'First Look': First News for Dec. 18

Lead stories from "First Look with Scott Cox's" Top Stories:

REPORT FINDS HIGH CHILD ABUSE, NEGLECT IN KERN: Kern County children ages 5 and younger are twice as likely as their statewide peers to be victims of abuse and neglect. The new report and findings were part of the Children's Data Network project at the University of Southern California School of Social Work, which followed ch