1. December was warm and 2012 started uncharacteristically hot, but if yesterday and today show anything, we could be heading for a cold start to the new year. Today's high temperature will be a crisp 31 degrees. There is a 20 percent chance of precipitation, and winds will gust up to 20 miles per hour.
2. Later today, Family Affair columnist Marly Carpenter looks at New Year's Resolutions for parents and kids alike. !
3. and basketball gets right back into the season on the first day back at school. QO takes on Northwest (boys and girls varsity away) and Wootton battles Walter Johnson (boys varsity home, girls varsity away).
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4. In case you missed it: . Of that five cents, the retail establishment keeps one cent per bag for administrative costs.
5. On this day in history: The New York Yankees acquired Babe Ruth in 1920 and so began the "curse of the Bambino" that haunted the Boston Red Sox until 2004.
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Alaska became the 49th state in the United States in 1959.
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