Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween: Running back Frank Gore was feeling good a day after matching his career high of 31 carries, and coach Jim Harbaugh was still calling Sunday’s 20-10 slugfest with the Browns a “beautiful” win. Here are the highlights from their media sessions Monday:   With a four-game lead in the NFC West, the 49ers’ magic number to clinch is six. But the magic month is Decmember, at least in Harbaugh’s mind when it comes to spying the 49ers’ playoff position. “Get to December, see how many we have and how many wee need as it relates to the season,” said Harbaugh, adding that he’s always looking to the future to make the team as good as...

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Kris Humphries

Kris Humphries: Just 10 weeks after their lavish, made-for-TV wedding and less than a month after the wedding special aired, reality starlet Kim Kardashian is canceling her marriage to NBA player Kris Humphries. The "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" star filed for divorce Monday, citing irreconcilable differences. "I hope everyone understands this was not an easy decision," she said in a statement. "I had hoped this marriage was forever but sometimes things don't work out as planned." Humphries told TMZ he was "devastated" to learn his bride had filed for divorce and is "willing to do whatever it takes to make it work." The filing in Los Angeles...

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Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian: After weeks of speculations, Kim Kardashian confirms that she is ending her 72 days of marriage to Kris Humphries.   While she said in a statement that divorce was not an easy decision, sources believe that her wedding to the New Jersey Nets was nothing but a "hoax and a publicity stunt". A source close to the "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" production told Radar Online, "It was pretty much an arranged marriage right from the start. " The inside source explained, "Kim was looking for a husband and Kris was selected for her, amongst others. She wasn't really into him but she hoped she would be able to develop some feelings,...

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Ttim Tebow

Ttim Tebow: Tim Tebow lingered on the field after the game, sharing congratulatory hugs with teammates and handshakes with opponents. He was the last player to head for the locker room, and when he finally departed through the tunnel at a trot, a small cluster of remaining fans gave him one more ovation for a job well done. Making his first start of the season, Tebow showed his characteristic flair for the dramatic and knack for winning Sunday. He overcame lots of ragged moments by throwing two touchdown passes in the final 2:44 of regulation to help the Denver Broncos beat the winless Miami Dolphins in overtime, 18-15. “That’s Tim,” said Dolphins...

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Once Upon A Time

Once Upon A Time: Jennifer Morrison of "House" fame says her new ABC show "Once Upon a Time" is a similar to "Harry Potter." The 32-year-old actress is trading in the medical scrubs for a more fanciful role in ABC's fairy-tale inspired "Once Upon a Time," where she plays the daughter of Snow White, played by Ginnifer Goodwin, and Prince Charming, played by Josh Dallas. Her character, Emma Swan, is a sassy bail bonds collector who appears to be a modern-day warrior princess. The Evil Queen is portrayed by Lana Parilla of "24" fame. The show was created and penned by "LOST" screenwriters Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. The duo has recently compared...

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Lindsey Lohan

Lindsey Lohan: SHE’S not the Ronson who dated Lindsay Lohan. That’s her fedora-wearing fraternal twin, Samantha, a celebrity D.J. and singer. She’s not the Ronson who in 2008 won three Grammys including one for producer of the year for working with the late Amy Winehouse. That’s her brother Mark, the recently married record producer. Rather, the shy woman with enviable rocker-messy hair who was sitting, largely unnoticed, in the NoHo restaurant the Smile on a recent sunny Friday morning is Charlotte Ronson, the clothing designer, who in the last few years has quietly and somewhat surprisingly evolved into one of the most successful retail...

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Pumpkin Seeds

Pumpkin Seeds: Fall is in full swing, and pumpkins are ready to be picked at your local farm stands. The variety that trumps all is the Giant Pumpkin – colossal vegetables that are popular attractions at local fairs and fall festivals. At this year’s Hillsborough County Fair, the largest pumpkin weighed in at 1,173 pounds. But it’s more likely that you’re looking for a pumpkin to enter in a carving contest or simply decorating your front porch, and you’re advised to act fast, as this year’s crop weathered some extreme conditions. The early summer drought slowed growth and pressured growers to irrigate their pumpkins. Then, Hurricane Irene...

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Bernie Madoff

Bernie Madoff: Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Andrew Madoff’s request to appeal a $198 million lawsuit by the liquidator of Bernard Madoff’s firm was “not warranted” and the case should go to trial, the trustee said. Trustee Irving Picard won a court ruling last month permitting him to pursue most claims in a 2009 lawsuit alleging that the Madoffs treated the now-defunct firm, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, as their “family piggy bank.” The con man’s son, Andrew, asked a district judge to allow an appeal, saying the suit would result in a “massive expansion of liability” for bank and corporate managers who might be blamed for wrongdoing...

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Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger: The Occupy Wall Street protests have drawn their share of musical supporters over the past few weeks. On Friday night, Pete Seeger lent his voice to the cause, though the protesters had to go uptown to hear it. Mr. Seeger, whose activist credentials go back at least as far as a benefit concert that he and Woody Guthrie did for California migrant workers in 1940 and who wrote or helped write populist ballads like like “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” and “If I Had a Hammer,” had been performing at Symphony Space at Broadway and 95th Street with Arlo Guthrie, Woody Guthrie’s son, and others. About 11 p.m., Mr. Seeger, 92, emerged...

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Baby Lisa Irwin

Baby Lisa Irwin: The search for missing 10-month-old Lisa Irwin entered its second week today with Kansas City police searching the well of an abandoned house near the girl's home for several hours before hitting another dead end. More than a dozen investigators and firefighters crowded around an opening created in the old wooden deck to access the well. A yellow and red tripod was set up to lower firefighters into the well. But several hours later, the well had been drained and nothing was found. This was the latest attempt to make progress in a case that has baffled investigators and left them grasping for new ideas. "It's an abandoned house,...

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Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio: U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is raising his national profile through a series of major policy speeches on the economy and America's role in the world. But one issue Florida's freshman Republican doesn't spend much time discussing is immigration. That's despite the fact his parents came from Cuba and he represents the state with the third-largest number of illegal immigrants. The issue has also garnered recent attention in the Republican presidential primary campaign because Texas Gov. Rick Perry supports in-state college tuition for illegal immigrants, a position Rubio once supported. Rubio will talk in generalities about immigration...

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War In Iraq

War In Iraq: America's long and deeply unpopular war in Iraq will be over by year's end and all US troops ""will definitely be home for the holidays," US President Barack Obama declared on Friday. Stretching more than eight years, the war cost the United States heavily: More than 4,400 members of the military have been killed, and more than 32,000 have been wounded. The final exit date was sealed after months of intensive talks between Washington and Baghdad failed to reach agreement on conditions for leaving several thousand US troops in Iraq as a training force. The US also had been interested in keeping a small force to help the Iraqis deal...

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Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill: St. Catharines residents who want their say on the future of four city secondary schools are being encouraged to attend one of a series of public meetings the District School Board of Niagara is holding as part of an accommodation review for St. Catharines and Thorold. Kernahan Park, Sir Winston Churchill, St. Catharines Collegiate, West Park and Thorold Secondary are all under the microscope during this initial review, and public meetings and tours at the schools are planned over the coming weeks. The first visit is Thursday, Oct. 20, with the meeting at Kernahan Park at 6 p.m. and Thorold Secondary School. Tours and meetings...

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Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte: Harry Belafonte, the singer and activist who once marched with Martin Luther King Jr., called black GOP candidate Herman Cain a “bad apple” who  did not represent the African-American community. In a clip to air Friday on HLN, Belafonte told Joy Behar that Cain, a wealthy businessman who grew up in poverty, was not an “authority on the plight of people of color.” “[Cain] doesn’t believe that racism holds anyone back, in any way now,” Behar told Belafonte. “What do you think about that statement?” “It’s very hard to comment on somebody who is so denied intelligence – and certainly who is denied a view of history, such...

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Carson Palmer

Carson Palmer: The Oakland Raiders acquired quarterback Carson Palmer from the Cincinnati Bengals two days after starter Jason Campbell broke his collarbone. In exchange for Palmer, the Bengals get two draft picks from Oakland -- a first-round choice in 2012 and a second-round selection in 2013. Palmer, a two-time Pro Bowl selection, hasn’t played since requesting a trade from the Bengals after a 4-12 record last season. Palmer told Cincinnati television station WCPO in March that he’d rather retire than rejoin the Bengals, who replaced him with rookie Andy Dalton and have a 4-2 record this year. “Several factors made us believe that trading...

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St Louis Cardinals

St Louis Cardinals: Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton in a matchup of MVP sluggers. Nelson Cruz and David Freese becoming bigger names with each home run swing. Pitching staffs full of shaky starters and shutdown relievers. Plus a Rally Squirrel and the Claw.The Texas Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals, with a lot of symmetry, are all set to get acquainted in the World Series. Leave it to ol' Arthur Rhodes to make the introductions. The 41-year-old lefty specialist began the year with Texas, wound up in St. Louis and is likely to get a ring either way. Besides, it takes someone who's been around a bit to remember the last time these teams played. It...

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