Happy Halloween! We know you are counting down the hours until you can slip into your sexy giraffe costume, sexy Newt Gingrich costume, or whatever you may have in store.
Tony La Russa Retires: A Manager’s Unconventional, Defiant Success
After 33 seasons as a big-league manager, and three World Series wins, the man who loves making pitching changes has given himself the hook.
‘Tebowing’: Football Meme Goes from the Field to the Internet, and Back
It started off as a humble display of respect and prayer. But has it turned into a mockery?
St. Paul’s Protester Problem: Third Cleric Resigns Over Occupy London
The London arm of the worldwide Occupy Wall Street movement has proved its ability to shake up an institution, as a third senior cleric from St. Paul’s Cathedral has resigned in less than three weeks.
Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries to Divorce, After Just 72 Days of Wedded Bliss
Someone will have to inform President Obama.
Real-Life ‘Field of Dreams’ to Become Youth Baseball Hub
Quite simply, this is life imitating art.
Reading While Eating for October 31: Spooky, Scary
Monday’s ghoulish links are dedicated to All Hallows’ Eve.
‘Dentally Defective Rat’: Canadian Lawmaker Rails Against Beaver as National Symbol
A Canadian senator has called for the beaver to lose its status as the country’s national emblem – branding the semi-aquatic dam builders “a dentally defective rat,” reports Reuters.
Happy Halloween! Google Celebrates With a Pumpkin-Carving Doodle
If you weren’t expecting today’s Google doodle, than you’re probably not very familiar with the Internet.
Diverted by Snowstorm, JetBlue Passengers Stuck on Tarmac for Eight Hours
We don’t expect too much from airplanes, as long as they can get us to our destination (roughly) on time, travel safely and maybe show a decent movie. What we do expect is not to be stuck on a tarmac for eight hours.
Mysterious Giant Lego Man Held in Police Custody
It doesn’t matter that it’s an eight-foot-tall Lego man that washed up a beach one day. All lost-and-found property is treated equally in Sarasota, Fla.
Real-Life ‘Ghost Whisperer’ Sees Dead People — and Recipes
Heaven can wait…for a chocolate-chip cookie recipe, at least.