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Located behind the iris of the eye, the lens is normally clear and allows incoming light to clearly focus an image on the retina. If a cataract develops, the lens becomes cloudy, causing images to become blurred and distorted. Symptoms Cataracts aren’t always visible. However, if your child is older, they may complain of certain visual symptoms that should alert you to a possible cataract. The following symptoms may signal a cataract and should be reported to your child’s doctor:...

The Crimson Tide won 47-23 on the road against South Carolina last week but gave up 324 yards through the air. The figure was much higher than Alabama’s average of 194 passing yards per game and put the Crimson Tide on alert ahead of the weekend, when it welcomes the 12th-best passing offense in the country. The Golden Eagles won 47-42 on the road against Troy last weekend to improve to 2-1....

The Pac-12 and Mid-American Conference will open play this week, and that should alter our bowl projections in the coming weeks. As it stands, our College Football Playoff picks remain the same: Clemson, Alabama, Ohio State and Oregon — which opens against Stanford in Week 10. USC replaced Michigan in our New Year’s Day Six. MORE: College Football Playoff Picture This season’s semifinals are Jan. 1 at the Rose Bowl Game and Sugar Bowl....

Well, maybe not 130. MORE: SN’s 2017 college football predictions Sporting News has already revealed its regular-season predictions and bowl projections, but we can trim that list of national contenders down to 10. That’s right: just 10 teams. The potential playoff pool is a little larger, but here is a conference-by-conference look at how we arrived at our projected contenders. We organized them into teams that could win the national title, teams that could make the playoff and teams that could be a wild card....

The Bulldogs (14-0) have a chance to complete a perfect season and a second straight national championship run. Georgia beat No. 4 Ohio State 42-41 in the CFP semifinals. TCU (13-1) is the ultimate underdog here. The Horned Frogs beat No. 2 Michigan 51-45 in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl. TCU is a 12.5-point underdog to Georgia. Which way will that line move before Monday? MORE: Betting trends to know ahead of Georgia-TCU title game...

Four conference championship games will decide how those four pieces fit in the final week of the season. Three unbeaten teams remain in No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 Michigan and No. 3 TCU. No. 4 USC is the top-one loss team, and the two teams on the outside looking in — Ohio State and Alabama – will not play this weekend. MORE: Bowl projections | Against the spread picks for championship weekend...

Alabama went on the road to beat Texas A&M, 47-28. The Aggies were previously No. 24 and fell out of the rankings with their third loss of the season. Clemson crushed ACC rival Florida State, 45-14, but slipped one spot to No. 3 after LSU rose three spots—combined with a Georgia loss. Georgia fell from the third spot after a shocking 20-17 double-overtime loss at home to SEC East foe South Carolina....

As opposed to previous years, high school recruits now have the option to send in their letter of intent before National Signing Day, which takes place on Feb. 7, 2018, creating added drama for what was already one of the biggest college football events of the year. Recruits have a 72-hour period, starting Wednesday, to cement their commitment to the school of their choice. MORE: Coaches still trying to make sense of early signing period...

I think the playoff committee has overvalued some teams in a big way while not giving some other programs the credit they deserve. To make myself clear – this is not a ranking of how likely I think it is that teams will be among the final four, because many of them are eliminated already or because I never thought they had a chance to get voted into the playoff....

TCU took advantage of four errors as Preston Morrison stymied LSU over seven innings of a 10-3 Horned Frogs win Sunday afternoon. TCU (50-13) was led by Connor Wanhanen’s three hits and three RBIs and built a 6-0 lead after five innings. In the nightcap, Cal State Fullerton’s Thomas Eshelman took a shutout into the bottom of the sixth inning, when lightning, then torrential rain, postponed the Titans’ game with Vanderbilt....

Colombia hit 100,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths this week, the 10th country to hit such a milestone. Duque said that “more than 10,000 deaths would have been avoided” if residents had not left their homes to protest in large gatherings over the past seven weeks. But epidemiologists in the country said it’s too early to tell what kind of impact the protests had on the current surge of COVID-19 deaths....

What Is a Colonoscopy? A colonoscopy is most commonly performed as an elective procedure under mild sedation in an outpatient endoscopy center or an ambulatory surgical center. Less commonly, it is performed urgently in a hospital, often for cases of lower gastrointestinal bleeding. After the colonoscope is inserted into the rectum, the tube is threaded through the colon so that the medical team can view it on a monitor. This allows them to look for abnormalities including polyps (tissue growths), sores (ulcers), inflammation, and bleeding....

Almost 1,000 houses were destroyed in the blaze, some with pets still inside as homeowners were not in their homes when the fire began and couldn’t come back for them. There have been some reunions. KDVR reported that a Superior man named Camden Hall thought he lost his cat, Merlin, when his house went up in flames while he was at work. But a woman found Merlin after hearing meowing outside of one of the few houses not destroyed by the fire....

Dax McCarty deal ruthlessly pragmatic Gordon joins on a one-year deal though financial terms were not disclosed. “Alan has a lot of the qualities that we look for in a center forward and we are certain he will help us increase our attacking output,” Rapids head coach Pablo Mastroeni said in a press release. “He has been an exemplary pro with a wealth of experience playing in this league, and we’re confident that he will bring the right mentality to our group....

The Colts (10-6) walked into Tennessee on a three-game winning streak with a playoff berth in sight, and walked out with a ticket to Houston punched for the NFL playoffs. Behind solid efforts from quarterback Andrew Luck and running back Marlon Mack, the Colts, 9-1 in their last 10 games, are playoff bound. MORE: Watch Titans vs. Colts live with fuboTV (7-day free trial) It was an uphill task for the Titans, who entered the game with Blaine Gabbert under center....

Tiger Woods showed glimpses of being back on his game with a long iron and a short one. Tony Finau hit one of the luckiest shots in Ryder Cup history. They were among the memorable shots using all 14 clubs in the bag, from driver to putter, that helped shape 2018 on the PGA Tour. DRIVER Dustin Johnson hit the best shot he never saw. His driver on the 433-yard 12th hole at Kapalua disappeared over a steep slope and finally stopped rolling 6 inches in front of the cup....

During the 31 tournaments he played over 20 months, his identity was no longer U.S. Open champion, FedEx Cup champion or 17-time winner on the PGA Tour. He was the Ryder Cup captain responsible for everything from team dinners to uniforms, all the while keeping an eye on how the U.S. team was shaping up. What surprised him about a text message Monday afternoon was not the request for his time, but the topic....

Khudobin made 37 saves, Blake Comeau and Mattias Janmark scored late in the third period and the Dallas Stars beat the Predators 3-1 on Saturday night. After making 49 saves in a Dec. 27 shutout in Nashville, Khudobin was again excellent, setting up Comeau’s and Janmark’s decisive goals. “As the game goes on, we kept the intensity better and better and better,” Khudobin said. “I think we had more legs in the third period and got the result....