ENTERTAINMENT
December 4, 2012 | Ed Stockly
Click here to download TV listings for the week Dec. 2 - 8 in PDF format This week's TV Movies CBS This Morning CEO Mark Pincus, Zynga. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS Today Elijah Wood; Paula Deen. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC Good Morning America Mia Hamm; Gerard Butler; Tyler Florence; Lori Bergamotto. (N) 7 a.m. KABC Live With Kelly and Michael Elijah Wood; Kelly auditions for the ballet; Katherine Jenkins performs. (N) 9 a.m. KABC The View Guest co-host Jenny McCarthy; Jane Seymour; Bonnie Raitt.
SPORTS
November 16, 2012 | By Houston Mitchell
He should have saved this for "talk like a pirate" day, but Greg Monroe of the Detroit Pistons looked like a pirate as he was shooting a free throw Wednesday night. While driving to the hoop, Monroe was poked in the eye by Philadelphia's Spencer Hawes, drawing a foul. Unfortunately for Monroe, the poke knocked out one of his contact lenses, without which he has the eyesight of Mr. Magoo. Monroe couldn't find the lens, so he had to shoot his first free throw while basically being blind in one eye. Solution: Close the eye. He made the free throw.
BUSINESS
July 5, 2012 | By David Pierson, Los Angeles Times
GUANGZHOU - The children at the Bayi Xiwang elementary and middle school are doing something revolutionary by current Chinese standards: They're playing outside. Singing and skipping in the dizzying southern Chinese humidity, these students have been given 45 minutes a day to frolic under the sun while peers across the nation remain indoors, hunched over books or squinting at blackboards. By forcing youngsters to put down their pencils and expose their eyes to natural light, researchers think they can stem an explosion of nearsightedness in China.
NATIONAL
May 25, 2012 | By Rene Stutzman and Jeff Weiner
ORLANDO, Fla. - Evidence released last week in the second-degree murder case against George Zimmerman shows four key witnesses made major changes in what they say they saw and heard on the rainy February night when he fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Three changed their stories in ways that could damage Zimmerman. One man who initially told police Martin was atop Zimmerman punching him "MMA-style" - a reference to Mixed Marital Arts - later said he was no longer sure about the punches.
ENTERTAINMENT
May 3, 2012 | By Matt Donnelly
Robert Pattinson will be trading those pesky "Twilight" Volturi as his on-screen enemies for real-life menace Saddam Hussein, then will play the bad guy himself taunting Guy Pearce. Pattinson is attached to star in "Mission: Blacklist," based on the true story of Army interrogator Eric Maddox, who was involved in the capture of notorious Iraqi ruler Hussein. The project comes on the heels of reshoots for "Beaking Dawn - Part 2," the last time Pattinson will don the yellow contact lenses of vampire heartthrob Edward Cullen.
HEALTH
November 28, 2011 | By Chris Woolston, Special to the Los Angeles Times
We rarely stop to think about it, but reading is an amazing accomplishment. It turns markings on a page or a screen into coherent thoughts. It's a complicated process: The eyes see a procession of letters, and the brain turns them into words. The reading process is challenging for people with dyslexia. The disorder isn't well understood, but there seems to be a communication breakdown between the eyes and the brain. Some people with dyslexia have trouble associating letters with sounds and words.