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Many veterans groups applauded this week's recommendations by President Bush's special commission for increased focus on the needs of wounded troops. Others remain skeptical that the recommendations will be implemented.

At least 122 U.S. troops died in Iraq in May, making it the third-deadliest month since the war began. And as more troops head to Iraq, even higher numbers of U.S. casualties are expected.

We'll talk about the movies that are opening this Thanksgiving weekend, including the new animated film from Wes Anderson, the much-talked about "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire," and an independent film starring Woody Harreson as a soldier who notifies families who have lost a loved one in Iraq or Afghanistan.

A new California project aims to help parents identify if their children have disabilities at a young age, so early intervention and treatment is possible before the children start school. KPBS repor

In central Nigeria, a health worker has started a support group for people with a disfiguring and painful condition, lymphatic filariasis. Often shunned by their families and communities, members of the group learn how to treat the condition and reclaim their lives.

A small factory in Charleston, S.C., just got a big contract to build 1,000 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles, or MRAPs. These armored vehicles have survived IED attacks in Iraq. The Army and Marine Corps want all U.S. troops in Iraq to be traveling in these vehicles by early next year.

How have cell phones changed our lives? Inventor of the mobile phone, and purveyor of portability, Marty Cooper is still at it. We'll find out what the "father of the mobile phone" thinks about texting, and how he thinks we can improve wireless communications.

RJ (voiced by Bruce Willis) is a savvy raccoon with a seemingly bottomless golf bag full of goodies. He may be a wild critter but he seems to have learned a lot about the materialistic consumerism of humans. As the film opens, he attempts to get junk food from the local park's vending machine. When he fails to satisfy his hunger, he turns to the goodies lying in the cave of a hibernating grizzly. But burly old Vincent (Nick Nolte) wakes just in time to witness the accidental destruction on all his winter goods'as well as his favorite red wagon and blue ice chest. RJ is naturally to blame and Vincent holds the rascally raccoon responsible for restocking the den. This prompts RJ to head towards a new housing complex that's just sprouted up on the edge of a tiny forest. Here RJ finds just the 'foragers' he'll need if he's to fill grizzly's order for junk food within the week timeframe he's been given. But Verne (the cautious turtle voiced by Gary Shandling) is suspicious both of RJ and of the ominous world of suburbia that lies just over the hedge.

Alexander Calder's mobiles can be seen in public parks and in front of museums around the country. But did you know at one time his art could also be found adorning the necks, wrists and fingers of women all over the world? A world-class exhibition featuring 90 pieces of jewelry made and designed by the famed modernist sculptor are currently on view at the San Diego Museum of Art.

Two college football bowl games will be played in San Diego, and that means much-needed tourist dollars for the region.