Television movies for the week of May 11

‘02. Hugh Grant. An irresponsible playboy becomes emotionally attached to a woman’s 12-year-old son. (PG-13) (2:00) E!: Wed. 1 P.M., Thu. 9 A.M.
‘97. Clint Eastwood. A veteran thief catches the president of the United States in adultery and a murder cover-up. (R) (2:30) TNT: Sun. 9 A.M., 2:30 A.M. (CC)
‘49. Spencer Tracy. Married lawyers clash in and out of court over a woman’s right to shoot her husband and his lover. (NR) (2:00) TCM: Mon. 1:30 P.M. (CC)
• Adventures of Kitty O’Day
‘44. Jean Parker. A telephone operator plays homicide detective with her boyfriend, making it harder for the police. (NR) (1:15) TCM: Fri. 6:45 A.M.
• The African Queen
‘51. Humphrey Bogart. An imperious woman makes a gin-soaked boat captain fight Germans in the World War I Congo. (NR) (2:00) TCM: Mon. 6 P.M. (CC)
• Agent Cody Banks
‘03. Frankie Muniz. Recruited by the CIA, a teen works under cover to befriend a girl whose father is a pawn for an evil organization. (PG) (2:00) ABCFAM: Sat. noon (CC)
• Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
‘04. Frankie Muniz. A 16-year-old CIA agent poses as a clarinet prodigy while trying to recover stolen mind-control software. (PG) (2:00) ABCFAM: Sat. 2 P.M. (CC)
• Air Force One
‘97. Harrison Ford. Demanding the release of a political prisoner, a terrorist and his gang hijack the U.S. president’s plane. (R) (2:30) TNT: Sun. 2 P.M. (CC)
‘94. Brendan Fraser. Attention-hungry musicians decide to grab the media spotlight by taking staffers at a popular radio station hostage. (PG-13) (1:40) STZ: Fri. 8:30 A.M. (CC)
• Akeelah and the Bee
‘06. Laurence Fishburne. Akeelah, an 11-year-old girl living in South Los Angeles, discovers she has a talent for spelling, which she hopes will take her to the National Spelling Bee. (PG) (2:00) TMC: Sun. 8:45 A.M., 6 P.M., Thu. 7 A.M., 2:50 P.M. (CC)

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Local triathlete killed in shark attack

Dave Martin, 66, may have been killed Friday by a great white shark,authorities said. Some facts about the species:
Status: Largest predatory fish on Earth.
Features: Slate-gray upper body blends in with rocky coastal sea floor. Itgets its name from the white underbelly.
Size: 15 to more than 20 feet.
Weight: 5,000 pounds or more.
Speed: Powerful tail can help it travel up to 15 miles per hour.
Senses: A great white shark can detect one drop of blood in 25 gallons ofwater and can track even tiny amounts of blood in water up to 3 miles away.
Attacks: Of the 100 plus shark attacks worldwide each year, about one-thirdto half are attributed to great whites. Most of the attacks are not fatal.
Population: No firm numbers. Scientists agree their number are droppingbecause of factors such as overfishing and being caught accidentally in gillnets. Great whites are federally protected.
Locally: No resident population of great whites in San Diego County, butsome travel south from Los Angeles to give birth.
SOLANA BEACH – A retired veterinarian who was swimming with members of a triathlon club was killed Friday morning in a shark attack north of Fletcher Cove.
A marine expert said the wounds appeared to be from a great white shark, an attack he described as “practically unprecedented” in the area.
The victim, 66-year-old David Martin of Solana Beach, a member of the Triathlon Club of San Diego and a father of four, was attacked shortly after 7 a.m. as he was swimming about 150 yards offshore in water 20 to 30 feet deep, officials said.
Richard H. Rosenblatt, a professor emeritus of marine biology at Scripps Institution of Oceanography who examined Martin’s body, said he believed the shark was a great white between 12- and 17-feet-long.
Rosenblatt said witnesses reported that Martin “was thrust vertically up out of the water, and that sounds like what white sharks do when they attack a seal.”

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