(celeste worthington, shopper) "i ask for gift receipts, and i usually put it in the box -or with the gift." and that's a smart idea - according consumer reports. the group estimates around 40 percent of americans try to return or exchange a gift they don't like. but experts say doing that is becoming more difficult without a reciept because of fraud.. an increasing number of merchants are reporting they've been victimized by shoplifters who then try to return stolen (tod marks/consumer reports senior project editor) "85% of retailers now require identification for example if you don't have a receipt." consumer reports editor tod marks says if you don't have a receipt .. and are trying to get a refund ... keep the gift in its unopened original package he says be prepared for possible restocking fees and store credit only. (paula colbach, shopper) "it can be frustrating." many retailers allow shoppers to return a holiday gift until the end of january. gerald forman told us his plan this holiday season - is avoiding that possibility all together. (gerald foreman, shopper) "i found the b

greg worthington wrote "people need to understand this stuff hurts people. might think it's funny but that's mainly because you don't know the guy. perhaps if you did, then you would see this differently." worthington explained not only was darsh cocaptain of the trinity university basketball team, the post has almost 40,000 likes as a result. in addition, worthington says his jersey currently hangs in the smithsonian. he, darsing was the first turban sikh ever to play in the ncaa. the miem to support darsing in worthington's view, the hashtag be like darsh. joining us from dallas, texas, darsh singh. when you first heard about this post, you dismissed it i heard and if you did, why did you dismiss it at the start? >> well, as a sikh and american i believe love is the most powerful force in the world, and this story reinforced that for me. you know, this person who posted the miem didn't know me and posted out of ignorance. it doesn't say anything to me and my character but i was moved by greg's action. he was compelled by his christian values of radical lov

we've got you covered in stout, worthington, millville and all of eastern iowa this morning, a former u-n-i paris: there's a lot to do on a dairy farm. nobody's gonna do it for you. you have to get out there and do it yourself. bernie sanders is a well-known friend of family farms. bernie cannot be bought out by big money. bernie's opinion cannot be purchased. it's time for our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, and get the working class back to where they should be. he's a rock. panther- and current arizona cardinal runninnback -- davvd johnson talks to kwwl about his record-breaking performance. johnson scored three touchdowns over the weekend -- breaking the cardinals single- season franchise record for a rookie. johnson is the first player in cardinals history to rush for 1- hundred 80 yards and three touchdowns in a single game. he broke numberous rcords back at the ni dome... "its s ye opening, itt louder, and its a great feeling to come out in that stadium and have so many fans cheer us on" johnson looks to keep hi

. >> reporter: when celeste worthington goes shopping she tries to find gifts her family won't want to return but she always has a backup plan. >> i ask for the gift receipt and put it with the gift. >> reporter: that's smart according to consumer reports. the group estimates around 40% of americans try to return or exchange a gift they don't like but experts say doing that is becoming more difficult without a receipt because of fraud. age increasing number of merchants is -- an increasing number of merchants are victimized by shoplifters who try to return stolen items for cash. >> 85% of retailers require identification, for example, if you don't have a receipt. >> reporter: consumer reports editor todd marks says if you don't have a receipt and are trying to get a refund, keep the gift in its unopened original package. he says be prepared for possible restocking fees and store credit only. >> it can be frustrating. >> reporter: many retailers allow shoppers to return a christmas gift until the end of january. gerald foreman told us his plan this holiday season is avoiding that possib

celeste worthington: i ask for gift receipts, and i usually put it in the box or with the gift. kenneth: and that's a smart idea, according consumer reports. the group estimates around 40% of americans try to return or exchange a gift they don't like. but experts say doing that is becoming more difficult without a reciept because of fraud. an increasing number of merchants are reporting they've been victimized by shoplifters who then try to return stolen items for cash. tod marks: 85% of retailers now require identification for example if you don't have a receipt. kenneth: consumer reports editor tod marks says if you don't have a receipt and are trying to get a refund, keep the gift in its he says be prepared for possible restocking fees and store credit only. paula colbach: it can be frustrating. kenneth: many retailers allow shoppers to return a holiday gift until the end of january. in gerald foreman told us his plan this holiday season is avoiding that possibility all together. gerald foreman: i found the best thing to do, really, is to give money. kenneth: kenneth craig, c

some of that deeper orange showing up you are seeing some of this heavy rain along morey lane and worthington avenue as well. out to the north shore i haven't talked a lot about you but have you seen heavy rain then towards the lowell area seeing some heavy rain as well. yellow and orange showing up along 495 that's where you when you are looking at drard. there's shell manies ford seeing some -- shelllessford seeing some of that. -- chelmsford seeing some of that. this looks like mansfield drive getting into some of the heaviest rain, too. that smes in southern new hampshire as well the heaviest rain there continue throughout the south coast then a bit of a break. another line developing though and more coming through worcester county by 4:00 in the morning. just some time for meteorologist shiri spear to hit the airwaves. boston. finally pushing on out of here by about 8:15. we'll start to see some sunshine developing all across southern and central new england. farther north and west you go through lunchtime the better chance you have of seeing a shower still. this is a dense fog advisory

a worthington man went to the hospital sunday after his handgun went off, while he was checking traps. it happened around 9 o'clock yesterday morning about four miles noror of hopkinton. authohoties say 51-year- old carey ahlers junior was trying to load his handgun when it went off and a bullet struck him in the leg. first responders took him to a nearby hospital. he is expected to be ok. finalizing a formal bond issue today for a vote in february. the waterloo- cedar falls courier reports the board of education will look at a 47 million dollar bond d sue that would focus on career and technical education. this has been a conversation point with waterloo schools for years. the new programs would be inside a new, 35 million dollar career center close totoentral middle school. waterloo east and waterloo west high schools would also receive six million dollars for renovations. the vote would be held on february 2nd. rose bowl officials plan to meet with the university of iowa today to finalize plans for celebration events surrounding the game. last night, dozens of hawkeye fans cebrated

a worthington man went to the hospital sunday after his handgun went off, while he e s checking traps. it happened around 9 o'clock yesterday morning about four miles north of hopkinton. authorities say 51-year- old carey ahlers junior was & trying to load his handgun when it went off and a bullet struck him in the leg. first responders took him to a nearby hospital. he is expected to be ok. the waterlwo school district may talk about finalizizg a formal bond issusu today for a vote in february. the waterloo- cedar falls courier reports the board of education will look at a 47 million dollar bond issue that woulfocus on career and techchcal education. this has beenen conversation point with waterloo schools for years. the new programs would be inside a new, 35 million dollar career center close to centl middle school. waterloo east and waterloo west high schools would receive six million dollars for renovations. the vote would be held on february 2nd. rose bowl officials plato meet with the university of iowa a day to finalize plans for celebration events surrounding the game. last ni

. >> when celeste worthington goes holiday shopping she tries to find gifts her family won't want toed to get free byes and i usually put it in the box or put the gifts. >> reporter: that ace smart idea according to consumer report. group estimates around 40 percent of americans try to return or exchange a gift that they do not like. but experts say doing that is becoming more difficult without a receipt because of fraud. increasing number of purchases are reporting they have been victimized by shoplifters who then try to return stolen items for cash. >> 85 percent of the retailers now require an identification, for example, if you don't have a receipt. >> reporter: consumer reports he hadder todd marks say if you don't have a receipt and trying to get a refund keep the gift in the unopened original package. he said be prepared for possible restocking fees and store credit only. >> it can b frustrating. while many are a allowed to return the the january gifts. gift. gerald ford said his plan is to avoid that all together. >> i found best thing to does to give money. >> reporter: kenn

. >> reporter: when celeste worthington goes shopping she tries to find good gifts but has a backup plan. >> i ask for receipts and put it in the box with the gift. >> reporter: that is a smart idea. according to consumer reports, the group estimates around 40% of americans try to return or exchange a gift they don't like but experts say doing that is becoming more difficult without a receipt because of fraud. an increasing number of merchants is reporting they have been victimized by shoplifters who then try to return stolen items for cash. >> 85% of retailers now require identification for example if you don't have a receipt. >> reporter: consumer reports editor todd marx says if you don't have a receipt and are trying to get a refund, keep original package. he says be prepared for possible restocking fees and store credit only. >> it can be frustrating. >> reporter: many retailers allow shoppers to return a january. gerald foreman told us his plan this holiday season is altogether. >> i found that the best thing to do really is to give money. >> reporter: kenneth craig, cbs news, edge

. >> reporter: when celeste worthington finds gifts, she always goes for gifts that they won't want to return. >> reporter: that is a smart idea according to consumer reports. the group estimates around 40% of americans try to return or exchange a gift they don't like. but experts say doing that is becoming more difficult without a receipt because of fraud. an increasing number of merchants are reporting they've been victimized by shoplifters who then try to return stolen items for cash. >> 85% of retailers now require an identification, for example if you don't have a receipt. >> consumer reports editor todd marks says if you don't have a receipt trying to get a refund, keep the gift in the original package. be prepared for possible restocking fees and store credit only. >> it can be frustrating. >> reporter: many allow shoppers to return a holiday gift until the end of january. gerald foreman says his plan is avoiding that possibility altogether. >> i found the best thing to do really is to give money. >> reporter: kenneth craig cbs news edgewater, new jersey. >> and if you get a gif

a worthington man went to the hospital sunday after his handgun went off, while he was checking traps. it happened around 9 o'clock yesterery morning about four miles north of hopkinton. authorities say 51-year- old carey ahlers junior was trying to load his handgun when it wt off and a bullet struck him in the leg. first responders took him to a nearar hospital. he is expected to be ok. in dubuque, police say someone damaged portions of the dubuque veterans memorial plaza on schmitt island. police believe a vehicle drove into the memorial sometime between 7pm the damage includes one bench and a pillar, which was overturned. police say whoever is responsible caused about 15-thousand dollars worth of damage. a man faces murder charges after investigators found 2 bodies southwest of des moines in union county. 37-year-old jerry dillinger now is charged with 2 counts of first- degree murder. the iowa division of criminal investigation found the body of loretta dillinger in a pond near lorimor last week. investigators believe she was the suspect's ex- sister-in-law. they also found ananhe

and the whole thing about it was, her dad was this huge cal worthington kind of guy, who had car dealerships all over the south. he did all these wacky commercials and was really famous and really rich. and so, they got together, they hooked up, and they started robbing pizza parlors all around the south. but the father acted like she was being kidnapped. so all the cops in the south were looking for them and there was the big car chases and big stuff. now, i just described this entire story. i think i maybe wrote ten pages before i got bored and moved on to something else. but that was the idea of the story. >> seth: that's great. and that's really nice. it's always nice to be able to remember the first thing -- >> oddly enough, as i'm not a bad story. >> seth: it's not terrible. it's certainly better in your hands. >> for a 12-year-old that wasn't so bad. >> seth: and would you write it out longhand? >> oh, yeah. i still -- >> seth: you still do, right? >> i still write my scripts longhand. >> seth: why -- what is the -- what is your argument for why you do it? is it helpful? does it make

these are from worthington from jc penny and we added a belt because you want to pin much that waistour curves and it can have detail like gold with it the because that makes it key but then as we go down to those feet, it is all about the sexy straps, you know, i just want to say you two are wearing those straps, honey. i have alice over here with nice cinderella bling as well. we want shoes to speak for themselves. that is your statement pizzas well. you want to have fun with it. but you see detail of it, popping, you know. >> there is a slimmer, look at the that in the light. >> i brought a few more shoes that were on the tabletop too. >> yes. >> fringe. >> very in right now. these are from boo-boo.com. this is metallic, jc penny, inexpensive you can look fabulous this holiday without spend ago lot of money. super cute types. these are metallics too, so just have fun with your accessories. >> yes. >> go out there and have a great holiday. >> we will be looking fabulous, while doing it. appreciate that. >> 9:35. jen? >> we're talking jingle ball. >> here's what we are doing baby, d

in the yellow, we have a winter storm warning north of a line from yankton, sd to worthington,mn...including sioux falls. this is where the heaviest snow will fall. the radar shows widespread snow over siouxland at this time, and it will continue overnight and into tomorrow morning. the planner shows snow tonight and tomorrow morning. the temperature will rise to 33 by 2 am. i'll be back with a

. >> reporter: when celeste worthington goes holiday shopping she tries to find gifts her family won'tant to return but she always has a backup plan. >> i ask for gift receipts and usually put it in the box or with the gift. >> reporter: and that's a smart idea. according to consumer reports, the group estimates around 40% of americans try to return or exchange a gift they don't like. but experts say doing that is becoming more difficult without a receipt because of fraud. an increasing number of merchants is reporting they have been victimized by shoplifters who then try to return stolen items for cash. >> 85% of retailers now require identification for example if you don't have a receipt. >> reporter: consumer reports editor todd marx says if you don't have a receipt and are trying to get a refund keep it gift in its unopened original package. he says be prepared for possible restocking fees and store credit only. righ. many retailers allow a shopper to return a holiday gift until the end of january. gerald's plan this holiday season is avoiding that possibility altogether. >> i foun

. >> reporter: when celeste worthington goes holiday shopping she tries to find gifts the her familyt it in the box with the gift. >> reporter: that is a smart idea according to consume are reports. group estimates 40 percent of americans try to return, or exchange a gift that they do not like but experts say that doing that is becoming more difficult without a receipt, because of fraud. increasing number of merchants are reporting that they have been victimized by shoplifters then try to return are stolen items for cash. >> 85 percent of retailers now require identification for example if you don't have a receipt. >> reporter: consumer reports editor todd marks says if you don't have a receipt and you're trying to get a refund keep the gift in the unopened original package. he said be prepared for possible restocking fees and store credit only. >> it can be frustrating. >> reporter: many retailers a allow shop tours return a holiday gift until the end of january. gerald foreman told us his plan this season is a avoiding that possibility all together. >> i found best thing to do is t

a worthington man went to the hospital sunday after his handgun went off, while he was checking traps. it happened around 9 o'clock yesterday morning about four miles north of hopkinton. authorities say 51-year- old carey ahlers junior was trying to load his handgun when it went off and a bullet hit him in the leg. he went to a nearby hospital. he is expected to be ok. and now here's your first alert forecast. we've had better days, that's for r re. plan on gusty wind, falling temperatures, and light rain to continue today. rainfall totals will wind up in the 2-3" range with isolated higher amounts around 4" at waterloo. rivers will respond, with flood warnings likely on most basins this week. temperatutus will slowly cool as the week goes on with a minor system still on track to move in on wednesday morning. as all rain, and should also be very light. by thursday and friday, the coolest air of the month so far , comes in with highs in the low 30s. by the weekend, another temperature rebound is likely with some more rainfall to start next week.today: showers, windy, falling temps high