Fort Larned leads upsets at Breeders' Cup

2012 Breeders' Cup: Game on Dude flops while Wise Dan proves worthy of ...Washington Post
ARCADIA, Calif. — After a year full of disappointments, the 2012 racing season came to a climax in the Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita on Saturday, with Game on Dude and Wise Dan trying to prove — in separate races — that they deserved the Eclipse ...

Fort Larned leads upsets at Breeders' Cup CBSSports.com
ARCADIA, Calif. -- Fort Larned, a 9-1 long shot, led all the way to win the $5 million Classic by a half-length on Saturday,

Air New Zealand Launches Hobbit-Themed Safety Video (VIDEO)

Hobbit-themed flight safety video a YouTube hit - Arts ...
Perhaps hairy-footed hobbits can teach us all something about safety. Most regular travellers pay little attention to those snooze-inducing inflight safety videos ...

Air New Zealand Launches Hobbit-Themed Safety Video (VIDEO)
Air New Zealand, the official airline of Middle Earth, launched a new Hobbit-themed in- flight safety video Wednesday. The video, entitled "An Unexpected ...

Estee Lauder jewels on auction

NYC auction to feature Lauder jewels - A&E - Boston.com
NEW YORK (AP) — A heart-shaped yellow diamond that once belonged to the Duchess of Windsor is among a trove of jewels from the collections of Estee and ...

The Macomb Daily - Estee Lauder jewels on auction
NEW YORK — A heart-shaped yellow diamond that once belonged to the Duchess of Windsor is among a trove of jewels from the collections of Estee and Evelyn ...

Frontman Mitch Lucker of the popular Riverside heavy-metal band Suicide Silence died following a motorcycle crash

Mitch Lucker Dead: Suicide Silence Frontman Killed In ...
Suicide Silence frontman Mitch Lucker died Thursday morning after succumbing to injuries from a motorcycle collision on Halloween night. The 28-year-old ...

Mitch Lucker of Suicide Silence killed in motorcycle crash ...
Frontman Mitch Lucker of the popular Riverside heavy-metal band Suicide Silence died following a motorcycle crash late Wednesday night in Huntington Beach ...

Jerusalem: Church of the Holy Sepulchre's Bank Account Blocked for Israeli Water Bill

Holy Sepulchre Bank Account Blocked for Water Bill - ABC News
A clergyman from the church built on the site where Jesus Christ is said to have been crucified says the church's bank account has been frozen as the ...

BBC News - Church of the Holy Sepulchre in row over water bill
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem has warned that it may shut its doors to pilgrims in protest at a dispute with an Israeli water company. The ...

Stelen Covel, Toby Keith’s son, named to Youth All-American Football Star

Stelen Covel, Toby Keith’s son, named to Youth All-American ...
Toby Keith has merged himself with the culture and ethos of school football as seamlessly as imaginable. ... As reported by the Oklahoman, Keith's son, ...

High school notebook: Toby Keith's son one of four state ...
Norman North sophomore defensive lineman Stelen Covel, the son of country music star Toby Keith, ... High school football: Class 6A and 5A district playoff scenarios

Debra Tupper: Simple typo on Southwest Gas bill turns into a woman's $18K mistake

Woman's $18K mistake [VIDEO]. PHOENIX - It's a typo anyone could make -- a valley woman paying her bills online accidentally types a zero instead of a decimal point.

Simple typo on Southwest Gas bill turns into an $18K mistake ...
A valley woman paying her bills online accidentally types a zero instead of a decimal point. Now that simple typo has turned into an $18,000 mistake. FOX ...

Oprah's Favorite Things 2012 - Oprah.com

Oprah's Favorite Things 2012 - Oprah.com
Oprah picked and planned, tasted and touched, sniffed and snuggled her way through

Oprah's Favorite Things 2011 - Oprah.com
"I love to give gifts that pamper and indulge—and make a person feel really special." (See all of the 2011 Favorite Things chosen by Gayle King, Suze Orman, Dr. Oz ...

Oprah’s ‘Favorite Things’ List Met With Criticism
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Oprah Winfrey fans will be happy to know that, after a two-year hiatus, the popular Favorite Things list — which caused her audience members to scream, cry, and/or faint upon its reveal — is making a comeback...

Celebrity Spending: Oprah's Favorite Things List
Forbes
A few months ago we took a little virtual stroll through Gwyneth Paltrow?s high-end lifestyle website Goop.com, where she waxes poetic about things like chia seed pudding, grosgrain tuxedo tees,

Camilla Belle: Tim Tebow’s New Girlfriend - Lucky dog!

Tim Tebow goes bowling with sexy actress Camilla ...
FOX 19 Cincinnati
New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow is apparently dating drop-dead-gorgeous actress Camilla Belle. The news propelled Belle's name to one of the top searches on Google.

Camilla Belle: Tim Tebow’s New Girlfriend Has ...
The Inquisitr
Camilla Belle is making headlines since she was identified as Tim Tebow’s new girlfriend, but dating a famously chaste celebrity is nothing new for the actress. The Push actress once dated Joe Jonas,

New Penn St. Charges: Two administrators arraigned for hushing up child sexual abuse

Penn St. officials arraigned on new charges - Yahoo! Sports
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Two Penn State administrators were arraigned Friday on new accusations they hushed up child sexual abuse allegations against former assistant ...

New Penn St. Charges | Today News Gazette
New Penn St. Charges, Two Penn State administrators have appeared in court on new charges accusing them of hushing up child sexual abuse allegations against ..

Curley and Schultz face new charges of endangering the welfare of children

Mystery of Angkor Wat's huge stones (ed. astounding) solved; archaeologists find network of hundreds of canals

Mystery of Angkor Wat's huge stones solved - CBS News
The massive sandstone bricks used to construct the 12th-century temple of Angkor Wat were brought to the site via a network of hundreds of canals ...

Angkor Wat Temple mystery solved - Technology & science ...
Mystery of Angkor Wat Temple's huge stones solved Network of canals was built to transport 12th-century bricks, archaeologists find Below:

NYC Gas Lines Cause Traffic Disruption, Violence, Empty Stations

NYC Gas Lines Cause Traffic Disruption, Violence | WebProNews
The lines for gasoline are long and nerve-wracking in New York today as customers queue up in breakdown lanes for miles outside of the few gas stations that are open ...

Drivers facing long lines, empty pumps in New York - NY Daily ...
Motorists in New York hoping to gas up their cars on Wednesday were met by massive lines and empty gas stations, as power outages across the region led to a shortage ...

The inside story of Breezy Point's terrible night

Fire Water: Breezy Point, Trapped Between the Hurricane and the Flames
At Breezy Point, they were as ready as they could be. The Queens beach community, a blue-collar haven for city firefighters and cops, had been evacuated on Sunday. On Monday, a couple of miles east of the town on Rockaway Point Boulevard, the sole access road to the Peninsula, the ...
New York Magazine

The inside story of Breezy Point's terrible night
As Hurricane Sandy turned the streets of this community into raging rivers on Monday evening, one company of volunteer firefighters ditched their rescue boats and sought refuge in the community center.

Perhaps Richard Stallman Has The Solution To Software Patents? see XKCD cartoon

Perhaps Richard Stallman Has The Solution To Software Patents?
For those who don't know who Richard Stallman is, well, he's one of the great gurus. Replace blogging with programming in this XKCD cartoon, Stallman for Doctorow and you've about got it. This does not mean that Stallman is always correct but it does mean that he's always interesting. And [...]
Forbes

FTC staff recommends Google be sued over patents: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Federal Trade Commission staff report has recommended that the government sue Google for violating U.S. antitrust law because it asked courts to stop the sale of some products that infringe its essential patents, a source told Reuters Thursday. The five-member commission is inclined to vote in favor of suing Google Inc, the Internet search engine company, according to ...

Let's Limit the Effect of Software Patents, Since We Can't Eliminate Them
Patents threaten every software developer, and the patent wars we have long feared have broken out. Software developers and software users – which in our society, is most people – need software to be free of patents.
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Richard Stallman

XKCD cartoon, by Randall Munroe

Hurricane Sandy Looting Arrests, Fights Plague South Brooklyn, Nassau

In Sandy’s Wake, Looting Arrests Reported In Nassau ...
The Queens District Attorney’s office has announced the arrests of 15 people for looting businesses in the Rockaways. That ...

Wave of looting and theft takes hold in areas hardest hit by ...
"Looting Arrests Made" reports the Wall Street Journal. More from that story: ... "Hurricane Sandy Looting, Fights Plague South Brooklyn" reports HuffPost.

What would a Mormon White House look like? vs. Black White House?

What would a Mormon White House look like?
By Jessica Ravitz, CNN. Should Mitt Romney win the presidency next Tuesday, it will mark a historic first: a Mormon couple moving into the White House.


Morman White House

Black White House

New Congress may look much like the old one; Is Obama or Romney Most Able to Manage Change with a Split Congress?

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Democrats seem to be fending off a Republican challenge to take control of the U.S. Senate in this year's election but neither is likely to win a super majority necessary to break the legislative logjam in the chamber.

Value of White House up from four years ago; Up 1.5%; Are you better off?

Value of White House up from four years ago - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: The current value of the White House is $284.9 million, an increase of 1.5% from the $280.8 million it was valued at in October 2008, according to ...

White House Value Rose in Past Four Years - 24/7 Wall St.
When the White House was first occupied, by John and Abigail Adams, in November of 1800, the U.S. government had spent about $232,000 to build the ...

Newest Benghazi Scapegoat: CIA's David Petraeus Takes Blame for Obama | Danger Room ...

Petraeus’s Lower C.I.A. Profile Leaves Benghazi Void ...
The Benghazi crisis has been the biggest challenge in the first civilian job held by David H. Petraeus, who has gotten high marks in a markedly different ...

Newest Benghazi Scapegoat: CIA's David Petraeus | Danger Room ...
There's an unexpected casualty of the September assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya: the reputation of David Petraeus, the celebrated Army general turned

Zac Vawter, Man With 'Bionic' Leg, To Climb Willis Tower

Zac Vawter, Man With 'Bionic' Leg, To Climb Willis Tower In ...
[Oct 31, 2012] Zac Vawter, Man With ' Bionic' Leg, To Climb Willis Tower In Chicago

Man with ‘bionic’ leg to climb Chicago’s Willis Tower ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Zac Vawter considers himself a test pilot. After losing his right leg in a motorcycle accident, the 31-year-old software engineer signed ...

Mystery $23 Million California Lottery Winner, Julie Cervera, is Disabled Grandma | NBC

Grandma claims $23M lotto prize just in time - World - CBC News
For more than five months — while Julie Cervera struggled to pay a $600 electrical bill, feed her family and keep the cable company from shutting off her service ...

Mystery California Lottery Winner is Disabled Grandma | NBC ...
The winner of the $23 million California Lottery jackpot had one dollar in her pocket, had just shut off her cable and had a $600 electricity bill. She'd ...

Calif grandma claims $23M lotto prize just in time ...
A $52 million jackpot winner in Fremont was found in August by ... The photo had been released by lottery officials searching for the ... Calif grandma claims $23M ...

Delaware: World Championship Punkin Chunkin

Delaware: World Championship Punkin Chunkin - Just In ...
Wonder what happens to all those jack-o’lanterns after the festival? Here’s one suggestion: World Championship Punkin Chunkin, the granddaddy of ...

Pumpkin chunking - Wikipedi
Pumpkin Chucking, or for rhyming purposes Pumpkin Chunking (also called Punkin' Chunkin', Pumpkin Chunkin', and Punkin Chuckin') is the sport of hurling or 'chucking ...

Roseanne Barr Turns 60: Happy Birthday, Mrs. Conner!

Roseanne Barr Turns 60: Happy Birthday, Mrs. Conner!
Actress, comedienne, and presidential candidate Roseanne Barr turns 60 today (November 3). As such, fans should find some time in their busy schedules ...

Celebrity Birthdays: Which Post 50 Stars Were Born In November?
Roseanne Barr. Roseanne Barr turns 60 on November 3. Kate Capshaw. Kate Capshaw turns 59 on November 3. Dennis Miller. Dennis Miller turns 59 on November 3.

Actor John Cusack developing Rush Limbaugh film

John Cusack developing Rush Limbaugh film - BostonHerald.com
LOS ANGELES — Actor and outspoken liberal John Cusack is developing a movie about conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, Cusack’s production company ...

Actor John Cusack developing Rush Limbaugh film
LOS ANGELES — Actor and outspoken liberal John Cusack is developing a movie about conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, Cusack's production company said ...

‘Dial-a-smoke’ crackdown leads to 119 arrests, 3 million smuggled, untaxed cigarettes

Hong Kong Arrests 119 in Dial-a-Smoke Crackdown - ABC News
Hong Kong authorities said Friday that they had arrested 119 people and seized 3 million untaxed cigarettes after cracking down on smugglers running home ...

‘Dial-a-smoke’ crackdown leads to 119 arrests, 3 million ...
HONG KONG—Hong Kong authorities said Friday that they had arrested 119 people and seized 3 million untaxed cigarettes after cracking down on smugglers running home ...

Secretary Napolitano Issues Temporary, Blanket Jones Act Waiver

U.S. waives Jones Act to help get fuel to Northeast - US news ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government issued a rare waiver on Friday allowing foreign tankers from the Gulf of Mexico to supply the Northeast with ...

Secretary Napolitano Issues Temporary, Blanket Jones Act Waiver
As a result of impacts caused by Hurricane Sandy, today Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano issued a temporary, blanket waiver of the Jones Act ...

The Redskins Rule: When the NFL team loses, so does the incumbent president. Obama switches team.

The Redskins Rule is a trend involving NFL football and United States presidential elections. Briefly stated, there is a high correlation between the ...

Rooting for an intersection of football and politics? Keep ...
Barack Obama is a diehard Bears fan, but he should probably root for the Redskins this Sunday. (AP) Steve Hirdt is the executive vice-president of the Elias Sports ...

A Redskins victory vs. Panthers means Obama wins, loss means ...
Luckily, order in the Redskins Rule was restored in 2008 when the Steelers easily knocked off the Redskins, allowing the opposing party to beat the incumbent.

Redheads May Face Higher Risk of Melanoma, Skin Cancer, Even Without Sun Exposure

Melanoma Risk Genetic for Redheads? ABC News
Redheads may be at higher risk of melanoma even without sun Los Angeles Times
Redheads May Face Higher Risk of Melanoma, Even Without Sun Exposure MedicineNet.com

‘Single mom’ leaves no tip on $138 restaurant bill; goes viral #cartoons

‘Single mom’ who leaves no tip goes viral - On Parenting ...
Increasingly, it seems, single moms are being used as the butt of jokes or, even worse, a scapegoat for societal ills.

Single mom leaves no tip on $138 restaurant bill and creates ...
This week a copy of a receipt that a single mother allegedly left with no tip for a waitress went viral, and Saturday morning the news has created an ...

Taylor Lautner Has One Odd Regret From ‘Twilight’; luxurious wig

Taylor Lautner Reveals His Biggest Twilight Regret - Yahoo ...
After playing werewolf Jacob Black in "The Twilight Saga," Taylor Lautner only has one regret. When fans first met Taylor as Jacob, the actor sported long hair, which ...

Taylor Lautner Has One Odd Regret From ‘Twilight’
If Taylor Lautner has one regret from the Twilight franchise, it’s that he didn’t hold onto the luxurious wig he wore for the first installment of the ...

Dr. Charles Eugster, a 93-year-old British bodybuilder Is A Medical Marvel

93-year-old bodybuilder [VIDEO]. Dr. Charles Eugster, a 93-year-old British bodybuilder, did not begin weightlifting six years ago as a way to stay in shape or to ...

93-Year-Old Bodybuilder Is A Medical Marvel | ThePostGame
Dr. Charles Eugster, a 93-year-old British bodybuilder, did not begin weightlifting six years ago as a way to stay in shape or to occupy his time.

When is daylight savings 2012? at 2:00 AM on November 4, 2012

Daylight Savings Time: Fall Back vs. Technology Fail Decoded Science
Daylight Savings Time comes to an end at 2:00 AM on November 4, 2012 – that means it is the dreaded time to turn the clocks back. While the extra hour of sleep after we Fall Back is a happy thought for many, the thought of darker evenings is depressing ...

Daylight savings time: Don't Forget to Fall Back! Gather.com
For many people, Daylight Savings Time has become a complete non-issue when it comes to clock setting.