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We actually begin to warm things up. i think saturdays really the last day of the cold spell for the northern plains and new england. by the time we get to sunday, even minneapolis gets up near freezing. new england heads back up into the upper 20s, low 30s with some sunshine. my only concern, if youre in iowa or illinois on sunday, you could have a little mini freezing rainstorm that well have to deal with. again, the story on this friday, some light snow heading across the country. later on th...

Government researchers say 1 in 24 adults have admitted to falling asleep behind the wheel at least once in the previous month. and some people dont even realize when they nod off, so the cdc officials say that number is likely higher. the study found drowsy driving is more common among men and people between 25 and 34. >> ive had that experience, working this shift. i was back home for the holidays and driving home late and i felt it. its a scary feeling, for sure. >> or you have those scary mo...

A nightmare on the road. government researchers say 1 in 24 adults have admitted to falling asleep behind the wheel at least once in the previous month. and some people dont even realize when they nod off, so the cdc officials say that number is likely higher. the study found drowsy driving is more common among men and people between 25 and 34. >> ive had that experience, working this shift. i was back home for the holidays and driving home late and i felt it. its a scary feeling, for sure. >> o...

the victims. heartbreaking stories from their families are hitting home with all of us. well share some of those stories throughout the morning. lets get right to our poppy harleararlo harlow, though. she is at holmes apartment, at that apartment complex for us this morning. poppy, what is the activity taking place there this hour? >> reporter: good morning, randi. its really picking up. what you see behind me, if you can make out those busted windows on the third floor of that complex...

In the single digits in most areas. iowa city the warmest at 9. its a very cold start in iowa. voting is not going to be an issue. no rain, no snow whatsoever. we did see snow showers overnight in many areas of pennsylvania. also upstate new york. still a couple areas of lake-effect snow. but the worst of it is overwith. that was yesterday. and its getting colder by the hour. right now wind chill in buffalo is three. were at 7 in pittsburgh. albany is 8. a lot of the people going back to school ...

shot rick santorum leap frogs into fourth. his support has tripled since the beginning of the month and closing in on mitt romney and ron paul who are locked in the statistical ties within the margin of error. joe johns is in des moines to break it down. of course, the question is, did the gingrich camp see this coming? >> yeah, i think to some degree they saw this coming. hammering ron paul, for example. also, mitt romney. its pretty clear that gingrich saw he had some problems becaus...

retired from coaching in 1999 and founded a charitable organization for at-risk children called second mile. hes accused of making sexual advances on eight young men he met through that program. the charges are piled up against him. sandusky is currently out on a $100,000 bail. on $100,000 bail. his attorney says he maintains his innocence. also involved in this case, penn states athletic director timothy curly and the universitys senior vice president for finance and business, gary sh...

see more than a foot of the white stuff. thats actually especially troubling because the trees are not ready at all for this. >> the trees, still plenty of leaves on them. you have forecasters saying heavy, wet snow, high winds. those are the perfect ingredients for potentially a large problem with the electric grid. >> well have in-depth coverage of the storm with meteorologist chad myers and jacqui jeras in just a few moments. the florida highway patrol arrested a driver accused of...

animals, including lions, bears, leopards and 18 endangered bengal tigers. officials say only a monkey has not been accounted for. the humane society lashed out at the governor for allowing a statewide ban for buying and selling exotic animals to expire in april. >> at the end of the day there will be legislation. >> officials say they had no choice but to kill the animals because of the danger they posed to the public. now, the man who owned those animals was released from prison just...

Of fresh snow. a snowplow literally overturned in tulsa where officially its their snowiest winter ever. ranchers on top of that had to scramble to protect their cattle from subzero windchills. the storm also took aim in the deep south, dumping heavy snow in tennessee. some drivers in memphis took several hours to get across the city as traffic slowed to a crawl. police, of course, were flooded with hundreds of calls about car accidents. mostly those infamous fender-benders. >> my father-in-law ...