eyeglasses News Archive

09-May-2009

 

  • Protecting eyes is serious business (Grand Forks Herald)
      Twice as many women as men are diagnosed with vision-threatening diseases each year, according to the National Eye Institute. And, as you would expect, the number diagnosed increases with age. Add the growing-older boomer generation to that standing statistic, and the conclusion is obvious: There are more than eyeglasses in the future for many women.   Free driving range for all season ticket ...


  • 8 p.m. ET: Hawks at Cavaliers (CBS Sports)
    Arms flailing, fists pumping, a crazed look behind those designer eyeglasses, Cleveland coach Mike Brown nearly jumped out of his suit.


  • Obituaries in the news (AP via Yahoo! News)
    Dominic DiMaggio


  • Vision for the world: Robbinsdale man seeks to help Chileans (Crystal - Robbinsdale Sun-Post)
    Gary Tonsager has stacks of boxes under the desk at his Maple Grove Pearle Vision store, containing about 600 pair of donated eyeglasses. "I have a month to collect another 400," he said.


  • Former Red Sox great DiMaggio dies (New England Cable News)
    BOSTON (AP) - Dominic DiMaggio, a seven-time All Star who still holds the record for the longest consecutive game hitting streak in Boston Red Sox history, has died at his Massachusetts home. DiMaggio died at about about 1 a.m. on Friday, according to his wife, Emily. He was 92. Known as the Little Professor because of his eyeglasses and his 5-foot-9, 168-pound frame, the younger brother of New ...


  • Dom DiMaggio, Former Red Sox Great, Dies At Age 92 (WTSP-TV Tampa)
    Known as the "Little Professor" because of his eyeglasses and small frame, Dominic DiMaggio, was a seven-time All Star who still holds the record for the longest consecutive game hitting streak in Boston Red Sox history.


  • Harry Caray's to open at Navy Pier (Chicago Sun-Times)
    Those big Harry Caray eyeglasses will pop up at Navy Pier this summer, thanks to action Friday by the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority. The restaurant, named after the famous Cubs announcer, will replace the former Joe's Be-Bop. The board of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, which runs Navy Pier, approved Harry Caray's over competing bids.


  • No rest for Cavaliers' defense (MSNBC)
    INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) -Arms flailing, fists pumping, a crazed look behind those designer eyeglasses, Cleveland coach Mike Brown nearly jumped out of his suit.


  • New Use Found for Special Eyeglasses in Helping to Ward-off H1N1 Flu. (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
    Helping to ward off H1N1 flu through use of special eyeglasses has been proposed as a novel benefit by the maker, Photonic Developments LLC. Use of blue-light-blocking glasses for a few hours before bedtime helps to maximize naturally produced melatonin. Melatonin has been demonstrated to destroy viruses


  • Red Sox great Dom DiMaggio, Joe's brother, dies (AP via Yahoo! News)
    Dominic DiMaggio, the bespectacled Boston Red Sox center fielder who made his own mark on the major leagues despite playing in the shadow of Hall of Fame brother Joe and teammate Ted Williams, died early Friday at his Massachusetts home. He was 92.


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