big snow that weekend. keep our fingers crossed. definitely fingers crossed. moving on to news this morning of a peaceful end to a potential dangerous situation at a paternity house in maine. a male student was armed and barricaded himself in the sigma house at the university of southern maine last night. after a standoff that lasted several hours, he gave up and was arrested. no injuries were reported and the suspect is in jail. he s expected in court tomorrow. also new this morning, the start of an investigation into a massive fire in dallas. an entire row of condos, most of which were being renovated, went up in flames. residents who live in the neighborhood say work has been going on in the units for years. only one condo was occupied and luckily its owner wasn t home when the fire broke out. blowing embers also started two grass fires that were quickly put out. a former cafeteria worker under arrest accused of stealing
that builds a home from the ground up. right now it can build a 2500 square foot house in just 20 hours. it could one day provide housing for the world s poor. nasa is even considering it so they can build habitats on mars. that is just fascinating. it really is. but you know, it is also kind of a scary thought when you think that futuristically, how many jobs that ends up impacting, if you can just whip out a house just like that. no doubt about that. the whole thing is scary. that s a world we don t know, and it s coming ready or not. all right, coming up, celebrating national pie day. it is not just about eating pies. there is a whole history behind one of our favorite treats. which we will explain coming up next on this throw back thursday. world news now continues after this from our abc stations.
reporter: and go through two more windows. here you go. yep, 20 minutes. come on, come on. to get our dinner. who will win this fast food challenge? homestretch. dinner s ready! dad is 31 minutes, but mom wins it at just 22. i m amazed, i think, really amazed. and the cost? $22 for the drive through, $12 for a home cooked meal. i underestimated the time i actually spend to go pick something up. you saved like 50%. and you still have leftovers. right. reporter: just by cutting fast-food habits by two dinners a week, the molinas can save more than $2200 this year. interesting. not to mention the sodium. the calories, the fat grams. it s much healthier when you cook at home. absolutely. as you pointed out, the key is to have all of the food in the house already and not have to run to the supermarket. you re so right. hey, check it out. can i take your order? oh, your job before you
video featuring her bath time. her owners say she get s a bath once a week during winter and daily during the summer. she was born about a year and half ago. her human family was told she wouldn t grow to more than 70 pounds. jox joke s on them. yeah, she s 375 pounds. she is only 300 pounds more than she was supposed to be. they say she sleeps between 16 and 18 hours a day. oh, that sounds good. must be pretty good being esther. she gets the run of the place. sleeps 16 hours. and she likes getting bathed. what do you know? eat you out of house and home, 375 pounds. coming up, behind the scenes of the oscar-nominating movie 12 years a slave. the violence is hard to watch but the director says there are things he had to leave out. and feeding your family healthy and inexpensively. we look at the time it takes to hit the drive-through against a healthy meal. you re watching world news now.
could be super bowl monday. so we will just have to see. the farmer s almanac predicting big snow that weekend. keep our fingers crossed. definitely fingers crossed. moving on to news this morning of a peaceful end to a potential dangerous situation at a paternity house in maine. a male student was armed and barricaded himself in the sigma house at the university of southern maine last night. after a standoff that lasted several hours, he gave up and was arrested. no injuries were reported and the suspect is in jail. he s expected in court tomorrow. also new this morning, the start of an investigation into a massive fire in dallas. an entire row of condos, most of which were being renovated, went up in flames. residents say work on the units have been going on for years. only one condo was occupied and luckily its owner wasn t home when the fire broke out. blowing embers also started two grass fires that were quickly put out. a former cafeteria worker under arrest for accused of