S. African Judge Rules to Partly Televise Pistorius Trial

The trial of South Africa's most famous athlete, Oscar Pistorius, can be televised live, a judge ruled Tuesday.  South African journalists say they hope this ruling will open up the country's courts to media coverage. Pistorius goes on trial next week in Pretoria for murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp.   He says he mistook his girlfriend of three months for an intruder in his Pretoria home; the prosecution claims he shot her...

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