researchers say they assigned 60,4-year-old to watch sponge bob or draw.fter just nine minutes they say the sponge bob audience scored lower on tasks involving memory. connie has been teaching preschoolers for 35 years and says results of the toddlers try frog ses frantic images come as no surprise. >> i know they do that because this keeps kids' interest but there is other quality fram was a slower space pais oom aren't willing to payway in but say advice has been consistent for years. >> no tv under age two years for children and to limit screen time to less than one hour per day. including tv, video games or video time. >> nickelodeon says the study used questionable methods and this mom is holding firm that there are better choices for young minds. in san jose, abc 7 news. >> march the dimes urging the governor to sunshine law making screening babies for a deadly disease. california tests for fatal bubble boy disease, but pilot program to do so would end in february. health experts point out early detection and treatment of fatal bubble boy improves ch

well the cartoon character sponge bob square pants could he be hurting your child's ability to learn a new study out of the university of virginia finds four year olds scored measurably worse on mental function test after watching his nine minutes of sponge bob that's a punctuation right now taking out a laugh that's why as opposed to children who either drew pictures or watched a slower paced shows for the same. so now even our cartoons are turning kids into children because they're just too fast paced they want you to sit around and draw a picture or watch something that moves a little slower you know that christmas came early so they and again my. dad again. i swear they would probably wait and see the stories we've covered on the show here to about one of those they think that there is a massive liberal conspiracy because sponge bob was on some books talking about global warming or something they will not let this. do you know the krabby patty you are made with crack cocaine oh i didn't. see the whole thing seriously it is designed to turn our kids into gay drug abusing islamopho

as we know sponge bob square pants is a popular children's show but apparently it might not actually be very good for them might lead to short term learning and attention problems take a look. well the cartoon character sponge bob square pants could he be hurting your child's ability to learn you study out of the university of virginia finds four year olds scored measurably worse on mental function test after watching his nine minutes of sponge bob that's supposed to show you why not take a photo that's opposed to children who either through pictures or watch the slower paced shows are the same amount of time. so now even our cartoons are turning our kids into children because they're just too fast paced they want you to sit around and draw a picture or watch something that moves a little slower you know that christmas came early today and then again my. dad again finds about i swear they are probably where i am see the stories we've covered on the show here to evaluate one of those they think that there is a massive liberal conspiracy because sponge bob was on some books talking abo

while sponge bob and his makes under the sea may not be the enemy. kids brains soak up everything they see. so i have a toddler at home. i have to take notes of all this stuff. >> no sponge bob. >> let's learn some science. watch some meet rolgs. >> we have some nice weather around the bay area today. sunny in san francisco. we'll talk about cooler changes and big time thunder in the sierra and the forecast coming up. >>> and tonight in sports the raiders go for win number one, and we hear from 49erchoa c after his debut win. plus the giants give the ball to an up and coming left hander. >>> one of golden gate park's historic windmills is back in one piece. nine years ago the murphy windmill -- can i say it? >> it's hard. the murphy windmills 64-ton dome. it's huge. it's a mouth full sent to haul in for restoration. >> thank you. >> at the farthest edge of golden gate park where land meets the sea, a crowd gathered to watch history come full circle. >> we can't believe it happened. we waited so long. >> reporter: atop the hole of the once dilapidated

fans of sponge bob square pants.he new study about the cartoon and his effects on children. >>> good morning, westbound toil look -- westbound 80 look at all that crowded traffic. we'll tell you about that coming up. >>> good morning, golden gate bridge so far still $6. southbound 101 traffic looks good coming right through those pay gates and getting on to doyle drive. >>> 6:24. yesterday more than 300 police officers and firefighters climbed the 48 floors of san francisco's transamerica building marking the anniversary of 9/11 and they climbed it twice. it was all to honor the people that climb who died while climbing the stairs of the world trade center to rescue trapped people. each of the climbers wore the name and the photo of one of the 343 firefighters who died. >>> as the nation paused to remember the events of 9/11, hundreds of volunteers marked the day with service. yesterday people across the bay area got to work cleaning parks, sprucing up homeless shelters and stuffing supply bags for veterans. voluntee

police want to know why would anyone want to beat up sponge bob? tmz released this video today. you can't hear what is being said, but the man in the costume is no match for these women who punched and kicked him. l.a. police didn't arrest anyone. sponge bob is one of the characters commonly seen on the street outside of a hollywood theater. the man who wore the outfit is back there wearing a different costume. >>> well the drought in texas is so bad the ground is cracking. >> that led to an unusual rescue today. >> that sound, animal services saved this puppy after it fell into a crack and dirt caved in on it. that's how dry it is. the entire hole would give way, so they called for help. animal services dug several holes in rock hard dirt and got that puppy back out. >> he is brand-new. >> my 16-year-old is living in texas right now and he has been crying like that because it's been 105 degrees there every single day and he's there to play hockey. how wrong is that? hey, let's head outside. our cbs 5 weather cameras capture almost a full moon. can you see it there? it's about 9

. >>> and plus, he lives under the sea and makes children laugh but now a study says sponge bob squarepants shortens their attention plan. why nickelodeon is firing back saying the study is misleading. >>> you may have had to pull out the umbrella over the weekend with the scattered showers but today, dealing with a little bit of cloud cover but mixing sun and clouds here as you look out at the golden gate bridge, a full look at the forecast coming up. ,,,, they take center stage in tampa, >>> eight candidates will make their case for the g.o.p. presidential ticket tonight and take center stage in tampa, florida, for the cnn tea party debate. as you can see, production is setting up and all red and blue stage out there. and front runners mitt romney and texas governor rick perry are expected to go head-to-head and one of the top issues social security. >>> the question, what is ibm's watson? it turns out the computer's stellar performance on jeopardy helped land a job with the well point health insurance company and the computer defeated some of the best human jeopardy contestants of a

. >> then sponge bob linked to adhd i don't think 4-year-olds should be watching sponge bob or family guy. limiting to one hour of tv is totally reasonable. >> how can you equate sponge bob to family guy? family guy is almost r-rated. sponge bob is a family kid's show. >> you can take that up with jackie number -- don't take that up with me. >> and on celebrity chef food products. >> to it is usually more money and takes a lot to impress me. >> 13 minutes ago: unless trader joe is a celeb tisch the answer is no >> -- celebrity the answer is no >> counting down the days to hit target for masone. me too. >> let us know what you guys think go to facebook send us a tweet or e-mail us. are you going to run out and by your masone hot pink scarf? >> i don't have a bag to match it. >> they have bags too. >> sponge bob i can't get out of my head. you have small kids. >> but they don't watch sponge bob. i'm pretty strict. they eat mcdonald's when it comes to television, they are book readers. >> that's good. >> i watch more nan an hour a day and look how i turned out. more tomorrow, including y

if 4-year-old can't concentrate, maybe he's watching sponge bob. fichlts here tonight.o a real guitar hero could be as simple as following these lights. stay with us could be as simple as following theselook, every day we're using more and more energy. the world needs more energy. where's it going to come from? ♪ that's why right here, in australia, chevron is building one of the biggest natural gas projects in the world. enough power for a city the size of singapore for 50 years. what's it going to do to the planet? natural gas is the cleanest conventional fuel there is. we've got to be smart about this. it's a smart way to go. ♪ >> congresswoman givrdz giving first interview since shot in january. she was last seen in august when she made an appearance to vote on the debt ceiling bill. she and her husband will be talking with diane sawyer though still unclear if she will appear on camera. it's expected to air monday november 14. >> producers of the popular sponge bob square pant rae fighting new study that says the show can negatively effect a child thinking skill. ps

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. >>> a new study is taking aim at sponge bob square pants. the cartoon impairs the minds of 4 year olds. children were easily distracted after watching the show. the cartoon changed scenes every 11 seconds. and children watching slower shows had fewer problems. . >>> 11 million fish have been caught in screens around the delta pumps. explains why fisherman don't consider this good news. >> i'd like to get a fish report if you don't mind. >>reporter: the captain of this boat used to take out two groups a day. now he's down to two away week. >> very difficult. >> indicating the fish population is increasing but slowly. from january 1 to september 7th. california fish and game reporting catching 11 million fish in the screens around the delta pumps mostly split tails but 35 thousand were also caught and relocated. >> i haven't seen 11 million fish out there. >> we spoke with fish biologists who say the majority survive the salvage process but they are so small that fisherman may not notice. >> the bottom line is none of us know where the fish ar

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this man dressed up as sponge bob and the character actually taunting these girls and their been severalts, posing for pictures on hollywood boulevard. some of the seven really aggressive. and actually this battle ends up into the street. they are prohibited from asking for money. he was questioned by police but not arrested. >> this turtle survives! after one month recovery and florida. she was shot in to the head. she is federally protected a federal investigation is under way. take a look this robot is taking on the iron man! this will swim, pike,bicycle, bicyclerun, they say it will succeed it will housconvince consumers of the quality of their batteries. >>pam: storm clouds in switzerland with 8 $2 billion loss with a $2 billion loss. skull and yard made in early arrest. >> the suspicion of fraud. >> this trader has been identified. at the london office is where he was taken into custody at 3:30 a.m. when bank managers notified police of unauthorized transactions. this photograph was taken from his facebook page. one of his last entries was tuesday night when he said " need a miracl

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. >> hopefully -- but sponge bob. >> he needs stitches. >> spongebob has been named the giant gentleou know that. >> finally, finally able to break a story. >> officially stepped down as managing general manager. he will be promoted to ceo at the end of the calendar year. according to larry -- >> this is not a turn around in any sense of the imagination. >> so together both men spent over 45 minutes discussing the change, according to the mercury new action he was asked to step down by the committee because of the spend which you are of millions of dollars generated staff giants won the world series without, without their approval. >> with the committee. >> i think there was robust communication between the front office and the investors at all levels. more meetings, more pages, than before i came. i don't think there was a communication problem as far as i was concerned. >> after his first nfl win. so imagine awe -- imagine how he might feel -- >> [inaudible] he was wearing a mi microphone. it wasn't until then he could enjoy the first win. here is the coach corner. and the bills, 1

. >> it was a green version of sponge bob square pants. see i do a lot of reading on the internet. look at the golden gate bridge not a lot of fog there. also this morning looking at the bay bridge, it is backed up for a 12 or 15 minute delay. southbound highway 85, slow traffic already from near 17 on the way up to cupertino. >> low clouds and fog equals cooler temperatures far away from the coast but the theme looks to be cooler here. mainly along the north coast it looks like we will cool down 60s, 70s and 80s and 90s for many. >>> an arrest of a school principal, new details on this disturbing case. >>> plus extreme measures job seekers are doing to find a job these days. stay right here with us.

. >> and later on abc 7 news why a leading medical group says sponge bob square pants could have a negative affect on children. >>> taking a look at 101 in san rafael, right now, traffic moving nicely this monday. >> and who are the most trusted celebrities? chefs like paula deen according to a poll. >> but can you trust them to deliver star studded results? >> celebrity branding is good marketing but consumer reports tasted foods by famous people. >> i'm going to make it ill it tally. >> more and more celebrity chefz are making a leap from tv shows to the supermarket. >> the catch with celebrity foods is that they can come with a high price tag. and they can be two or three times as much as a garden variety brand. >> consumer reports wanted to know if the brands are worth their a-list prices so a taste tested dozens of sauces and salad dressings and soups from famous chefs like wolfgang puck and restaurants like rayo as well as stars like late paul newman oom do include fresher ingredientses but not all. >> take these pasta sauces. both list first ingredient tomato puree. so does ragu, les

. >> researchers say sponge bob could be to blame for out of control kids. >> get those orders ready.okay. >> reporter: a new study found a fast pace of the cartoon and others like it impair a child's brain function and could lead to behavior problems. one doctor said nine minutes of watching has an effect. >> the kids that watch this fast paced cartoon immediately afterward had a lot of difficulty planning things. executing things and delaying things. >> he recommends slower paced programs instead like mr. rogers neighborhood or seasame street . >> a celebration took place at a bakery that's the rene carnation of an institution. melvin's danish bakery. it was created after the 81- year-old store closed last july. it was reopened as a coop and this month it's marking it's first rebirthday. >> they saved the wonderful oakland institution and -- saved my birthday cake. i think generations of oaklanders know this place. >> reporter: it now offers a taste of oakland with danish and korean pastries and speciality foods. >> and let's go to the live storm tracker. there was a flash flood wat

. >> researchers say sponge bob could be to blame for out of control kids. >> get those orders ready.kay. >> reporter: a new study found a fast pace of the cartoon and others like it impair a child's brain function and could lead to behavior problems. one doctor said nine minutes of watching has an effect. >> the kids that watch this fast paced cartoon immediately afterward had a lot of difficulty planning things. executing things and delaying things. >> he recommends slower paced programs instead like mr. rogers neighborhood or seasame street . >> a celebration took place at a bakery that's the rene carnation of an institution. melvin's danish bakery. it was created after the 81- year-old store closed last july. it was reopened as a coop and this month it's marking it's first rebirthday. >> they saved the wonderful oakland institution and -- saved my birthday cake. i think generations of oaklanders know this place. >> reporter: it now offers a taste of oakland with danish and korean pastries and speciality foods. >> and let's go to the live storm tracker. there was a flash flood watc

wait until you hear the startling news about sponge bob square pants. >> i'm sure our fans will appreciate it. a strange story. >>> we begin with the national security system taking no chances with the suspicious behavior ding this 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. >> after numerous warnings about terrorism during this sensitive time, federal agents and the military had to work fast to make sure sfoisuspicious acts w not acts of terrorism. >> reporter: police at detroit's metropolitan airport detained three passenger arriving on a frontier flight from denver. the airline says the crew contacted authorities after some passenger spent excessive amounts of time in the bathroom. >> it fbi saw us -- they told us to put our heads down, and they took three people, two guys and one girl. they handcuffed them. >> reporter: as a precaution, 16 fighghr jets escorted the plane to detroit. people were questioned, luggage inspected. earlier there was a similar incident involving an american airlines flight from los angeles to new york, again involving passengers spending unusual amounts ofof time in

sponge bob and tom brady. get ready back in a moment. so i take one a day men's 50+ advantage.plete multivitamin with ginkgo to support memory and concentration. plus it supports heart health. [ bat cracks ] that's a hit. one a day men's. >> this is a fox news alert. from los angeles, i'm anita vogel. a plane crashing near the grandstand near the grandstand at the national championship air races in reno, nevada. an official described this as a mass casualty situation. right now there is no word of any deaths but more than 7 a people have been injured in these u.s. air race crash. 25 people are considered critically injured. again, the good news here no word of any deaths at this point. now, it wasn't immediately known how many people were in the area when the plane crashed. but video of the crash showed a horrific scene of bodies and wreckage at the front of the stands. mike draper, a spokesman for the air races told the associated press that the pilot, jimmy lee ward, he was piloting a p-51 mustang that crashed into the box seat area at the front of the grandstand. this happen

the game lets you add nickelodeon characters like sponge bob to the roster which may help out the teamto decide if you want to play the game at a major league baseball park or, let's say, a pineapple under the sea. the game is rated e for everyone. you can play it on x box, 360 connect. the bay area as pop life one step closer. >> pop life. >> i was so proud of them. you heard of pop life, headed on. they promise they will have, quote, something epic set for the finals. you can see the final four here on nbc bay area tuesday night at 9:00 p.m. good luck to them. >> i was in front of the tv cheering last night. >> you stay up late. >> absolutely. >> this one's not the iphone 5 but scott says hey, a cool new phone will hit stores. >> the chip in this phone is faster than some people's lap top. the droid bionic, runs google's android operating system, it will be available at verizon stores. as a phone it's pretty big, almost like a tablet but super fast connection on the 4 g network. so we start the second day yahoo! without carol bartz in charge. he's got a business withy day at a board

we were talking about sponge bob and stuff. >> i remember being in the classroom beforehand, and we were just... it was just a normal day. >> i took my daughter upstairs to the kindergarten class because i thought, you know, if she's playing or doing something, she'll never know. >> we were encouraging people to stay because i just thought where are you going to go? >> so in the plaza i went out to take a look. at that point when i was walked around the corner that was when the second plane hit. >> i remember plotting my course on the way to school. when i got to school i was covered, littered with material. and i remember signing the kids out. >> when the second plane hit the second tower, i think you were out there. you remember the ball of fire that came up greenwich street? and that's when i felt the heat. i felt the pressure. and i thought, oh, my god. there's kids up there. >> we were going up to classrooms getting kids bringing them down. and trying to be systematic about it. trying to record, document who was leaving. >> when i came down i met alissa at the bottom of those steps.

. >>> and sponge bob square pants may prevent preschoolers from soaking up important information.for 4-year-olds to pay attention and think compared to those who watch a slower pace cartoon. skeptics say it only looked at 60 kids over the course of nine minutes. a lot of parents will be talking about that one, wolf. >> they certainly will, lisa, thank you. >>> rick perry softening his tone on social security. you're going to hear what the republican presidential front-runner now says about the program. stay with us. you're in the situation room. um. thank you. you know what,ell me, what makes peterpeter ? i can my own homemade jam, apricot. and really love my bank's ise your ratcd. i'm sorry, did you say you'd love a pay raise asap uh, tuly, i said i love my bank's raise your rate cd. you spen8 days lo at sea ? no, uh... you love watching your neighbors watch tv ? at ally, you'll love o raise your rate cd that offers a one-ti rate increase if our currentates go up. >>> we're here in tampa, getting ready for the cnn tea party republican presidential debate. there's rick perry. he i

jon: sponge bob duke it out. take a look at this video courtesy of tmz.nversations] bleep [bleep] jon: that's one of those only inform -- only in california scenes, a character in costume getting beaten up by two women on a street. the cops were called. ultimately, we understand, neither spongebob nor the women was charged because nobody wanted to press charges. jenna: and no one knows what started that fight, although didn't we report the story about some people thinking spongebob was bad for children? maybe he's feeling a little tense. but i can confirm that the entire crowd sighs in disappointment when the man underneath that big spongebob costume -- jon you mean he's not real? jenna: exposes himself. there was disappointment out there in california. jon: they're just angry about that voice of his which i will try not to imitate. >>> a solar power company goes belly up after getting hundreds of millions of your tax dollars. today congress is asking some questions about the solyndra company and how anyone could have missed the warning flags that, appare

speaking from experience now, and malia and sasha would often rather be watching "american idol" or "sponge boblle and i know that our fir first job, our first responsibility is instilling a sense of learning, a sense of love of learning in our kids. >> michelle rhee knows a thing or two about love of learning. she joins me from nashville to talk about the changes here to this law. as former chancellor of the d.c. public school, a huge system, i know you know the law very well, but i want to get your quick impression to the changes today. is it a good idea? >> well, in is a tough one. "no child left behind" did some important things in terms of bringing important data to light, and making sure there was strict accountability systems, but it also had some significant flaws that had to be addressed. so, given the fact that congress hasn'tt been making a lot of progress on this, i think that the waivers are a way potentially for the states to have their issues addressed, but the defl i devil is in the detad the question is, can the waivers be given and especially in the schools, and favorable for

bob -- spongebob. >> spongebob was your nickname, but that was before the show. >> sponge is what i suesed when i was with bob. >> i think it was sponge bill. >> and his pants were square for horrendous reasons. >> it is sprong -- spongeville stained pants. >> if you see bill, punch him in the face. back to you, greg. >> please don't. >> no, it happens so much.

"times union" suggests watching nine minutes of sponge bob square pants can cause short-term attentioning problems in 4-year-olds and some morning anchors. who do political shows. the study looked at children who watched "spongebob". >> spongebob, i watch that, what are we talking about? >> it's a show on tv. apparently children perform considerably worse on solving puzzles and concentration compared to those who watch slower paced pbs -- >> i've got to apologize to my wife. she's right. she has been anti-spongebob from day one. will not let our kids watch spongebob. >> mine too. >> you're saying -- >> just won't allow it in the house. >> it's a show for kids. the jokes are funny, they're not kid jokes. >> they are. >> i think they're funny. >> they watch it? >> every kid watches spongebob. >> our kids don't. >> you can't let them? >> no, they just don't. they've never shown any interest in spongebob. they're interested in dora and the good -- the good ones. >> yeah. >> my little one loves spongebob. let's go to politico because i know jim definitely watches a lot of spongebob. >> oh,

and could watching "sponge bob squarepants" actually harm your kids?ns can -- well, which ones aren't? they can damage kids' attention smanz and short term memory. the constant changes of setting being blamed for overtaxing their brains. what about the dialogue? not sure. brian. >> all right. thanks, gretch. 14 minutes before the top of the hour. it sounds environmentally friendly. it's made here in the u.s. and it provides subsidies for american farmers. plus congress promises it will lower gas prices but is corn ethanol really a cost effective alternative to petroleum? it's actually in our gas. a former white house budget official in the energy department and author of this book "corn ethanol, who pays, who benefits." ken, welcome. what's the problem with ethanol? >> the problem is basically this. the claims made when the policies were passed were that it would decrease gasoline prices, decrease petroleum imports, improve the environment and reduce federal budget costs. using forecasts from the energy information administration for both the competiti