e-mail us at petquestions@wbal11tv.com. how to protect yourself from scams this holiday shopping season. >> we will see if the sun stays in our weather this weekend. the forecast is just ahead. >> today is world aids day. the bleak outlook on world economic markets has medical experts worried about their ability to control the disease. many aids patients in africa can only survive with medication given to them free of charge by global, a medical groups. governments in europe and the u.s. are primed supporters of those groups -- prime supporters of those groups. the u.s. believes more than 34 million people are living with aids. 22 million of them are in africa. in this afternoon's consumer alert, recent investigations show maryland is the state with a second-highest level of food stamp fraud. -- the second-highest level of food stamp fraud. more than $6 out of every $100 are lost to fraudulent users. according to wbal radio, enrollment in the program has more than doubled in the last four years. fraud totals more than $2.5