, and her left. >> maintenance crews had to remove the electrical panels in the cockpit to get ripples. the owners as the cat is doing just fine. coming up, from tennis elbow, to a ipad shoulder, seven is on your side with a new warning for tablet-lovers. how about tacos for breakfast? a >> seven is and your side with the warning about ipad shoulder. tablet computers could encourage poor posture, and they say that using it on your lap means you look down more, which puts pressure on your joints. one expert suggests you prop it up on a table instead. the former l

what happens to the unclaimed money? it finances tsa operations.f you buy airline tickets online two that after taxes and fees that did not show up can make a great deal. beginning january 26, all airline ticket prices must include any government taxes and fees when the price is made public. that can raise ticket prices 20%. airlines also have to tell you the price up front of checking your luggage. >> total tax, license all air fares. anytime you display any kind of fear. >> customers will have 24 hours after making that reservation to change or cancel without a penalty. >> a nice day today little on the chilly side. a couple of weather features coming in on us. one is a clipper off to the west. there are some scattered flurries in the mountains to the west. parts of kentucky and tennessee and west virginia right now. it includes some rain as well as snow. we are beginning to pick up clouds. a little band of snow. flurries of and pennsylvania. it is inconsistent but this is a cool front appeared. that is fighting to the south. this is sliding to t

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the indigent then all of us at some point just might be in danger of playing in a morgue somewhere unclaimed >>nancy jones the medical examiner has been silent all week ... chew is holed up in her office as toni preckwinkle was here to give her press conference capt. nathan mchone was one of six marines who died in a helicopter crash in afghanistan on january 19th his body will arrive home later this morning for his funeral in the northwest suburbs he was from crystal lake he was a helicopter pilot on his second tour of duty in afghanistan when he was in that crash in afghanistan january 19th the body is scheduled to arrive at the dupage airport this morning visitation will be held tomorrow from 3-9:00 p.m. at the davenport family funeral home in crystal lake his funeral will take place sunday at 2 in the afternoon the fbi is honoring the father of murder victim chelsea king she is a 17 year-old high-school student who was kidnapped while jogging in a park in suburban san diego last february a convicted sex offender was sentenced to life in prison for murder and sexual assault father brent k

and there is 109.3 million refunds and says it's holding on to tens of millions of dollars in unclaimed refunds now. if you think you have one, interest tl is a where is my refund tool on its web site. >> and north carolina has become the first state to move towards paying damages to people sterilized against their will, forced on criminals after mentally disabled after world war ii. half a dozen states have apologized by north carolina is moving towards compensating survivors. a panel recommended paying them $50,000 each. >> between 1929 and 1974, the north carolina board determined about 7600 men, women and children in cases were not fit to reproduce and ordered they be sterilized. >> the north carolina legislature must approve any payment. >> and by have developing news in the new hampshire primary. early returns coming in show mitt romney with a solid lead. >> returns from first three precincts showed former massachusetts governor with 38% of the vote followed by texas congressman ron paul with 23%. former utah governor jon huntsman with 16%. >> we're going to bring you updated info

authorities seized 130 pounds of cocaine, found in three unclaimed duffel bags that arrived on a flightm the dominican republic. investigators are trying to figure out who is responsible for leaving the luggage. but so far, no arrests have been made. >>> u.s. has temporarily halted shipment of orange juice. the fda is testing the juice for a potentially harmful chemical. studies have linked the chemical to reproductive problems. >>> mitt romney has a big lead in the polls. bigat shaban reports on the campaigning in south carolina, ahead of the state's next primary next week. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: hundreds of supporters greeted mitt romney with cheers in west palm beach, florida. romney is the favorite to win south carolina's primary next week. he wants to carry that momentum into florida's primary, 10 days later. >> and we are going to see the change we're looking for. and it's not barack obama. i believe it's going to be mitt romney. >> reporter: with two victories already behind him, romney is focusing his attack on president obama. but his gop rivals are targeting him. >> i like b

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the unclaimed money goes back to the transportation security administration. what a shock. >> yeah.t about after work we go to sfo and troll for loose change. it does add up. >> knowing the government they probably put that in the budget now too. >> it will be tackable income, i'm sure. >> nothing taxing about your -- weather forecast today, nice temperatures then a big change. >> we'll take baby steps to get to the rain one of the big changes temperatures dropping back half of the weekend will start to feel more like winter good morning 5:17 once we get past that looking forward to rain this time next week. looking down from san francisco all the way over to berkeley look at how clean the air is this morning. no spare the air day on this friday. let's check out temperatures, almost as cold as yesterday right now 29 in fairfield, 32 in novato, santa rosa mid to upper 30s everywhere until you get to fremont san jose oakland san francisco and half moon bay where we are in the 40s. low to mid 40s santa cruz, watsonville, gilroy 20° cooler 29. near record warmth today and tomorrow that'

. >> reporter: the ticket remained unclaimed and he started to get the feeling he had lost the winning ticket. he thought he looked everywhere. >> i couldn't sleep. >> reporter: after searching for days, there it was. stuck to a box in his cupboard in his office in bakersfield where he spends half the month. jesse called home to tell his family the good news. >> we were freaking out. everybody started freaking out. >> sound like you're having a heart attack. >> reporter: he says he will pay off his debts and put upon any away for college for his three teenagers. but before he cashed in his winning prize, he had to stop by and see the clerk who sold him his first lottery ticket in two years a winner. >> i walked up to him and grabbed her by the arms and kissed her on the forehead and she said, you have the ticket, don't you? i said yes, i do. >> reporter: he just had a feeling so now i'm going to see if here in yuba city lightning strikes twice. in yuba city, ben sosenko, cbs 5. >>> did somebody say lightning? are you feeling lucky? i am! because finally for the first time in weeks i'm

authorities have seized 130 pounds of cocaine, found in three unclaimed duffel bags that arrived on aght from the dominican republic. the drugs are worth more than $4 million. no arrests have been made. >> wow. >>> still to come tonight on wjz's eyewitness news. >> heads are spinning in the retail community after governor o'malley mentions a potential increase in the sales tax. i'm derek valcourt, reaction coming up on eyewitness news. ,, ring, ring. hello, progresso. it fits! fantastic! ring, ring. progresso. they fit! awesome. thank you. [ man ] ring, ring. pro-gresso. they fit! okay-y... okay? you don't understand. i've been eating progresso because there's... 40 flavors 100 calories or less and now my favorite old jeans...fit. okay. is there a woman i can talk to? [ female announcer ] tell your story at progressosoup.com >>> coming up on wjz eyewitness news at 5:00. dollars and sense. could we soon be paying a higher sales tax? >>> what drove a 16-year-old to kill his father? i'm weijia jiang. >> i'm jessica kartalija here at roma sausage. coming up, which ravens football player i

unclaimed money goes back to tsa. hoping they could use it to offset the baggage fee. >> official.roup of scientist announce success at dechling the exact color today. to be more specific astronomer describe it as quote string snow at hour after sunrise or before sunset. much like this. astronomer say knowing the color helps them figure out how old the stars are and recently it formed. new stars. interesting. >> spencer always watching the stars. >> yes. >> radar specifically back with the forecast. >> hoping for some of that white to fall in the sierra hasn't happened yet. >> this afternoon in the bay area by way of time lapse. check out this sunset. looking from our east bay hills camera beautiful sky. just clear golden sunset there after sunset this week beautiful and certainly one of them. high pressure tomorrow here in the bay area under sunny skies. mild side mid to upper 60's 69 at livermore 68 concord 68 santa rosa just lovely spring like weather in january. candlestick park saturday 49 ers will beat, take on the new orleans saints 1:30 game time. sunny. temperatures near 6

the unclaimed jackpot that you could retire on tell you about that and more when grace and i come right back. >>> good morning. we have 10 separate fog advisories around the bay area include all our bridges include the bay bridge toll plaza. we'll tell you more coming up. >> are you sure the bridge is back there? >> somewhere in the fogching. >>> a showdown in the final florida debate. mitt romney and newt gingrich locked heads in a dead heat in the polls battled it out last night. >> is he still the most anti- immigrant candidate? >> i think of the four of us, yes. >> go ahead, governor. >> that's simply inexcusable. that's inexcusable and actually senator marco rubio said that ad was inexcusable and inflammatory and inappropriate. >> the winner of florida's tuesday primary will get the biggest prize yet, $50 gift from the nation's largest state and a second victory. >>> shades of solyndra. a green company that got a government grant is filing for bankruptcy protection because of competition from overseas. electric car battery maker ener1 received an energy department grant worth $118

florida which was spanish held, new spain which included texas and all the way up to california, unclaimed territory and of course down to mexico. these rowland said many americans thought really ought to be part of the united states and direct of conversations about trying to annex those. or canada or cuba. americans had a rather expansive view of what the united states might become so we were either going to become really big or maybe break up. it was a very confusing time. is important to keep in mind that how it was going to turn out was by no means predetermined. so into this fluid situation we find aaron burr. burr came from a very distinguished family, not a wealthy family but they distinguish one. his father was president of the college of new jersey which is now princeton university. his grandfather had been president of the same college and his grandfather was jonathan edwards, the great theologian who told us that we were all sinners in the hands of an angry god, rather unsettling. burr is a very young man, still a teenager, ran off to join the continental army when it was campe

29-hundred dollars.that's down 3-percent from 2010.the i-r-s says it has millions of dollars in unclaimed... because of mailing address errors.if you think your check is missing... you can find a link on our website.. fox baltimore dot (("thank you nh tonight we made history")) 3 history"))mitt romney is now 2-for-2 in the republican race. as predicted ... romney won the new hampshire primary tuesday night.just one week ago... he won by eight votes in iowa.ron paul grabbed second place--his highest finish so far.jon huntsman... who invested the most time in new hampshire... came in third. santoruu.... and rick perry finished in the lower half.the next step is south carolina... that primary is set for january 21st. chris welch is joining us live manchester, new hampshire.good morning, chris.--suggested questions1.) what made mitt romney's second primaryy victory historic?2.) did independent voters play a big part in yesterday's election? 3.) what are the candidates doing today?4.) did the effort to attack mitt romney on his comments about romney on his to attack mitt 4.) did the effort to

some 130 pounds of the drug were found zipped up inside unclaimed duffel bags from the dominican republic. the street value? nearly $4 million. >>> people in north korea mourning the death of their former leader, kim jong-il, last month. it may not have been enough. reports from south korea sby nor -- say that some will be punished for not mourning properly. >>> primaries in south carolina can get nasty. with front-runner mitt romney hoping to end the fight early, his rivals are trying to figure out how to launch their last, best shot. romney's early strategy? soar above it. >> reporter: yeah, soaring above armageddon. that's what newt gingrich has called it. mitt romney hit the ground in south carolina overnight with wild crowds and wide smiles. >> it's so warm outside. this is different than new hampshire, i gotta tell you. >> reporter: it's not just the warm weather. it's the warm welcome to his anti-obama message. >> i think you have to say this has been a failed presidency. he hasn't tried to make it bad. he's over his head. >> reporter: another reason to smile. his bulging war chest

. >>> to make sure natural gas stays plentiful, the last unclaimed drillable parts off the gulf of mexico, 38 million acres, ranging from 3 to 230 miles offshore. the interior department says there could be a billion barrels of oil and natural gas under there. bids for drilling starts at $100 an acre. >>> newt gingrich is fighting for the veteran vote in jacksonville. the biggest republican presidential contest to date is just five days away and still a two-man race. a new cnn "time" orc poll shows romney and gingrich neck-and-neck and ron paul way behind. our numbers from sunday give a 6-point lead to gingrich. on monday and tuesday, there's a nine-point lead for romney. one thing's for sure, the final florida debate takes place tonight at 8:00 p.m. in jacksonville. it's sponsored by cnn, the florida gop, and hispanic network. >>> directing a comment from last week's cnn debate in south carolina, i'm sure you remember the response to john king's question about interviews gingrich's second wife gave to abc. she said that newt wanted an open marriage so he could keep seeing the mistress wh

security officials there found some 130 pounds of the drug were found zipped up inside unclaimed duffel bags from the dominican republic. the street value? roughly $4 million. >>> and it's an image that is indeed hard to forget. people in north korea, hysterically and very publicly mourning the recent death of their former leader, kim jong-il last month. it turns out it may not have been enough. reports from south korea, that north koreans who did not seem and i quote, seem genuine while mourning are now being sentenced to six months of hard labor as punishment. >> man. >> yeah. >> okay. a lot of us have suspected that. now to politics. your voice, your vote. and the battle for south carolina. primaries usually get pretty nasty. with front-runner mitt romney hoping to end the fight early, his rivals are trying to figure out how to launch their last best shot. abc's john berman covering it all. romney's early strategy? soar above it. >> reporter: yeah, soaring above armageddon. that's what newt gingrich has called the south carolina campaign. armageddon. do or die for newt gingrich. mena

one billion in federal fund unclaimed. we want to start a program where we promote outreach, we increase encoalment and we end the -- enrollment and we end the stigma of applying for food stamps. one of the things we do now which makes the stigma actually worse and creates a barrier for families coming forward to get food stamps is we require fingerprints. i'm saying stop from time to timing for families with children for food. stop it all across the state, and let's stop it this year. [applause] i understand fraud detection. i understand fingerprinting. but don't make a child go to bed hungry because your government wants to come up with a fraud program that requires fingerprinting. [applause] we will make sure no child goes to bed hungry in this state. i want to expand the dna data bank which has been a great technological revolution in the area of criminal justice. it helps prove guilt or prove innocence. it's helped with 2700 convictions. it helped with 27 exonerations of innocent people. right now the database is appl

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one billion in federal fund unclaimed.we want to start a program where we promote outreach, we increase encoalment and we end the -- enrollment and we end the stigma of applying for food stamps. one of the things we do now which makes the stigma actually worse and creates a barrier for families coming forward to get food stamps is we require fingerprints. i'm saying stop from time to timing for families with children for food. stop it all across the state, and let's stop it this year. [applause] i understand fraud detection. i understand fingerprinting. but don't make a child go to bed hungry because your government wants to come up with a fraud program that requires fingerprinting. [applause] we will make sure no child goes to bed hungry in this state. i want to expand the dna data bank which has been a great technological revolution in the area of criminal justice. it helps prove guilt or prove innocence. it's helped with 2700 convictions. it helped with 27 exonerations of innocent people. right now the database is appli

one billion in federal fund unclaimed.we want to start a program where we promote outreach, we increase encoalment and we end the -- enrollment and we end the stigma of applying for food stamps. one of the things we do now which makes the stigma actually worse and creates a barrier for families coming forward to get food stamps is we require fingerprints. i'm saying stop from time to timing for families with children for food. stop it all across the state, and let's stop it this year. [applause] i understand fraud detection. i understand fingerprinting. but don't make a child go to bed hungry because your government wants to come up with a fraud program that requires fingerprinting. [applause] we will make sure no child goes to bed hungry in this state. i want to expand the dna data bank which has been a great technological revolution in the area of criminal justice. it helps prove guilt or prove innocence. it's helped with 2700 convictions. it helped with 27 exonerations of innocent people. right now the database is appli

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