nonincumbent republican to do so. that's the big headline. of course we looked at jon huntsman. he came in third. ron paul in second. we'll look at what it all means. >> and do you know how you go into a store and if you get one of the credit cards you get a discount? >> right. >> it may not be a great idea. it could end up hurting your credit score. we'll tell you why and also have advice if you're trying to refinance coming up on today's money 911. >> in today's health, people are looking for ways to save and we have important tips to help you save on medical care without sacrificing your health. >> all right. don't you love tamron's coat? >> lovely. >> beautiful. it is. very pretty. >> great color. >> a lot better than the one last week. >> i knew you were going to. >> boom! >> i gave them the opportunity. what did they do? oh, the boys. >> you set them up, ann. good morning, everyone. it's off to south carolina for the republican presidential hopefuls with mitt romney leading the pack after sweeping the new hampshire primaries with a double digit lead. ron paul was second. jon huntsman third. after a surprise surge in iowa senator rick santorum took a hit, tied for next to last with newt gingrich. an arrest overnight in connection with brutal murders of a florida doctor and his wife. kerry sanders is in tampa now with details. good morning, kerry. >> reporter: good morning. i'm outside the exclusive avila neighborhood. detectives here say it was an inside job. the sheriff here says dr. hector rivera, 75, and his 55-year-old wife debra were allegedly murdered by her personal assist is -- assistant. why? greed. investigators were puzzled. who could have gone over the eight foot walls unnoticed and penetrated the around the clock security in avila. now they say it was an inside job. dr. hector rivera and his wife were allegedly murdered by her personal assistant. 31-year-old julian ospina flores is charged in the murders. the motive? investigators say it was all about money. debra rivera ran a part-time jewelry business and it is believed flores targeted them after he drove her home from a recent jewelry buying trip. investigators say ospina flores tried to cover up the alleged role, dialling 911 himself and claiming he, too, had been a victim. >> during an interview with the defendant he stated he was attacked by an unknown male inside the residence and that he had been bound and forced into a bathroom. no signs of forced entry were ever noticed within the residence or the vehicles at the scene. >> reporter: deputies called to the scene found dr. hector rivera dead in the driveway. they believe he was at a neighbor's home watching the college championship game when he stopped home to see his wife and happened upon the jewelry heist. dr. rivera was shot repeatedly. his wife debra also shot several times was found dead in the bathroom in their 11,000 square foot home. >> there was no question his intent was to make sure nobody survived the attack. >> reporter: avila is home to the one percenters, current and former residents include baseball superstars derek jeter, fred mcgrif, former baseball player and manager lou pinella, tony dungy and john grudin. a neighborhood, despite its exclusivity, transformed to a crime scene where friends are at a loss to make sense of the brutality. >> my heart went to my stomach. i was in disbelief. we had one of the fund-raisers at avila and security to do that was intense. i mean, we had to have the names and information about every person coming in to it. i can't fathom. i'm still in shock over it. >> reporter: deputies say there were several calls to 911, including one from the suspect who they say was trying to act like he, too, was a victim. ospina flores is expected in court later today. >> kerry sanders, thank you. the 30-year-old mystery of natalie wood's death isn't getting clearer. despite a recent surge of detective work on the case authorities have not uncovered new evidence that the hollywood star's death was a homicide. the case however is not closed. wood died in 1981 at the age of 43 when she drowned off catalina island. she was on her yacht with her husband robert wag ner and fried christopher walken. police divers will search a river for the remains of ayla reynolds who was reported missing nearly a month ago. the father said he's hopeful his 20-month-old daughter is still alive. ayla's mother who was in substance abuse rehab at the time said she isn't getting the whole truth about what happened the night ayla disappeared. >> reporter: the makers of tw g twinkies and wonder bread has filed bankruptcy to deal with high labor costs. if you're not a morning person this machine featured in a youtube video may be just what you need if you have time on your hands, a conveniently placed hire dryer and a hamster. a sip of coffee triggers a chain reaction that helps you read the paper when you're too tired to turn the page. a lot of effort to turn the page. al roker, unbelievable what people come up with. right? >> i've got to get me one of those. >> it's called an ipad. a little hand move. >> let's check your weather. for today we have two areas. low pressure coming out of the southeast. a lot of rain. it will bring from one to three inches of rain through the southeast. we have another low pressure system making its way across the great lakes. that will be bringing snow and kicking off lake-effect snow. we are looking from peoria to milwaukee, from six to nine inches of snow. chicago, three to five inches. normally not a big deal but in a winter where we have not seen much in the heavier snow areas, >> good morning. clouds are building in. most of the rain holding off until the afternoon. temperatures are looking ♪ money makes the world go round ♪ >> time for today's money 911. that's where we answer some of your biggest financial questions. we have our crack panel of experts standing by. jean chatzky, author of money 911. david bachma, author of "debt fe for life" and sharon epperson. here we go. let's hit the phones. we have john from idaho on the line. good morning. >> caller: good morning. how are you? >> doing great. what's your question? >> caller: i'm well. my question is over the holidays every store i walked into offered 20% to 30% if you got your card, applied your purchase to the credit card. luckily i was able to pay the cards off so i'm not getting interest but what do i do with the cards? do i keep them? cancel them? should i have not gotten hem? >> you should not have gotten them at all. >> how come? >> because when you apply for credit you're basically saying to the credit bureaus that you need credit and that can take your credit score down. the inquiries into your file aren't a good thing. you have two and that's a double whammy. now that you have them, cancelling them will hurt your credit score more. hold onto them. don't use them. eventually if they take up too much space in the wallet, cancel them at a rate of one every six to 12 months. but don't do it before you plan to apply for a car loan or mortgage. don't get any more cards! >> thank you, jon. now to skype to check in with valerie from wisconsin. good morning, valerie. >> hi. >> what's your question? >> i'm a full-time college student planning on graduating this spring. i would like to go to grad school, but over last summer i had to have knee surgery and the bills keep rolling in. some of the programs i have looked into don't want me to work much. how can i pay off medical debt, go to grad school and save money without hurting myself financially? >> first of all, you sound like you're in a hole. let me pull you back up. good news for you, you have two jobs. you're working and in this world working is a good thing. don't give your jobs up. cash is king. we don't notice it until it's gone. keep the jobs. as far as grad school, go to gradschool.com. there are a ton of schools you can go to that won't require you to give up your jobs. many you can go in the evening. you can take classes online. i have a lot of friends getting master's degrees and mbas and half of it's online. and you don't have a lot of debt. you don't have credit card debt. you have a small amount of medical debt. see if you can get the interest waived and work out a payment plan over a year or two. then keep saving money for grad school. don't give up the day job. >> all right, valerie. thank you. back to the phones. we have erica from bloomington, illinois. good morning. >> caller: good morning. >> your question? >> caller: well, i'm 23 and i'm working at a company with a competitive 401(k) program. i'm going to end my career in five to ten years to stay home as a mom. i still want to save for retirement. should i use my 401(k) or go with something outside of work like an ira? >> i have an idea what sharon will say. >> erica, first of all, congratulations on saving for retirement now at 23. you have 40 years of growth ahead of you. you are well ahead of many americans trying to figure out if they can ever stop working. congratulations on that. you have a great 401(k) program. keep prohibiting at least up to the company match. then do something extra. your i.r.a. a idea is a great one. do a roth i.r.a. why? you're 23. it's likely you will be in a higher tax bracket when you retire. the great thing with a roth is you take out the money tax-free over 59 and a half. and then the contributions, you can take out tax-free at a any time. while this is your retirement account, if something happens when you're staying home and you need the money, you can access it. two ways to save. >> thank you, erica. we have dave in ohio. good morning. >> caller: good morning. >> what's your question? >> caller: yeah. i have a negative equity loan. my current lender which owns the loan won't do any refinancing with me. other lenders wouldn't refinance me unless i was financed through fannie mae or freddie mac. then they would give me up to 120% of my home value. the other offers were a.r.m.s and i don't want to do that. what can i do to get refinanced? >> i don't think that a.r.m. is such a bad idea, particularly if it's a 5-1 or 7-1 arm. you want a period of time to really pay down the debt to get yourself in the positive so then you can refinance at a better rate. so look at what they are offering you in terms of an a.r.m. go from there and good luck with that. >> rates are lower than ever. >> good luck, dave. thanks for calling in. jean, dave and sharon, thanks for being here. >> good to be here. up next, saving big next time you go to the doctor without sacrificing quality health care. later on, hiding your flaws while highlighting your best features with expert makeup tips. i don't think she has any flaw. first, these messages. capital one's new cash rewards card gives you a 50 percent annual bonus. so you earn 50 percent more cash. if you're not satisfied with 50% more cash, send it back! i'll be right here, waiting for it. who wouldn't want more cash? 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>> first, ask your doctor to check if it comes generic. i had a patient paying $100 for a brand and $10 a month for a generic. >> huge savings. >> if it wasn't come generic ask your insurance company if there is another drug within the same class that's less expensive. often times insurance companies create some sort of arrangement with the drug manufacturer to get lower costs for one specific drug. >> speaking of pharmacies and specific drug companies, there are both chain farm sis, independent pharmacies as well. you say it's important to shop at preferred pharmacies. what do you mean? >> i wasn't aware of this until recently. local pharmacies and even mom and pop pharmacies can e enroll in a program that the insurance companies offer that allows them to give deep discounts on medications. you may be going to a pharmacy not knowing a block away is a preferred pharmacy. ask your insurance provider which pharmacies in my neighborhood are part of the program. you can get cost savings as well. >> another way to save on prescriptions. you say use mail order service so there are a lot of mail order services out there now. >> there are. most insurance company wills provide a mail order prescription service. you get a 90-day supply for one copay. that saves you money and it's convenient. saves time as well rather than going to a pharmacy every month for your 30-day refill. >> you get your prescription right away? >> there could be a lag time of a week or two. if you need to start taking your medication right away, ask for two prescriptions -- one for a local pharmacy for a month and one for the three-month supply with refills to cover you. >> this is a smart way to save money. carefully read your medical bills. a lot of people don't realize there are mistakes made. >> right. people take it for granted. experts have estimated that eight of ten medical bills may have an error. at women's health we recommend, ask for a copy of the bill, check for accuracy and when you get the explanation of benefits by your insurance plan that will tell you what they reimburse. check it as well. you never know. >> that will help you keep track of medical expenses which is your last tip. what are other easy ways to make sure you're on track? >> keep track of medical expenses. some are tax deductible which many people aren't aware of. a lot of eligible things are contact lenses, hearing aids, eyeglasses. if you are not a good organizer, i like mint.com. it keeps track of your expenses and categorizes them at the end of the year so you have a spreadsheet for your accountant to see if they are eligible for deductions. >> one of jean chatzky's favorites as well. thank you. coming up, what should and shouldn't be allowed on tv. the supreme court takes on i indecency. first, these messages. 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