If Seahawks coach Pete Carroll’s ideal scenario had played out yesterday against the Cincinnati Bengals, quarterback Tarvaris Jackson would have been wearing a baseball cap and jacket on the sidelines. The problem was that Carroll’s plan was contingent on Charlie Whitehurst being effective enough to allow the Seahawks offense to score some points. When that didn’t happen on the team’s first two series, in came Jackson, who has spent the last three weeks recovering from a high-grade strain of his pectoral suffered in a Week 5 win over the New York Giants. Jackson completed 21 of 40 passes for a career-high 323 yards and was far more productive than Whitehurst had been a week earlie. But the Seahawks still didn’t move the ball nearly well enough to win, falling 34-12 to the Bengals at CenturyLink Field. Coming up Sunday, the Hawks are at Dallas.

Chris Polk scored five touchdowns and became the first player in Washington history with 100 yards rushing and receiving in a game as the Huskies rallied for a 42-31 over Arizona on Saturday night. Washington is now 6-and-2, and 4-and-1 Pac-12 play and bowl eligible for the second straight season. Coming up Saturday, the Huskies host Oregon.

Oregon dispatched Washington State Saturday, although for a half, it looked as though all those predictions of blowout might have been overblown. The Cougars trailed by just 15-10 at the break. In the end, though, the Ducks adjusted and won 43-28. Saturday, the Cougars are at California.

Real Salt Lake chalked up a 3-0 victory over the Seattle Sounders in the first leg of their Western Conference semifinals series Saturday night. Wednesday night, the same two squads meet at CenturyLink Field and the Sounders need at least 4 goals to advance.

The St. Louis Cardinals won a remarkable World Series they weren't even supposed to reach. The Cards beat the Texas Rangers 6-2 in Game 7 on Friday night. Then their skipper announced this morning that he's hanging up the cleats. Tony La Russa is calling it a career after 16 seasons as manager of the Cardinals. The 67-year-old La Russa, only days removed from winning his third World Series title, made the announcement during a news conference this morning. La Russa had hinted at a possible return during the NL championship series against the Brewers, expressing excitement about the Cardinals' talent in place. But apparently claiming his second World Series ring with the Cardinals -- his 1989 Oakland A's team also won it -- was enough of a capstone to a managerial career that ranks among the best. La Russa's 2,728 regular-season victories over 33 seasons as a manager rank third on the career list behind Connie Mack (3,731) and John McGraw (2,763). La Russa also was third on the career list with 64 postseason victories, trailing Joe Torre (84) and Bobby Cox (67).

Also on Friday, NBA Commissioner David Stern canceled all NBA games through November 30th after NBA labor negotiations broke down for the second time in a week.

The Shrek spinoff Puss in Boots landed on all fours, opening with an estimated $34 million to lead the weekend box office. Last week’s No. 1, Paranormal Activity 3 slipped to No. 2. Justin Timberlake’s In Time came in third. The remake of Footloose was No. 4. The biggest disappointment of the weekend was The Rum Diary, the Hunter S. Thompson adaption starring Johnny Depp. It earned just $5 million, a low figure for a film headlined by Depp that cost an estimated $50 million to make. The Rum Diary rounded out the Top Five. Opening Friday are Tower Heist and A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas.

Today is Halloween, an out-growth of combining an ancient Druid harvest festival and Christian harvest customs. Tonight is Trick or Treat or Beggar's Night. Today is Scare a Friend Day, a time for innocent fun by watching a scary movie or visiting a haunted house. Today is National Knock-Knock Day, a day for kids of all ages to try out their knock-knock jokes. Today is Sneak Some of the Candy Yourself Before the Kids Start Knocking Day. Today is National Magic Day, observed on the date of Harry Houdini's death in 1926.

Calendar notes: On this date in 834, established by Pope Gregory the 4th to honor the saints, the first All Hallows Eve was observed by all Christian churches. In 1864, Nevada became the 36th US state. The Spanish word means "snowy." In 1970, singer Michelle Phillips and actor Dennis Hopper were married. They divorced 8 days later. In 1990, Billy Idol dumped 600 dead fish on his opening act, Faith No More, during a Seattle concert and put four pigs and a goat in their dressing room. The group retaliated by parading naked on stage during Idol's encore.

Tyler Card has to be in the running for Best Halloween Costume Ever. This video shows the process of making his Halloween costume and some pics of it in action. Everything works from the LCD screen, built-in flash, and shutter release button. It is also capable of wirelessly controlling his Alienbees strobes, and winning any costume contest with the push of a button.

Just in case you have forgotten the rules for a safe and Happy Halloween, let us review:

1. When it appears that you have killed the monster, NEVER check to see if it's really dead.
2. Never read a book of demon summoning aloud, even as a joke.
3. Do not search the basement, especially if the power has gone out.
4. If anyone you know speaks to you in Latin or any other language which they should not know, shoot them immediately. It will save you a lot of grief in the long run. However, it will probably take several rounds to kill them, so be prepared. This also applies to people who speak with somebody else's voice.
5. When you have the benefit of numbers, NEVER pair off or go it alone.
6. As a general rule, don't solve puzzles that open portals to Hell.
7. Never stand in, on, or above a grave, tomb, or crypt. This would apply to any other house of the dead as well.
8. If you're searching for something which caused a loud noise and find out that it's just the cat, GET THE HELL OUT!
9. If appliances start operating by themselves, do not check for short circuits; just get out!
10. Do not take ANYTHING from the dead.
11. If you find a town which looks deserted, there's probably a good reason for it. Don't stop and look around!
12. If you're running from the monster, expect to trip or fall down at least twice. Also note that, despite the fact that you are running and the monster is merely shambling along, it's still moving fast enough to catch up with you.
13. If your companions suddenly begin to exhibit uncharacteristic behavior such as hissing, fascination for blood, glowing eyes, increasing hairiness, and so on, kill them immediately.
14. Stay away from certain geographical locations, some of which are listed here: Amityville, Elm Street, Transylvania, Nilbog (you're in trouble if you recognize this one), the Bermuda Triangle, or any small town in Maine.
15. If your car runs out of gas at night on a lonely road, do not go to the nearby deserted looking house to phone for help. If you think that it is strange because you thought you had half of a tank, shoot yourself instead. You are going to die anyway, and most likely be eaten.
16. If you find that your house is built on a cemetery, now is the time to move in with the in-laws. This applies to houses that had previous inhabitants who went mad or died in some horrible fashion, or had inhabitants who performed satanic practices in your house.
17. Don't fool with recombinant DNA technology unless you're sure you know what you're doing. And even if you're sure you know what you're doing, just don't fool with it!

Adele has canceled the remainder of her tour dates and appearances for 2011 due to impending throat surgery. A statement on her website said, “Adele is to undergo surgery to alleviate the current issues with her throat and a full recovery is expected. As a result, doctors have ordered her to rest her voice and completely recuperate before looking to schedule any work commitments." Meantime, Adele's Someone Like You notches a fifth week on top of the Billboard Hot 100 song chart this week.

The planet's population reaches 7 billion today, according to the United Nations Population Fund. However, the U.S. Census Bureau, which also tracks the global population, says the 7 billionth person will be born next year.

Time Magazine did some deep investigating and found that the McDonald's McRib Sandwich has 70 ingredients, many of which most of us can't pronounce.

Halloween teaches children a very important lesson: It's okay to take candy from strangers as long as you give your parents half.

The worst part of Halloween is the pumpkin casserole.

And a few more important things to remember on Halloween:

• Never eat any bite-size treat that has six legs
• Never snicker at a witch idling her broom at a stop light.
• Never chew out a ghost for tearing the label off his sheet.
• Be sure to have your goblin neutered.
• Give any kid trick-or-treating with a chain saw an extra Snickers.
• No matter how tempting it is, never offer to smell a child's feet.
• Vampires suck.

Billboard has put together the most popular Halloween songs just in time for you to get your spooky playlist together. Number ten is The Eagles woth Witchy Woman, followed by Van Halen's Runnin' With the Devil at nine. Number eight is Somebody's Watching Me from Rockwell and Don't Fear the Reaper from Blue Oyster Cult comes in at seven. The number six Halloween song is A Nightmare on My Street from D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince. AC/DC's Highway to Hell is at number five, with the classic Werewolves of London from Warren Zevon at four and Ray Parker Jr.'s Ghostbusters at number three. So what are the top two? Monster Mash comes in second and Michael Jackson's Thriller tops the list. Take it away number two:

Trivia Answer: Margaret Jane Pauley who turns 61 today. From 1976 to 1989 Pauley was the co-host, with Tom Brokaw and later Bryant Gumbel, of NBC's The Today Show. In 1989, following months of conjecture about her publicly reported dislike of the grueling morning assignment and ambition to work in prime-time, she announced her resignation from Today. After leaving The Today Show, she hosted Real Life with Jane Pauley and served as deputy anchor for NBC Nightly News. From 1992 to 2003, Pauley co-hosted NBC's Dateline NBC. Pauley and Garry Trudeau have three children: twins Ross and Rachel, born in 1983, and Thomas, born in 1986. 

Hometown boy David Freese of the St. Louis Cardinals homered to lead off the bottom of the 11th inning, and the Cards forced the World Series to a Game 7 by rallying from two-run deficits against the Texas Rangers in the 9th and 10th last night. St. Louis won 10-9. So now, it's down to Game 7 -- a one-game winner-take-all affair -- tonight at 5:05.

Coming up tomorrow night at 7:30, the Huskies are home with Arizona. Earlier in the day, at noon, the Cougars are on the road at Oregon.

Seattle Sounder MLS playoff action starts tomorrow night at 7:00 with the Sounders in Utah to face Real Salt Lake.

Sunday afternoon, the Seahawks host Cincinnati.

Today is Flying Baby Day. On this date in 1929, Mrs. T.W. Evans gave birth to a baby in an airplane over Miami, the first baby born in an airplane. Today is Part Your Hair Crooked Just To See If Anyone Will Say Anything About It Day. Today is Bring Your Jack-O-Lantern to Work Day.

Calendar notes: On this date in 1886, the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland. In 1955, when singers Marty Robbins and Elvis Presley performed in Lubbock, Texas, a local guitarist, 19-year-old Buddy Holly, opened the concert. 13-year-old Mac Davis was in the audience. In 1961, a customer asked London record store owner Brian Epstein for My Bonnie by The Silver Beatles. Epstein didn't have it, but he went to the Cavern Club to check out the group and signed them a few days later. In 1965, the Gateway Arch -- getting a lot of airtime with the World Series -- was completed in St. Louis. It's 630 feet high.

After falling in his hotel bathroom in Paraguay Tuesday night and needing to postpone Aerosmith's show that evening, singer Steven Tyler appeared on the Today show yesterday to discuss the incident which left him with a black eye and two less teeth. Tyler wound up performing on Wednesday, told Matt Lauer that he fell after becoming dizzy due to gastrointestinal problems. Matt asked Steven if he was "clean and sober" and Tyler responded, "That's not the issue," adding that being in "the program," he expects speculation that he fell off the wagon but explained, "Anyone who knows anyone who uses substances wouldn't be up at this hour having a talk with Matt Lauer and the rest of America."

In April of 2010, Bret Michaels spent some time at Phoenix's St. Joseph's Barrow Neurological Institute after he suffered a brain hemorrhage and then he returned to the hospital in January for surgery to close a hole in his heart. The doctors there made Bret better and he's repaying the favor by donating TVs and sound systems for a waiting room. The Associate Press reports that in return, the hospital is naming the waiting room after Bret.

Billboard reports that Coldplay's new album, Mylo Xyloto, is on track to top the album charts next week. The record is set to sell at least 440 to 450-thousand copies in its first week of release. If the band does top the Billboard 200, it will be their third number one album in the US, following 2005's X&Y and 2008's Viva La Vida. And if Mylo Xyloto does in fact sell over 450-thousand copies, it will be the largest sales week for a rock album since U2's 2009 record, No Line on the Horizon.

According to the Los Angeles Times, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has sold his newly built mansion in Malibu. The house was sold for 3.15-million dollars. Flea's previous home in the Malibu area burned down in 2007 after severe fires affected the area.

As media outlets speculate and analyze her recent words and actions, former first daughter Chelsea Clinton has quashed at least one rumor: She is not running for Congress. A spokesman for Clinton says the story is "100% false."

NBC's got nothing, so the network's hoping Grimm can score with viewers. The new drama debuts tonight (Friday) and is inspired by the classic Grimm's Fairy Tales. The concept: A Portland homicide Detective discovers he is descended from an elite line of criminal profilers charged with keeping balance between humanity and the mythological creatures of the world.

Eddie Murphy said this week that there will not be a Beverly Hills Cop IV, telling Rolling Stone that "none of the movie scripts were right." The actor explained, "It was trying to force the premise. If you have to force something, you shouldn't be doing it. It was always a rehash of the old thing. It was always wrong." Nonetheless, director Brett Ratner, who was at the helm for Eddie's latest film, Tower Heist, wants to make the fourth installment of the franchise with Eddie and thinks he still will.

After months of testing, Redbox is increasing rental prices beginning Monday, with the price of renting standard DVDs going up 20%. The new price is $1.20 a day. Redbox said prices for Blu-ray movies and video games will remain at $1.50 and $2 per day, respectively.

In theaters this weekend, Justin Timberlake in In Time, Johnny Depp in The Rum Diary, and Puss In Boots.

Halloween is a good holiday for restaurateurs looking to scare up business, according to the National Restaurant Association. Research found that 20% of Americans said they expect to order takeout or delivery from a restaurant while they wait for trick-or-treaters to visit. That figure rises to 33% for younger adults ages 18 to 34, and 28% for families with children.

Trivia Answer: William Bruce Jenner who turns 62 today. Beginning in late 2007, Jenner starred in the E! reality series Keeping Up with the Kardashians, along with wife Kris Jenner, stepdaughters Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, and stepson Rob (from Kris' marriage to attorney Robert Kardashian), and daughters Kylie and Kendall. Season two had an average of 1.6 million viewers, an increase over the previous cycle, and the show was renewed for a third season. At the start of its fourth season in late 2009, Keeping Up with the Kardashians set ratings records. Its second episode earned a total of 4.2 million viewers and briefly held the record as the cable network's most-watched telecast to date, superseding the 2002 premiere of The Anna Nicole Show. Kardashians wrapped its fifth season on October 24th of last year with an audience of 4.1 million viewers. Three spin-off series have been produced focusing on specific members of the Kardashian clan, and for which Jenner makes periodic cameos:

The Texas Rangers were set to try to wrap it all up last night in the World Series. Game 6, however, was postponed because of a wet forecast. Major League Baseball announced the decision about 4½ hours before the Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals were set to play. At the time, no rain had fallen at Busch Stadium, but drizzle started about game time and heavy precipitation followed later. The forecast for tonight is dry. They're going to try again tonight with a Game 7 -- if needed -- penciled in for tomorrow night.

The Seattle Mariners are bringing back their entire coaching staff next season following a last-place finish in the AL West. Manager Eric Wedge made the announcement yesterday. The young Mariners went 67-95 during Wedge's first season in Seattle.

Coming up Saturday, the Huskies are home with Arizona, while the Cougars are on the road at Oregon.

Seattle Sounder MLS playoff action starts Saturday with the Sounders in Utah to face Real Salt Lake.

Seattle Seahawk defensive end Red Bryant lost his cool. Now he's about to lose "a pretty penny." Bryant said yesterday that he was fined for headbutting Cleveland tight end Alex Smith in the final minute of last Sunday's 6-3 loss to the Browns. Bryant was flagged for a personal foul and ejected from the game. Bryant wouldn't disclose how much he was fined, other than to say it was a "costly mistake." He said he planned to appeal. Meanwhile, Tarvaris Jackson did some work with the first-team offense during yesterday's walk-through, but coach Pete Carroll says the team is still in wait-and-see mode as far as determining Jackson's status for Sunday's game. Sunday, the Seahawks host Cincinnati.

Three months after Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London home, a coroner has ruled on what caused her death. Word is she succumbed to alcohol poisoning. Pathology reports state that she had consumed a "very large quantity of alcohol" and at the time of her death, was more than five-times over the legal drunk-driving limit in England. The official cause of death is "death by misadventure" which is an English term for an accidental death not caused by crime or negligence.

Have you ever dreamed of having a 15 minute chat with singer Steve Perry? The former Journey frontman is calling the winning bidder in an auction and is speaking to them for a quarter of an hour. The bidding ends tomorrow and is already up to ten-thousand dollars, with all the proceeds going towards the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity. Make your bid now on eBay. Along with the phone call, the winning bidder also receives signed vinyl copies of Journey's Greatest Hits I & II and Steve's 1984 solo album, Street Talk.

Speaking of Journey, the group has been touring for most of the year -- in fact, the band has been on the road for the better part of the last few decades, and now, they're being honored for it. At next month's Billboard Touring Awards, the group is receiving the Legend of Live Award, which recognizes groups or individuals who have made significant and lasting contributions to live music and the touring business. The honor also acknowledges their commitment to the art of performing live and reaching fans through the concert experience. The awards take place in New York City on November 10th.

Adele is back on the top of the Billboard album chart with her latest album, 21. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the album sold over 106-thousand copies last week and has shipped over 4.1-million copies since its release 35 weeks ago. The album has been on the top of the chart for 13 non-consecutive weeks and has not slipped below the number four spot since its release back in March.

Calendar notes: On this date in 1954, Walt Disney's first television program, titled 'Disneyland' after his then soon-to-be completed theme park, premiered on ABC. In 1975, the covers of both Time and Newsweek carried a picture of Bruce Springsteen. In 1995, a contract was signed that would move the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore, but it wasn't announced until November 6th.

Today is Cranky Co-Workers Day, a day to encourage crankiness at work. Today is Radio Day, marking the issuance of the first radio broadcast license by the US Commerce Department on this date in 1920 to Westinghouse for station KDKA in Pittsburgh. KDKA starting broadcasting a week later. Today is Navy Day, observed since 1922 on the birthdate of Theodore Roosevelt.

U2 took home the coveted Greatest Act of the Last 25 Years at Q Magazine's award ceremony in London on Monday night. Adele walked away with Best Female and Best Track for Rolling in the Deep, while Coldplay won Best Act in the World Today. Coldplay singer Chris Martin didn't agree with their achievement, saying, "U2 is the best band in the world at the moment. We are about seventh."

Bruce Willis is getting ready for his fourth child. The 56-year-old actor and his 35-year-old wife, Emma Heming, are expecting. The pair was married in March of 2009 and will become parents early next year. Willis already has three children with his ex-wife, Demi Moore.

Studded tires are legal on Washington highways starting Tuesday.

Heinz is coming out with a fancypants ketchup. It's more "upscale" because it uses balsamic vinegar instead of white wine vinegar. It'll cost about a buck more than a regular bottle of Heinz.

Casey Anthony, the Florida mom acquitted in July of killing her child, has been voted the No. 2 creepiest celebrity, closely following shock rocker Marilyn Manson, according to a poll released today. Anthony was voted 57 percent 'creepy' to Manson's 69 percent in a survey conducted by E-Poll Market Research. America's fascination with crime is evident on the list, as Anthony is closely followed by former football player O.J. Simpson. Rounding out the top five creepiest celebrities are returning entries from last year, The Hills reality star Spencer Pratt and Octomom Nadya Suleman

Trivia Answer: The Boston Red Sox. It was the 100th World Series and featured the American League champions Boston Red Sox against the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals. The Red Sox defeated the Cardinals four games to none in the best-of-seven series, The Sox win ended the "Curse of the Bambino", which supposedly had afflicted the team ever since the Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees in 1919. After the 2004 series, Boston pitcher Derek Lowe and other players said that the team would no longer hear "1918!" chanted at Yankee Stadium ever again. The 1918 World Series featured the Boston Red Sox, who defeated the Chicago Cubs four games to two. The New York Yankees traded for Babe Ruth from the Boston Red Sox after the 1919 season, appeared in their first World Series two years later in 1921.

The Texas Rangers were set to try to wrap it all up tonight in the World Series. They're gonna have to wait a bit. Game 6 has been postponed because of a wet forecast. Major League Baseball announced the decision about 4½ hours before the Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals were set to play. At the time, no rain had fallen at Busch Stadium, but heavy precipitation was expected. They're going to try again tomorrow night with a Game 7 -- if needed -- penciled in for Friday.

Coming up Saturday, the Huskies are home with Arizona, while the Cougars are on the road at Oregon.

Seattle Sounder MLS playoff action starts Saturday with the Sounders in Utah to face Real Salt Lake.

Sunday, the Seahawks host Cincinnati.

Longtime CBS News commentator Andy Rooney has been hospitalized after suffering "serious complications" following minor surgery last week, the network said yesterday. CBS said the 92-year-old writer's condition was stable and, at the request of his family, offered no other information about his medical problems or where he was hospitalized.

Everyone's favorite Golden Girl is now an honorary Washington State University alumna. Eighty-nine-year-old Betty White was given an honorary degree and a white doctors coat at the Washington State Veterinary Medical Association's centennial gala in Yakima earlier this month. White has long been a donor to WSU because of a friendship with Southern California veterinarian and WSU alumnus Bob Olds. She's also a friend of the Woodland Park Zoo. The Associated Press reports that White donned the white coat, then "offered to spay or neuter anyone in the audience."

Then there's the guy from Bothell who's spent the past couple of years trying to convince Billy Idol to play his birthday party. Apparently, he's finally making some headway. Michael Henrichsen really likes Billy Idol, and he'll do just about anything to get the rocker's attention. Henrichsen is the founder and heart behind playmybirthdaybillyidol.com, a website dedicated solely to convincing the 55-year-old musician to play a concert in Seattle for Henrichsen's birthday -- which was a couple of days ago on the 24th. Since beginning his campaign, Henrichsen has recruited celebrities such as comedian Kevin Nealon, Olympian Apolo Ohno, Seattle Seahawk Marcus Trufant, and '80s heartthrob Rick Springfield to help bring Billy Idol to Seattle. He's been able to enlist the help of other celebrities, as well but hasn't had much luck getting to Billy Idol. That changed this week when Billy Idol sent Henrichsen a video message wishing him a happy birthday and leaving open the possibility that someday he might actually come to Seattle to play his birthday party. In the meantime, Henrichsen is planning his third "Billy Idol Aid" dance party at Showbox at the Market on Friday, November 18th.

Is there a smell that we can all agree is just horrible? Yes. A British survey found the smell of a wet dog is something we can do without. Wet dog beat out "cheesy socks" as the top stink.

It's been two years since Michael Jackson passed away at the age of 50 but hia earning power shows no sign of waning. For the second year in a row, Jackson tops Forbes annual list of the Top-Earning Dead Celebrities. Over the past 12 months Jackson's estate brought in $170 million from sales of his music and his stake in the Sony/ATV catalog. That's a big drop from the $275 million Jackson earned in the previous 12 months but it's still enough to make him the second highest-earning pop act over the past year, dead or alive, after U2.

Steven Tyler had a "small accident" yesterday that forced Aerosmith to postpone a planned show in Paraguay by one day. Tyler got stitches and had emergency dental work done during a nearly four-hour stay at the La Costa medical center in Paraguay's capital, according to a hospital statement. He was in good condition when discharged. The 63-year-old frontman reportedly suffered cuts to his face and lost two of his teeth after falling in his hotel bathroom. Aerosmith planned to perform in the South American nation of Paraguay last night during a tour through Latin America. That show is now planned for tonight.

Aaron Sorkin, the writer behind the Academy Award-nominated film The Social Network, is being asked to pen a biopic on the life of Steve Jobs. According to the LA Times, Sorkin is Sony's top choice to adapt the recently released biography of the co-founder of Apple. The studio purchased the film rights to the book and is making the project a high priority.

Americans who own tablet devices such as the iPad or Galaxy Tab use them frequently. According to research (conducted by the Pew Research Center and The Economist Group) the 77% of tablet owners who use their devices daily are on them an average of 90 minutes a day.

Today is National Mincemeat Day. Today is Mule Day, marking importation of the first Spanish jacks to the U.S., a gift from King Charles III of Spain, in 1785. Today is Workaholic Stop and Smell Something Day, a day for workaholics to consider what they might be missing.

Calendar notes: It was on this date in 1951 that Rocky Marciano knocked out former heavyweight champ Joe Louis in 2 minutes 36 seconds of the 8th round of their bout in New York's Madison Square Garden. In 1970, Doonesbury, the comic strip by Gary Trudeau, debuted in 28 newspapers across the US. In 1984, in Loma Linda, California, a baboon's heart was transplanted into "Baby Fae," a newborn with a severe heart defect. Baby Fae lived 21 days with her experimental animal heart. In 1990, Wayne Gretzky became the first National Hockey League player to reach 2,000 points. In 1996, prosecutors cleared Atlanta guard Richard Jewell as a suspect in the Olympic Park bombing.

Maroon 5 is performing at this year's American Music Awards. The band is teaming up with Christina Aguilera on the show to Moves Like Jagger. Other performances at the awards show include Kelly Clarkson, Justin Bieber and Katy Perry. The American Music Awards air live from Los Angeles on Sunday, November 20th.

Facebook has led to the discussion of many concerns when it comes to privacy, however, there's one thing the social networking site isn't accountable for in terms of keeping you safe: your own stupidity. The Washington Post reports that a gang member who police were searching for gave them all the ammo they needed to track him down. The gentleman in question, who was in trouble for selling ecstasy, posted a picture of himself on the site wearing what police described as a very distinctive purple and teal shirt. Keep in mind he loaded this pic up knowing that the police were after him. Officers distributed this updated photo, leading them to find, and arrest, the man that same day.

Stockbroker Martin Kessman said he loves White Castle hamburgers, and has eaten them for 50-plus years. Unfortunately, according to The (Westchester, N.Y.) Journal News, he now weighs 290-pounds and can't fit into the booths at his local restaurant. So, he filed a federal lawsuit in September 2011 against the fast-food chain, claiming the small seating violated his rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act. As a friend of mine would say, "America, ya gotta love it."

Trivia Answer: Natalie Anne Merchant who turns 48 today. Merchant is married to Daniel de la Calle and has a daughter named Lucia. She likes gardening and painting. Some of her paintings can be seen at her official website. She's been a vegetarian since 1980, save for the duration of her pregnancy when she temporarily resumed eating meat.

Even if you're not a baseball fan, you gotta love what's happening in the World Series. It's reality TV at its realest. Close games, wacky personalities, a different hero every game. Even the one game that was a blowout was historic with Albert Pujols etching his name alongside those of Babe Ruth and Reggie Jackson. Last night's hero was Texas catcher Mike Napoli. A long drive from Napoli, a lucky bounce near the mound and suddenly the Rangers are on the brink of their first World Series championship. Napoli delivered the biggest hit of his charmed season, lining a tie-breaking two-run double in the eighth inning that sent the Rangers past the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 to take a 3-games-to-2 edge. The slugging catcher then capped off his night of double-duty, throwing out a would-be base stealer in the ninth as Albert Pujols struck out. Texas tries to wrap it all up in Game 6 tomorrow night in St. Louis.

Coming up Saturday, the Huskies are home with Arizona, while the Cougars are on the road at Oregon.

Seattle Sounder MLS playoff action starts Saturday with the Sounders in Utah to face Real Salt Lake.

Sunday, the Seahawks try to put up more than three points when they host Cincinnati.

The NBA still can't seem to get its house in order. A source tells the New York Daily News that the league plans to cancel two more weeks of its regular season. This would be the third time commissioner David Stern has postponed games as the league's lockout of the players continues. The NBA had previously canceled the preseason and the first two weeks of its regular season which was set to begin on November 1st. According to the Daily News' source, this latest cancellation would total at least 102 games and run through November 28th.

Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell got married in London earlier in the month, but on Friday, the pair held a second wedding reception for their friends in New York City. Among the 100 guests in attendance were Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, Keith Richards, Jon Bon Jovi, Billy Joel, and Elvis Costello.

Robin Williams is once again a married man. The 60-year-old actor and comedian exchanged vows with graphic designer Susan Schneider on Sunday in Napa Valley. This is Williams' third marriage. He has three children from his first two marriages.

Boston College must be thrilled to have Bruce Springsteen's son, Evan, among their students because this weekend, The Boss held a private benefit for the school. It took place at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey, where Bruce performed a 25-song set. Tim Robbins, NBC News anchor Brian Williams and Jersey Governor Chris Christie were all in attendance.

Today sees the release of Kelly Clarkson's latest album, Stronger. It's the fifth album from the singer, who rose to fame after winning American Idol back in 2002.

Today is National Greasy Foods Day. Today is Sourest Day, a day for sour people. International Magic Week begins today

Calendar notes: On this date in 1960, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards accidentally met on a train. They had known each other in school. In 1991, 33-year-old Jack Feeser set the unofficial world car kissing record in Hanover, Pennsylvania. Feeser kissed a $15,000 Geo Storm for 145 hours 14 minutes, and won the car from an auto dealer. Another 100 car lovers already had kissed off. In 2002, the Utah State Court of Appeals dismissed Robert Paul Rice's claims that the Utah State Prison was violating his right to practice his religion by failing to provide him with a "vampire" diet. The so-called vampire diet apparently would have involved a conjugal visit from a "vampress."

Nearly four months after a jury acquitted Casey Anthony of murdering her daughter, the 12 members are being publicly identified today.

The writers behind Captain America: The First Avenger have confirmed the film's sequel is being set in the present day. The sequel is being released after next year's superhero team-up film The Avengers, which sees Captain America adjusting to life in modern times. Speaking of Captain America: The First Avenger, it's out on DVD today.

Warner Bros. is putting the Harry Potter franchise back in the vault. The studio plans to stop shipping DVD and Blu-rays of all of the Harry Potter films to retailers starting December 29th, as a move to encourage consumers to snatch up the discs before they're no longer available.

Planning a trip to Sweden any time soon? You may want to take a train. According to TheLocal.com, in a study of 625 Swedish pilots, half of them admitted to falling asleep in the cockpit. In addition, 70-percent admitted to having made mistakes caused by tiredness. 

When it comes to driving, the gender debate has long raged on over which sex is better behind-the-wheel. However, a new study says that despite who's driving, women are more likely to sustain injuries in a car accident. According to the Herald Sun, researchers have discovered that female drivers wearing seatbelts are 47-percent more likely to be hurt than men in a comparable situation. The reason for this has nothing to do with being the fairer sex, rather the fact that safety features are designed with men in mind.

Trivia Answer: Eugene Wesley Roddenberry -- Gene Roddenberry. He's best known as the creator of what would become the science fiction universe of Star Trek. Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of Roddenberry's death. He was one of the first people to be "buried" in space. In 1992 his ashes flew in space aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. In 1997, a lipstick-sized capsule of his ashes was sent into space to orbit Earth for approximately six years, after which it burned up in Earth's atmosphere. On June 16th of 2007, the Science Fiction Museum in Seattle, inducted Gene Roddenberry into their Science Fiction Hall of Fame. The presentation was accepted on behalf of the Roddenberry Family by his son, Eugene W. Roddenberry Jr.

It turns out we actually have a series … and what a series. Texas Ranger Mike Napoli blasted a three-run homer on St. Louis reliever Mitchell Boggs' first pitch to give the Rangers a 4-0 win over the Cardinals last night. It's now the first World Series since 2003 that's tied at two games apiece. That ensures a return to Busch Stadium for Game 6 on Wednesday night. A night after tying World Series records with three home runs, five hits and six RBIs in the Cardinals' 16-7 victory, last night Albert Pujols was 0 for 4 -- batting with no one on base his first three times up, then flying out with two on in the ninth. Tied at two games each, Game 5 is tonight at 4:30 at the Ballpark at Arlington.

By the way, for the second time in three years, the baseball and football teams from the same cities met on the day of a World Series game. Yesterday, the Rangers beat the Cards, and the Dallas Cowboys beat the St. Louis Rams 34-7 across the street. Back in 2009, the Yankees won 7-4 at the Phillies as the Eagles routed the Giants 40-17 across the street in Philadelphia.

On the topic of football, our Northwest teams lost by a collective score of 115 to 45 over the weekend. It was just ugly. Yesterday, the Cleveland Browns kicked their way to a win. Phil Dawson converted two field goals over 50 yards and had two others blocked, but gave Cleveland a dull 6-3 win over the sloppy Seattle Seahawks, who came in missing starting quarterback Tarvaris Jackson and lost running back Marshawn Lynch to a back injury during pregame warmups. That was just the kind of day it was. Meanwhile, on Saturday, seventh-ranked Stanford had a school-record 446 yards rushing and blew past No. 22 Washington, 65-21. The Cardinal extended the nation's longest winning streak to 15 games. The Huskies are now 5-and-2 overall and 4-and -1 in Pac-12 play. The Cougars didn't fare any better as Oregon State routed Washington State 44-21 Saturday night at Century Link. The Cougars dropped their third straight after a promising 3-1 start to the season and now face the teeth of their schedule with upcoming games at Oregon, California, home for Arizona State and the Apple Cup in the final five weeks of the season.

Monday Night Football tonight features the Ravens and Jaguars.

Alvaro Fernandez and Sammy Ochoa scored and the Seattle Sounders also benefited from an own goal in a 3-1 victory over Chivas USA Saturday night. The playoff-bound Sounders close out the regular MLS season at 18-7-and-9. They meet Real Salt Lake Saturday night in playoff action in Utah.

Today is United Nations Day, by presidential proclamation. The UN was founded on this date in 1945. Today is Share a Pop-Tart with Someone You Love Day. Today is National Bologna Day.

Calendar notes: On this date in 1955, Tappan introduced the microwave oven in Mansfield, Ohio. Suggested retail price: $1,200. On this date in 1969, an autopsy of the 3,000-year-old mummy of King Tut of Egypt revealed a blow to the head. The boy pharaoh had been murdered. On this date in 1989, actress Zsa Zsa Gabor was sentenced to 72-hours in jail for slapping Beverly Hills police officer Paul Kramer after he stopped her for a routine driver's license check. On this date in 1992, the Toronto Blue Jays became the first non-US team to win the World Series.

Horror movie Paranormal Activity 3 jolted awake a sleepy movie box office with an estimated $80 million in global ticket sales over the weekend. The third installment of the low-budget haunted house movies topped domestic charts with $54 million from US and Canadian theaters, the highest-grossing domestic debut for a horror film and a record for an October release. Like the first two films in the series, Paranormal 3 was released just before Halloween and produced on a budget tiny by Hollywood standards. The latest movie, the most expensive of the trio, cost $5 million to make. Robot boxing movie Real Steel, the box-office champ the past two weekends, slipped to second place. A remake of 1980s dance classic Footloose finished third. New release The Three Musketeers, a 3D action version of the classic novel about a sword-fighting trio, finished in fourth place. Fifth place went to George Clooney's political thriller The Ides of March. Coming up Friday, openings include In Time; Puss In Boots; The Rum Diary.

Newsflash: Despite the prediction of that wackjob doomsday preacher, the world didn't end Friday.

Pregnant Bella Swans and swaggering Captain Jack Sparrows are set to haunt the streets in droves this Halloween. In a poll from online movie ticket seller Fandango.com on Friday, 45 percent of the women voters selected 'Pregnant Bella' from the upcoming The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 as their preferred costumes. Following close behind were Harry Potter characters Hermione Granger and Bellatrix LeStrange, played by Emma Watson and Helena Bonham Carter. Smurfette of The Smurfs, Lisbeth Salander from The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, and Pirates of the Caribbean's Angelica (played by Penelope Cruz) round out the top six costume ideas for women. Johnny Depp's film roles have a firm grip on men wearing costumes, as 48 percent selected rum-swigging Captain Jack Sparrow from the Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise as their choice. Characters Harry Potter, Captain America, the werewolf Jacob Black from Twilight, Puss in Boots, and Thor were also selected as manly costume ideas.

Kelly Clarkson's new album, Stronger, is out tomorrow. Tomorrow also sees the release of Coldplay's new album, Mylo Xyloto. It's the fifth record release for the British band and features 14 tracks, including a duet with Rihanna.

Staff members at the LA County Morgue are forbidden from taking pictures of their latest volunteer, Lindsay Lohan. Reports are that anyone caught snapping pics of the troubled actress will be fired immediately. As part of her community service, Lohan is reportedly washing the sheets that line the autopsy tables.

The authorized biography Steve Jobs is on sale today.

The contestants for the latest season of The Celebrity Apprentice have been announced and according to Reuters, among are Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider, Incredible Hulk star Lou Ferrigno, Wayne's World actress Tia Carrere, American Idol contestant Clay Aiken, magician Penn Jillette, Star Trek's George Takei and others. The show premieres early next year on NBC.

Trivia Answer: Rosa Louise McCauley Parks who died on this date of natural causes at the age of 92 in 2005. Although widely honored in later years for her action, she suffered for it, losing her job as a seamstress in a local department store. Eventually, she moved to Detroit, Michigan, where she found similar work. From 1965 to 1988 she served as secretary and receptionist to African-American US Representative John Conyers. After retirement from that position, she wrote an autobiography and lived a largely private life in Detroit. In her final years she suffered from dementia. Parks eventually received many honors ranging from the 1979 Spingarn Medal to the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Congressional Gold Medal, and a posthumous statue in the United States Capitol's National Statuary Hall. Her death in 2005 was a major story in the United States' leading newspapers. She was granted the posthumous honor of lying in honor at the Capitol Rotunda.

They're coming home! President Barack Obama announced today that virtually all US troops are coming home from Iraq by the end of the year -- at which point he can declare an end to America's long and costly war in that Middle Eastern nation. Obama said, "After nearly nine years, America's war in Iraq will be over. The coming months will be a season of homecomings. Our troops in Iraq will definitely be home for the holidays."

Last night, St. Louis closer Jason Motte stood in front of his locker in the quiet Cardinals clubhouse and said the same thing over and over: "I didn't do my job." Three outs from taking a 2-games-to-none World Series lead over Texas, St. Louis instead finds itself tied with the Rangers at a game apiece. Motte allowed consecutive singles to open the ninth inning, and sacrifice flies by Josh Hamilton and Michael Young lifted the Rangers to a 2-1 victory in Game 2 of the World Series. Today is a travel day. Game 3 is tomorrow at the Ballpark at Arlington. Games 4 & 5 are Sunday and Monday in Texas.

The #22 Washington Huskies are at Stanford tomorrow. Also tomorrow, it's Washington State and Oregon State meeting at CenturyLink Field.

Tomorrow, the Sounders play their last match of the MLS regular season. They're in Carson California to mee Chivas USA.

Sunday, the Seahawks are in Cleveland to face the Browns.

Today is Humble Yourself By Having Your Picture Made Wearing A Bicycle Helmet Day. Today is National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day. Today is National Mammography Day. Today is Reptile Awareness Day.

Calendar notes: It was on this date in 1960 that Democrat John Kennedy and Republican Richard Nixon clashed in their fourth and final presidential debate. In 1985, William 'The Refrigerator' Perry, a 325-pound offensive lineman, ran for a touchdown as the Chicago Bears beat Green Bay 23-7. Perry soon became a national folk hero. In 2004, an Associated Press poll found President Bush and Senator John Kerry locked in a tie for the popular vote for the presidency.

At some point this past week, Fox News used Maroon 5's music for a segment on their show and Adam Levine is not happy about it. The singer took to Twitter to write: Dear Fox News, don't play our music on your evil f***ing channel ever again. Thank you. Well, both Fox News hosts Greg Gutfield and Andy Levy have responded to Levine's tweet. The hosts chose to take jabs at Maroon 5's tunes, calling them "crappy" and "not music."

Meanwhile, Maroon 5's Moves Like Jagger, featuring Christina Aguilera, stays at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart this week. Adele's Someone Like You spends a fourth week at number one.

Jon Bon Jovi has opened a new restaurant in Red Bank, New Jersey where the prices are "pay-what-you-can." It's called The JBJ Soul Kitchen and Jon hopes it encourages volunteer work in the area. According to Rolling Stone, customers can either earn free meals by doing volunteer work in the community or pay a suggested donation. The eatery specializes in healthy variations on classic soul food dishes and Jon called it "the hottest looking restaurant in this town."

More and more cat owners are skipping out on names like Fluffy, Thomas and Tiddles, and opting for names such as Pringle, Saffron, Sushi and Jellybean. A survey was started by Cats Protection charity in order to name some of the stray and homeless cats that came into their care. Among the lip-smacking names, the trendiest for cats today was Pilchard, which is another way of saying sardine.

Perhaps it was Bullwinkle's aquatic search for Rocky. A moose in New Hampshire recently found itself stuck in a homeowner's pool when it fell through the cover. Reports first surfaced emergency squads got the strange phone call. A batch of police, firefighters, and officials from the local fish and game agency responded to the scene, where the clumsy moose was unable to get out of the pool. Which begs the question, how many men does it take to get a moose out of a pool? The correct answer would be nine. Jack Pushee is with the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. He said, "I didn't get trained on how to do this that's for sure. There's a first time for everything." The moose was uninjured and went on his merry way.

There may be a new, cheaper alternative to drowning your sorrows, a home remedy of sorts. LiveScience.com reports that a 54-year-old woman was recently brought to the emergency room at the Georgetown University Hospital by her husband, stating she had no recollection of the past 24 hours. However, she did recall having sex just a few hours prior to the memory loss. While sex can often be categorized as mind-blowing, this woman literally had her mind-blown, or in medical terms, transient global amnesia. This rare condition, which only affects three to five people per 100-thousand, can come from very strenuous activities. Don't worry, it isn't a stroke or something that can cause brain damage, just temporary memory loss.

The Huffington Post reports that firefighters in Britain recently had to help a young man out of the toilet. The 26-year-old, whose name the firefighters wouldn't give, had apparently been drinking and playing a game, trying to figure out what would fit over his head. That's when he took it a step further and decided to see how far the toilet seat would fit over his body. After wriggling, tugging and pulling for two hours, the young man called the fire department and they had to cut the toilet seat to get it off of him. Afterwards, he took the seat home with him as a reminder of his stupidity.

A dozen pandas were born recently in Sichun, China. The once nearly extinct mammal has bounced back and The Chengdu Research base where these cuties now live boasts 108 pandas, up from a mere six in 1987. The research center works with other countries, like Japan, the US, and Spain to help save and breed more pandas. With that, a major dose of cuteness:

Trivia Answer: Ichiro Suzuki -- usually known simply as Ichiro -- who turns 38 tomorrow. Ichiro is the first MLB player to enter the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (The Golden Players Club). He's been voted onto ten All-Star teams by the fans, winning the 2007 All-Star MVP Award for a three-hit performance that included the event's first-ever inside-the-park home run. Ichiro's agent describing his client's status says, "When you mail Ichiro something from the States, you only have to use that name on the address and he gets it [in Japan]. He's that big." Ichiro's move to the United States was viewed with some interest because he was the first Japanese position player to play for a Major League Baseball team. After expressing no preference as to a uniform number, Ichiro was issued #51 by the Mariners. He was initially hesitant because it had previously been worn by pitching star Randy Johnson. To avoid insulting Johnson, Ichiro sent a personal message to the pitcher promising not to "bring shame" to the uniform.

A confusing morning with all the various news reports coming in regarding Moammar Gadhafi. This Libyan faction was announcing that he'd been killed. Then this Libyan faction announced that he'd been captured. Then President Obama announced that his death ends a chapter in the Middle East. When all the dust settled, it appears Gadhafi died in crossfire between government troops and his loyalists. 

Nelson Cruz sprinted over to the foul line, desperately trying to run down Allen Craig's tailing liner. The right fielder came up just short, and so did the Texas Rangers. Craig's pinch-hit landed an inch or two in front of Cruz's outstretched glove for a go-ahead single off reliever Alexi Ogando in the sixth inning that carried the St. Louis Cardinals over the Rangers 3-2 last night in a chilly World Series opener. Game 2 tonight in St. Louis. Tomorrow is a travel day. Saturday the action resumes in the Ballpark at Arlington..

Saturday, the #22 Washington Huskies are at Stanford. Washington State and Oregon State meet up Saturday at CenturyLink Field.

The Sounders play their last regular season MLS match Saturday at Carson, California, against Chivas USA.

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said the team is preparing Charlie Whitehurst to start at quarterback this week against the Cleveland Browns. There was positive news in regards to Tarvaris Jackson's strained pectoral yesterday. Jackson, who sat out of practice last week was listed as a limited participant on yesterday's practice report. Sunday, the Seahawks are at Cleveland.

The Goo Goo Dolls are performing the pregame show for NFL's Pepsi Max International Series Game, at Wembley Stadium in London this weekend. After their performance, the Chicago Bears take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fifth regular-season NFL game ever to be played in London. You can catch the game on Fox on Sunday.

Will Smith has always proudly kept close to his Philadelphia roots and now he and wife Jada Pinkett Smith have acquired a minority stake in the Philadelphia 76ers. According to CSN Philly, the couple acquired part of the team as it was being sold from Comcast-Spectacor to a group of investors led by billionaire Joshua Harris. The NBA is still in the midst of a lockout and the first two weeks of the 2011-12 season have been canceled.

Calendar notes: It was on this day in 1955 that, in his first show outside of the South, Elvis Presley appeared with Pat Boone and Bill Haley & The Comets at a high school sock hop in Brooklyn, Ohio. In 1974, California Angel Nolan Ryan threw the fastest recorded pitch in baseball history to that point at Anaheim Stadium. The pitch was clocked at 100.9 miles an hour. In 1993, archaeologists digging at a Stone Age village in Sweden reportedly discovered 9,000-year-old chewing gum. In 2004, ABC announced it was dropping the Miss America beauty pageant.

Today is Miss American Rose Day, a day to treat the women in your life like beautiful American roses. Today is International Credit Union Day.

Tickle me, gov. Governor Chris Gregoire has announced she's greeting children trick or treating at the governor's mansion as the popular Sesame Street character Elmo. Her office said yesterday that the theme at the Executive Mansion for this year's Halloween is Sesame Street. Gregoire's husband, Mike, is dressing up as Elmo's blue alter ego, Super Grover. Other people will be the Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Count Von Count and Bert and Ernie. The governor is also giving out five chocolate bars that contain "golden" tickets for a December 2nd special holiday reception at the mansion. Campaign surplus money pays for the festivity.

An angry Los Angeles judge yesterday revoked the probation for Lindsay Lohan because she failed to perform community service, and admonished the troubled actress for failing to treat her sentence seriously. At a progress hearing for Lohan, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner called her previous ruling of probation on a theft charge a "gift" and told Lohan, "there's something called looking a gift horse in the mouth." Judge Sautner said she was troubled that Lohan had "blown off" the court's order to work at a downtown Los Angeles women's detention center, and instead was reassigned by city officials to work in a Red Cross program without court approval. The judge said, "Nobody has the power to change my sentence. I am revoking her probation." Lohan was led from the courtroom in handcuffs, then posted bail of $100,000 and was allowed to go home. Judge Sautner ordered Lohan to appear at a November 2nd hearing at which court officials and attorneys will present evidence as to whether Lohan did, in fact, violate her probation. If so, she could be returned to jail.

Here we go again. A retired satellite is hurtling toward the atmosphere and pieces of it could crash into the Earth as early as tomorrow. The German Aerospace Center says scientists are no longer able to communicate with the dead German satellite ROSAT, which orbits the earth every 90 minutes, and experts are not sure exactly where pieces of it could land. Parts of the satellite, which is the size of a minivan, will burn up during re-entry but up to 30 fragments weighing a total of 1.87 tons could crash into the Earth sometime between tomorrow and Monday. Where? Pretty much the whole planet outside of the poles. The German space agency puts the odds of somebody somewhere on Earth being hurt by its satellite at 1-in-2,000 -- a slightly higher risk than was calculated for the recent NASA satellite -- but any one individual's odds of being struck are 1-in-14 trillion, given there are 7 billion people on the planet.

William Shatner has released the video for his version of the Queen classic Bohemian Rhapsody. In the video, a starry night has the Star Trek actor's image in it as he "sings" the tune and lyrics are written on the screen. It's from his new album, Seeking Major Tom, which includes 19 interpretations of space-related rock songs. At least one outlet has referred to the album as Shatner's own Space Oddity.

Trivia Answer: He is David Michael Krieg who turns 53 today. At Milton, Krieg began as the 7th-string quarterback for his school's NAIA team. Given the opportunity to play in the fourth game of his freshman season, he completed four passes -- three of them for touchdowns -- and continued to play well enough to start for the rest of his college career. He tried out for the Seahawks in 1980 and caught on as a third-string quarterback. He saw the field only once, taking a few unremarkable snaps in the final game of his team's dismal 1980 season. He'd play for the Seahawks through 1991. He played for the Kansas City Chiefs in 92-93, the Detroit Lions in 94, the Arizona Cardinals in 95, the Chicago Bears in 96, and the Tennessee Oilers in 97-98. In 19 seasons, Krieg played in 213 games. Krieg retired after the 1998 season. He was inducted into the Seattle Seahawks Ring of Honor in 2004.

Dave Krieg notable accomplishments:

Ranks 10th in NFL career pass attempts (5,311)
Ranks 10th in NFL career completions (3,105)
Ranks 11th in NFL career passing yards (38,147)
Ranks 10th in NFL career passing touchdowns (261)
Ranks 11th in NFL wins by a starting quarterback (98)
Seattle Seahawks career leader in pass attempts (3,576), pass completions (2,096), passing yards (26,132), highest average gain (7.31) and touchdown passes (195).
Holds Seahawks single season records for pass attempts (532 in 1985), highest completion percentage (65.61 in 1991), highest average gain (8.8 in 1983), touchdown passes (32 in 1984), games with 4 or more touchdown passes (3 in 1985) and highest percentage of touchdown passes (7.89 in 1988).
Holds Seahawks single game records for highest completion percentage (86.36 on 12/11/88 vs. Denver Broncos) and highest average gain (14.52 on 12/14/86 vs. San Diego Chargers).
Holds Seahawks record for most games with 400 or more yards passing (4).
Holds Seahawks record for most games with 5 or more touchdown passes (3).
Holds Seahawks record for most games with 4 or more touchdown passes (7).
Holds Seahawks record for most consecutive games with a touchdown pass (28 from 1983-85). This is also 4th in NFL history.

Tonight, it's World Series Game 1: Texas at St. Louis. American Idol winner Scotty McCreery is set to perform the National Anthem tonight. The event is special for Scotty because it combines his two big loves -- music and baseball. Game One between the Cardinals and the Rangers airs tonight at 5:05.

Coming up Saturday, the Huskies are at Stanford , while the Cougars take on Oregon State at CenturyLink Field.

The Sounders return to MLS action Saturday as they head to Carson City, California to face Chivas USA.

On Sunday, the Seahawks are at Cleveland.

Today is Make A Scarecrow Day, sponsored by the Scarecrow Art Appreciation Society. Today is Evaluate Your Life Day. Are you really headed where you want to be? Today is Hagfish Day, celebrating the beauty of ugly, to raise awareness of all sea creatures, even the ugly, slimy misunderstood ones. Today is Yorktown Day: America's Real Independence Day, in Yorktown, Virginia, celebrating the victory on this date in 1781 that assured American independence. Today is Greasy Spoon Day, a time to remember your favorite place to eat back in the day. Is it still in business?

Calendar notes: It was on this date in 1976 that President Gerald Ford signed a bill posthumously making George Washington a 6-star general, the highest ever US military rank. In 1997, the town of Holly, Colorado, designated the school crossing guard to handle emergencies after the town marshall and his deputy resigned and another deputy was fired. It worked out okay. In six weeks, the community of 900 only had one emergency. Somebody stole the trash can at the car wash. In 1998, Mike Tyson got his boxing license back after pleading with the Nevada Athletic Commission to stop "torturing" him for biting Evander Holyfield's ear during a fight 15 months earlier. In 2003, New York magician David Blaine emerged from 44 days of isolation in a clear plastic box suspended over London. He survived only on water.

A 55-year-old woman is lucky to have only suffered a few scrapes after her car collided with a deer on I-5 yesterday morning. She was going south through Lacey near Sleater-Kinney when a deer ran across the northbound lanes, jumped the jersey barrier into the southbound lanes, and collided with the woman's car. Washington State Patrol Trooper Guy Gill said the deer struck the woman's windshield, flipped over the car, then crashed into the back window and landed in the trunk. Somehow, the woman was able to safely steer her car to the shoulder with the deer still stuck inside her car. Troopers had to extricate the deer from the car before the car could be towed. Sadly, neither the deer nor the car survived the mishap. The woman received a few cuts.

An actress, who has chosen to remain anonymous but has been identified as a Texas resident of Asian descent, claims she looks a lot younger than she is, and so she had always been careful about keeping her given name and birthdate confidential. She's suing popular website IMDB.com -- Internet Movie Database -- for revealing her age. The suit says, "In the entertainment industry, youth is king" and by revealing her age, she may have lost acting jobs. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the woman claims the website used her personal and credit card information to determine and publish her age. The actress also says that she contacted the website, but they wouldn't do anything about it. She's suing for breach of contract, fraud and violation of privacy. Plus, she's asking for one-million dollars in punitive damages and a restraining order against IMDB.

In honor of 25 years of Neil Young's annual Bridge School Benefit, a two-CD/three-DVD collection of songs from the event is coming out on October 24th. The set features performances from David Bowie, Bob Dylan, The Who, Simon and Garfunkel and more. The annual Bridge School Benefit raises money for The Bridge School, which teaches children with physical impairments. This year's charity show is this Saturday in Mountain View, California and features performances from Arcade Fire, Mumford and Sons, Foo Fighters, Eddie Vedder and more.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is soon releasing two new sets. Billboard reports that The Best of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live, a three-CD collection featuring performances from Billy Joel, Jimmy Page, Lynryd Skynrd, Aerosmith, The Who and others, goes on sale on November 1st. The second set is a 10-volume digital collection of induction performances from 1986 to 2009, and comes out on iTunes on November 15th. Among the performances on the second set is George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, John Fogerty, Mick Jagger and Billy Joel performing The Beatles' I Saw Her Standing There.

Lady Gaga is performing on the 40th anniversary edition of Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest in Times Square, New York on December 31st on ABC.

Justin Timberlake paid tribute to late Indy racer Dan Wheldon, who was killed Sunday in a horrific 15-car crash at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The two-time Indianapolis 500 winner's car was sponsored by Timberlake's clothing line, William Rast, and the two men were said to be friendly. In a statement, Justin said, "I was deeply saddened to hear the news on Dan Wheldon's unfortunate and untimely death. He was a great driver and a strong supporter of William Rast Racing. My thoughts and prayers are with his family in their time of loss." Wheldon was 33 and the father of two young children.

UB40 has declared bankruptcy. The Daily Mail reports that the band is broke and a judge has given the go ahead to seize assets to help pay off their debt. Billboard reports that much of the money they owe belongs to their former management company.UB40 had two number one hits here in the US with Red Red Wine and a cover of Elvis' (I Can't Help) Falling in Love With You.

Every girl's favorite disproportionate doll hs had some work done. A new Barbie has been created, and this time she's got some fresh ink to compliment her skull-heart sweater and pink hair-do. The doll was designed by the Italian designer known for creating the Japanese-influenced Barbie brand known as Tokidoki. Barbie has done a lot in her 50 years, but how will mothers take this latest funky fashionista's look? Mattel has said the Barbie is only available on the Barbie Collector's site for 50-dollars. One can only wonder happens when little Sally says, "Mommy, I want tattoos like Barbie?" 

Some major drama went down at the World Scrabble Championship in Warsaw recently. Ed Martin, from Britain, was accused by his Thai opponent of hiding the "G" tile during their match -- keep in mind, the tile is only worth two points. The Thai gentleman got so heated -- on stage --  that he demanded Martin be strip-searched. Fortunately for Martin, the gaming officials refused, and he was able to keep his dignity while his opponent just looked like a big baby making a fuss over nothing seeing as neither man won the championship. Martin wound up winning the game though -- by one point.

Trivia Answer: He is Patrick Simmons who turns 63 today. The band he formed -- with Tom Johnston, John Hartman, and Dave Shogren -- was The Doobie Brothers. They first hit the charts with Johnston's "Listen to the Music," which featured Simmons' brief lead vocal on the bridge. Simmons also performed the gospel-style lead vocal on the hit "Jesus is Just Alright." However, he's probably best known for "Black Water" from the 1974 album What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits -- the Doobies' first chart topper.Simmons famously has a passion for Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Click here to go to the Audio Area and listen to the Roxy Interview with Pat Simmons.

The season is over for the Seahawks' longest-tenured player. Cornerback Marcus Trufant was placed on injured reserve yesterday, ending the veteran's season. Trufant missed the Seahawks' Week 5 win over New York. Coach Pete Carroll said Trufant couldn't even bend over to tie his shoes the day of the game. The team signed defensive tackle Jason Shirley to fill Trufant's spot on the 53-man roster. Walter Thurmond will likely be Trufant's replacement in the starting lineup. Sunday, the Seahawks are at Cleveland.

When Washington made a brief one-week appearance in the AP Top 25 two seasons ago, it was a reward for pulling off a monumental upset of then-No. 3 USC in the third week of a season following a winless campaign. It was a nice gesture by the voters, but not a representation of where the Huskies deserved to be ranked at that time. Washington coach Steve Sarkisian says, "I think the first time around, three years ago, we weren't that good. We weren't a Top 25 team at that point." Now that the Huskies are back in the Top 25 this week at No. 22, it's a more deserved ranking following the first 5-1 start in a decade, capped by last Saturday's 52-24 drubbing of Colorado. That 2001 season was also the last time Washington finished the season ranked. Washington hasn't been ranked this high this late in the season since 2002, when the Huskies started the season ranked No. 11, and were No. 22 in the country before a three-game losing streak in October that started with a 41-21 loss to USC. They began the next season in the Top 25 again, and were as high as No. 18 into early October before a 30-point loss at UCLA sent them tumbling from the polls. Since then, there was just the one-week appearance two years ago, a stark indication of just how far the Huskies dropped out of the national spotlight. And the difficult part of the Huskies' schedule begins this week at No. 7 Stanford, which shut out the Huskies 41-0 last year in Seattle.

While the Huskies are at Stanford, the Cougars meet Oregon State in Seattle at CenturyLink Field on Saturday.

The Sounders host Monterrey in a CONCACAF match tonight.

Tomorrow, the World Series gets started with the Texas Rangers in St. Louis to face the Cardinals in Game 1. Hall of Famer and now part of the Texas Ranger ownership group, Nolan Ryan says Rangers in six games ... but then what's he gonna say?

Today is Alaska Day, the anniversary of the transfer of Alaska on this date in 1867 from Russia to the US. Today is National Chocolate Cupcake Day. Today is Independence Day in Azerbaijan.

Calendar notes: It was on this date in 1922 that the BBC -- the British Broadcasting Company -- was created. In 1954, Texas Instruments announces the first Transistor radio. In 1969, the federal government banned artificial sweeteners known as cyclamates because of evidence they caused cancer in laboratory rats. In 1986, football's Frank Gifford married former Hee-Haw Honey Kathie Lee. In 1992, as the Toronto Blue Jays met the Atlanta Braves in the World Series, the US Marine color guard presented the Canadian flag upside-down. Toronto won the game 5-4 and the series in six games.

A reminder from the Washington State Patrol, today's the day the speed limit on southbound Highway 101 between Crosby Boulevard and the I-5 interchange goes from 60 to 45 mph. The northbound speed limit stays at 60. Troopers, we are told, are using the minimum amount of enforcement necessary over the next 30 days – a transition period to educate drivers on the speed limit change.

McDonalds plans is launching its own in-store TV channel, featuring news, sports, movie previews and human interest stories. McTV includes HD programming that is tailored to the community where the McDonalds restaurant is located. The McDonalds Channel, according to the LA Times, is being rolled out slowly over the next few months, and has already been tested in LA, San Diego, and Las Vegas. Some of the planned programs for The McDonalds Channel include The McDonald's Achievers profiling local high school and college athletes; Mighty Moms spotlighting local moms, and McDonald's Channel Music News.

Lady Gaga was amongst the stars honoring former President Bill Clinton for his 65th birthday Saturday night. The Clinton charity fundraiser called A Decade of Difference took place at the Hollywood Bowl and featured performances from Gaga, as well as Usher, Stevie Wonder, and U2's Bono and The Edge. Gaga opened her set with Born This Way before launching into Bad Romance, but she changed the lyrics to Bill Romance. She also performed Edge of Glory. The show celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Clinton Foundation, as well as his 65th birthday, which actually took place back in August.

In May, Steven Tyler released his autobiography, Does the Noise in My Head Bother You? and now, the Aerosmith singer says he expects it to be turned into a movie. When asked if there are plans for a biopic based on the book, Steven told Women's Wear Daily, "It's either as soon as the plane goes down, or in my lifetime. I'm thinking since Ron Howard bought my book, his production company is thinking about doing something." The book tells of the rocker's highs and lows, which is all theatrical -- in fact, Steven said, "Every time something happens, I think, ‘Is this a movie?'"

What's one of the hottest Halloween outfits for 2011? It seems lots of people want to get dressed up as Casey Anthony. Is that twisted or what? Word is that Rubies, a large costume manufacturing company, has received huge demand for a costume depicting the infamous Florida mother. Rubies say they have no interest in producing the costume so it looks like people will have to come up with their own if they want to go as Ms. Anthony.

Harry Potter star Emma Watson has started her studies at Oxford University. The 21-year-old, who is still enrolled at Brown University, is spending her junior year of college studying in her home country.

Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of The Great Gatsby is reportedly set to hit theaters on Christmas Day of 2012. The 3-D film version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel will reportedly star Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby, Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan, and Toby Maguire as Nick Carraway.

Could Coldplay's new album, Mylo Xyloto, be their last? In an interview with UK outlet the Mail on Sunday, singer Chris Martin said, "This could be our last album. It's the distillation of three years' work and right now I can't imagine where another one would come from." So why would the guys call it quits? Martin went on to say, "Now we have Justin Bieber and Adele to compete with and they're a lot younger. We have to have the energy to put as much effort into our work as they do. If it's over, it's over and I can live with that." Mylo Xyloto, the new album from Coldplay, is out on October 25th.

As part of the prizes received as winner of American Idol, Scotty McCreery was given his choice of a Ford vehicle. Scotty cashed in on that offer over the weekend as he picked up a brand new Ford F-150 King Ranch pickup truck. He tweeted, "HUGE thanks to [Ford] today for all their support and providing me with the best truck a guy could ask for!" While Scotty drove his new ride away from the car lot, 16-year-old Idol runner-up Lauren Alaina had to get her mom's help bringing home her prize. Last month, Lauren chose a 2011 Ford Mustang with white racing stripes as her award. At this point, Lauren only has her learner's permit so Mom had to drive the 'Stang home.

Trivia Answer: Michael Keller Ditka, Jr. -- Mike Ditka -- who turns 72 today. The Chicago Bears drafted Ditka fifth overall in the 1961 NFL Draft, while the Houston Oilers drafted him eighth overall in the first round in the 1961 AFL Draft. He signed with the Bears. His success earned him Rookie of the Year honors. He continued to play for the Bears for the next five years, earning a Pro Bowl trip each season. He played on the 1963 NFL championship team. Ditka was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles in 1967, where he spent two seasons, before being shipped off to the Dallas Cowboys in 1969. He spent four seasons with the Cowboys, highlighted by a touchdown reception in the Cowboys' 24–3 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VI. In 1988, he became the first tight end ever inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retiring after the 1972 season, Ditka was immediately hired as an assistant coach by Cowboys' head coach Tom Landry. Ditka spent nine seasons as an assistant coach with the Cowboys. In 1982, Chicago Bears founder George Halas personally sought out Ditka to take over the head coaching reins, and reverse what had been a mostly dreary performance by the team in the years since Halas retired as head coach. Reversing the Bears' pitiful record of only two winning seasons in the previous nineteen, Ditka led the Bears to six NFC Central titles and three trips to the NFC Championship Game. Ditka's coaching career hit its pinnacle on January 26, 1986 with a 46–10 trouncing of the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XX at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. Ditka has stated that one of his biggest regrets in life was not letting Walter Payton score a touchdown in the Super Bowl, instead opting for Jim McMahon to run it in twice and rookie defensive tackle William "The Refrigerator" Perry to run it in once.

Kasey Keller made sevens saves to keep the Seattle Sounders around long enough for Sammy Ochoa and Fredy Montero to score in the final 10 minutes and give the Sounders a 2-1 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes Saturday night. It was Keller's final regular-season home match and 64,140 were on hand. It was the third-largest single-game crowd in MLS history. It wasn't Keller's final home game as Seattle already wrapped up second place in the Western Conference and hosts the second-leg of a semifinal playoff series, against either Real Salt Lake or FC Dallas. But it was the chance to honor Keller's two decades of professional soccer. The Olypmia-born North Thurston graduate Keller was the first American to play on a US passport in England and added firsts during other stops in his career playing at the highest levels in Spain and Germany. Then he returned to Seattle to lead the Sounders for their first three seasons to cap a career that included 102 national team appearances and four World Cup's. Tuesday, the Sounders host Monterrey in a CONCACAF match. Then Saturday, they're at Carson, California against Chivas USA in the final regular season MLS match of the year.

Husky quarterback Keith Price continued his assault on Washington's record book with four first-half touchdown passes, and Washington made its case for a national ranking with an impressive 52-24 rout of Colorado Saturday. The Huskies compiled nearly 400 yards of offense in the first half. Price now has 21 TDs on the season, tied for fourth most in Washington history for single-season TD passes. Washington has now scored at least 30 points or more in its first six games for the first time in school history and is 5-and-1 for the first time in a decade. Saturday, the Huskies are at Stanford.

That's the same Stanford that took it to the Washington State Cougars Saturday. Washington State had it worst offensive outing of the season in a 44-14 loss to the Cardinal. Stanford's victory extended the nation's longest winning streak to a school-record 14 consecutive games. Saturday, the Cougars meet Oregon State at CenturyLink Field.

The World Series teams are now set: After waiting until their 50th season to reach their first World Series, the Texas Rangers are going right back. In one of the highest-scoring postseason innings ever -- the Rangers put up 9 runs in the third inning -- Texas finished off the Detroit Tigers with a 15-5 romp Saturday night to win the AL championship series in six games. The St. Louis Cardinals, meanwhile, captured their 18th pennant with a 12-6 victory over the bumbling Milwaukee Brewers last night. The Cards win the series 4-games-to-2. The Cardinals are second all-time with 10 World Series titles, trailing only the New York Yankees and their 27. St. Louis won its most recent championship in 2006 and has appeared in the Series a total of 18 times. The World Series starts Wednesday night at St. Louis. The National League has the home-field advantage by virtue of winning this year's All Star Game.

Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon died yesterday in a fiery 15-car wreck at Las Vegas Motor Speedway when his car flew over another on Lap 13 and smashed into the wall just outside turn 2. Wheldon was 33. A number of drivers said the wreck was the worst they had ever seen. Wheldon won the Indianapolis 500 twice, including this year.

Interesting to note with the Occupy movement going on around the country and around the word, today is International Poverty Eradication Day, as sponsored by the United Nations. Today is Mulligan Day, a day to give yourself or someone else a second chance, a day for a do-over. Today is National Boss Day. Today is Paint a Mural on a Sidewalk Day. Today is Work on Your Charisma Day.

Calendar notes: It was on this date in 1967 that the musical Hair premiered in New York City and ran for 1,758 performances. In 1991, the California Raisins, the clay versions created in 1986 for TV commercials, left California for their new home at the Smithsonian Institute. In 2006, the 300-millonth American was born, probably a baby girl at a Chicago hospital. Another American is born now every l l seconds.

Green Day is reportedly eyeing Robert Pattinson to star in their upcoming American Idiot movie. Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong wants the Twilight star to play the lead role in the film adaptation of the musical. The movie, which is being produced by Tom Hanks' production company, is currently in pre-production.

There are reports that Demi Moore is not eating very well. Us Magazine talked to sources close to Moore who said that the actress is looking "superskinny" these days and has been skipping meals in the wake of rumors that her hubby, Ashton Kutcher, has been cheating on her.

Dave Grohl has spoken to the LA Times about the Foo Fighters' recent retaliation against the Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas City, Missouri. When the band got word that the church was protesting their concert, the group decided to dress in disguise and play a concert for the protesters on the back of a flat bed truck. Grohl said, "It was a proud moment for the band, to be honest. It seemed like the right way to deal with them. I didn't want to ignore them but I also didn't want to take it too seriously."

Madonna's publicist, Liz Rosenberg, says the rumors and details of a 2012 world tour have been "faked." It seems a Live Nation press release, which listed dates for a four-continent world tour, was not real. As for the rumors of Madonna's appearance at the Super Bowl XLVI Halftime Show in February, Rosenberg said, "There is nothing to confirm or deny at this time."

Charlie's Angels has been canceled by ABC. Even though production on the show has stopped, the series continues to air on Thursday nights. It is ABC's first cancellation of the fall TV season.

Van Halen is the latest band to get the lullaby treatment from Rockabye Baby! The company has transformed Van Halen's greatest hits into soothing instrumentals on the album, Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Van Halen. It includes gentle renditions of hits like Runnin' With the Devil, Hot for Teacher, Jump, and of course, And the Cradle Will Rock, plus many others. The disc is out on November 8th and you can learn more at RockabyeBabyMusic.com.

Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea says when the band was making their latest album, I'm With You, they were inspired by Michael Jackson and Black Sabbath. I'm With You is the tenth studio album from the Peppers. The band is expected to announce a world tour in support of the album soon.

In a candid interview on British late night TV program The Jonathan Ross Show last weekend, Lady Gaga revealed that Tony Bennett has seen her naked. The pop star and the 85-year-old living legend were at a promo shoot for their recent collaboration on Lady is a Tramp when Bennett caught Gaga in the nude. Gaga said that Annie Leibovitz, who was shooting the pic for a Vanity Fair spread, asked her to remove all her clothes for the shoot. Gaga obliged and said "Poor Tony was standing there looking at me like: 'Oh this effing girl.'"

For some men, Homer Simpson included, finding an unlimited supply of beer could be equal to winning the lottery. An Illinois man's lucky day came recently when he stumbled upon an unattended trailer filled with kegs on tap outside a banquet hall. The 46-year-old picked up a pitcher and helped himself until he was "extremely intoxicated" and the authorities had to be called. When the police questioned him, he said he actually thought that he'd died and gone to heaven.

People say you can't put a price on life, however, one woman can estimate hers to be about the cost of her breast implants. Pravda.ru reports that after being attacked and stabbed in the heart by her husband, a Moscow woman can live to tell the tale, thanks to her huge breast implant. Moscow surgeons who operated on the 40-year-old woman said that because of the huge implant in her left breast, the knife never reached the thorax. Also, the gel-like silicon breast did not leak or lose shape from the stabbing. A local paper spoke with the woman's plastic surgeon, who said the husband had asked her to get the implants five years ago and, fortunately, she agreed.

A popular blog for men says guys should never go cheap on:

Alcohol
Toilet Paper
Razors
Canned Ravioli
Condoms
Mattresses
Paper Plates
Umbrellas
Batteries

Trivia Answer: Alphonse Gabriel Capone -- Al Capone. Following his tax evasion conviction, he was sentenced to federal prison. His incarceration included a term at the new Alcatraz federal prison. In the final years of Capone's life, he suffered mental and physical deterioration due to late-stage neurosyphilis, which he had contracted as a youth. On January 25th of 1947, he died from cardiac arrest after suffering a stroke.

The Detroit Tigers lived to fight another day. Facing elimination in the ALCS, the Tigers scored a 7-5 win over the Texas Rangers yesterday to cut the Rangers lead in the best-of-seven series to 3-games-to-2 and send the action back to Texas. Game 6 is tomorrow night at the Ballpark at Arlington.

Meanwhile, in the National League, the Milwaukee Brewers fought back to tie their series with the St. Louis Cardinals at two-games-a-piece. Milwaukee ended an eight-game road losing streak in the postseason dating to the 1982 World Series opener at St. Louis as they beat the Cards last night, 4-2. Game 5 is tonight.

The Huskies host Colorado tomorrow at 12:30 Then at 4:30 in Pullman, the Cougars take on Stanford.

Kasey Keller's ready to go, ready to spend weekends on the golf course or even something more simple, like a Friday night dinner out with family and friends without the worry of a game the next day. So it comes without hesitation that Keller is reaffirming this is it, that when the Seattle Sounders FC season ends sometime in November -- whether it's following another early Seattle playoff exit or after an MLS Cup title -- so too does his storied career. The buildup to the conclusion begins tomorrow night when Seattle plays its final regular season home game against San Jose and the Olympia-born North Thurston graduate Keller gets feted by a crowd that'll likely top 60,000, most there to honor Keller's lengthy career. First kick in the Seattle-San Jose match is tomorrow night at 7:30.

It's the bye week for the Seahawks. They're back in action October 23rd at Cleveland.

Today is Be Bald and Be Free Day, a day to go shiny and be proud. Today is National Frump Day, honoring frugal, responsible, unpretentious, mature people everywhere. Today is Ride a Bicycle Somewhere Day. Today is National Chocolate Covered Insect Day.

Calendar notes: On this date in 1943, RCA sold the NBC Blue radio network to Edward Noble for $8 million. Noble renamed the network the American Broadcasting Company, ABC. In 1972, with Motown single #1207, 13-year-old Michael Jackson had his first #1 solo hit song -- a love song about a rat named Ben. In 2003, in Game Six of the National League Championship Series, a Cubs fan inadvertently deflected a foul ball away from the outstretched glove of Chicago outfielder Moises Alou. The Florida Marlins, trailing 3-0 at the time, rallied to win the game. The Marlins also won game seven, and then beat the New York Yankees in the World Series.

Everybody has reacted oddly to the news that the late Steve Jobs had 100 identical black turtlenecks. What's wrong with that?

Do you watch TV without another screen in your hand? Soon, you may be in the minority. TV viewing is increasingly becoming a multi-screen experience. This is especially true for owners of tablets and smartphones. Here in the US, 40% of them use their devices on a daily basis while watching TV.

San Diego is the country's luckiest city. The sunny southern California city won the top spot in a Men's Health magazine's list of America's 100 luckiest towns, with Baltimore, Phoenix, Wilmington in Delaware and Richmond, Virginia not far behind. To determine the most charmed towns the magazine analyzed data about cities with the most lottery and sweepstake winners, the most hole-in-ones on the golf course, the fewest lighting strikes, the least deaths from falling objects, and the lowest debt due to playing the lottery and race betting.

If you have text messaging on your phone or another electronic device, there's something new you need to worry about. The new scam tries to talk you out of your financial information. It's been running rampant in Seattle area. It's called smishing, which is a variation on phishing using emails to trick consumers into turning over account numbers, PINs, credit card security codes, user names, passwords and other information. Basically, scammers want you to think you're dealing with your bank or your credit card company. They usually cite some problem and have you respond online or talk to someone in person. What's new about smishing is that it is using the growing texting technology to accomplish the job

Adele's Someone Like You spends a third week atop the Billboard Hot 100 and has sold over two-million downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Maroon 5's Moves Like Jagger stays put at number two.

Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit has been covered by tons of artists and the latest group to take it on is The Muppets. The Muppets Barbershop Quartet is covering the song on the soundtrack for the upcoming Muppets movie, which arrives in theaters next month. The soundtrack also features a cover of Cee-Lo Green's Forget You. The movie stars Jason Segel and Amy Adams and also has cameos from Lady Gaga, Dave Grohl, and more.

Seth MacFarlane, creator of the FOX animated comedy Family Guy, says a movie based on the Griffin family is in the works. He also says he thinks it could be the beginning of the end for the TV series. He admitted, "Part of me thinks that Family Guy should have already ended." MacFarlane also says he could see Family Guy leaving television and becoming a series of movies, released every few years.

Johnny Depp is making use of his musical talents on the soundtrack for his upcoming film, The Rum Diary. Depp is featured on two songs: one is an instrumental he wrote and the other a duet with JJ Holiday. Also on the soundtrack you'll find The Mermaid Song by Patti Smith, Dean Martin's Volare and more. The Rum Diary is based on the Hunter S. Thompson novel of the same name and it's out on October 28th.

Actor Richard Gere sold his collection of vintage guitars for nearly one-million dollars at an auction this week. The highest-selling instrument was a 1960 Gibson Les Paul which went for 98,500 dollars. Steve Miller was among those at the auction but he told Bloomberg News, "I wasn't tempted by anything. I have 450 guitars."

TMZ reports that Whitney Houston caused some trouble on a Delta Airlines flight yesterday. The infamous diva reportedly refused to buckle her seatbelt and was told she would be kicked off the flight if she didn't comply. Eventually, one of the cabin crew reportedly buckled the seatbelt for her and the plane took off. Sources say Houston was sober during the incident.

You've just moved to a new town. Before you spend time unpacking or checking out the local amenities, your first priority is to get high. What do you do? If your name is Anamicka Dave then you get on Craigslist and see who can help. The New Mexico woman posted that she was new in town and "looking for Mary Jane". She met local law enforcement.

Bruce Willis is making a comeback as that one-man wrecking crew, John McClane, in A Good Day to Die Hard. 20th Century Fox announced the title and release date -- Valentine's Day, 2013 – yesterday.

A new study reveals Avatar to be the most pirated film in Hollywood history. The film has been downloaded some 21 million times since it was released in 2009.

Recently at the Olympia Downtown Association's Fall Ball 2011, Roxy's own Jerry Farmer rocked out with Freckles Brown Band on Honky Tonk Women. Olympia Mayor Doug Mah is sitting in on drums. Have a great weekend ...

Trivia Answer: The Steve Bartman incident occurred during a playoff game between the Chicago Cubs and the Florida Marlins on this date in 2003 at Wrigley Field in Chicago. In the eighth inning of Game 6 of the National League Championship Series, with Chicago ahead 3–0 and holding a 3 games to 2 lead in the best of 7 series, several spectators attempted to catch a foul ball off the bat of Marlins' second baseman Luis Castillo. One of the fans, Steve Bartman, reached for the ball, disrupting a potential catch by Cubs outfielder Moisés Alou. If Alou had caught the ball, it would have been the second out in the inning, and the Cubs would have been just four outs away from winning the National League pennant. Instead, the Cubs ended up surrendering eight runs in the inning, giving up the lead. They went on to lose the game. When they were eliminated in the seventh game the next day, the "Steve Bartman incident" was seen as the turning point of the series. In the aftermath of the incident, Bartman, a lifelong Cubs fan, had to be escorted from the stadium by security guards, and received police protection for a time when his name and address were made public on MLB message boards. The Cubs have not won a playoff game since the incident. They did not reach the playoffs in the three subsequent seasons, were swept by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2007 NLDS, were swept again by the NL West champions LA Dodgers in the 2008 NLDS, and missed the playoffs in 2009, 2010 and this year. Afterwards, then-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich suggested that Bartman join a witness protection program, while then-Florida Governor Jeb Bush offered Bartman asylum. Since then, trying to maintain a low profile, Bartman has declined interviews, endorsement deals, and requests for public appearances, and his family changed their phone number to avoid harassing phone calls. He requested that any gifts sent to him by Florida Marlins fans be donated to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. In July 2008, Bartman was offered $25,000 to autograph a picture of himself at National Sports Collectors Convention in Rosemont, Illinois, but he refused the offer. He has declined to appear as a VIP at Wrigley Field. In 2011, 8 years after the incident, he declined to appear in an ESPN documentary, and he declined a six figure offer to appear in a Super Bowl commercial.

One of the sports pages had the headline: Cruz Control. Somehow that seems appropriate as Nelson Cruz hit a grand slam in the 11th inning to win Game 2 of the ALCS. He did it again (sort of) last night. Cruz hit a crushing three-run homer in the 11th inning that helped send the Texas Rangers over the Detroit Tigers 7-3. The Rangers now have a 3-games-to-1 lead in the series. The Rangers try to clench this afternoon in Detroit.

Meanwhile, in the National League, Prince Albert -- Albert Pujols -- hit an RBI double during a four-run first inning and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 last night. The Cards now have a 2-1 edge in the NL championship series. Game 4 tonight in St. Louis..

Saturday, the Huskies host Colorado while the Cougars host Stanford.

Also Saturday, the Sounders host San Jose.

The bye week for the Seahawks. They're back in action October 23rd at Cleveland.

Today is M&Ms Lovers Day. Today is National Clean the Crumbs Out of the Broiler Oven Day. Today is White House Day. The cornerstone to the White House was laid on this date in 1792. Designed by James Hoban, the presidential residence was constructed at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest in Washington, DC. President John Adams and his family moved in in November 1800. Today is National Yorkshire Pudding Day.

Calendar notes: On this date in 1903: the Boston Red Sox beat the Pittsburgh Pirates to win the first World Series, five games to three. In 1971, 13-year-old Donny Osmond was awarded a gold record for his hit single Go Away Little Girl. In 1999, in Boulder, Colorado, the JonBenet Ramsey grand jury was dismissed after 13 months of work with prosecutors saying there wasn't enough evidence to charge anyone in the six-year-old's strangulation.

American Idol champion Scotty McCreery became the most successful winner in eight years on Wednesday when his debut country album went straight to the top of the Billboard charts. McCreery turned 18 years-old this week. He also becomes the youngest male artist to see a debut release open in the No.1 spot. The album, Clear As Day, also notched the highest first week album sales of any solo country artist this year. Idol runner-up, 16-year-old Lauren Alaina, releases her first album next week. Commercial success has not been as easy for other recent Idol champions. 2010 winner Lee DeWyze was dropped by his record label last week after poor sales and 2009 winner Kris Allen has largely failed to translate his victory into a mainstream music career.

Coldplay is taping their first ever US daytime television performance on Monday for The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Their performance airs on the show on October 27th.

The Goo Goo Dolls are performing the pregame show for NFL's Pepsi Max International Series Game, which is at Wembley Stadium in London next weekend. After the Goos' performance, the Chicago Bears take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fifth regular-season NFL game ever to be played in London. You can catch the game October 23rd.

Do you suppose Ozzie drives a mini-van?  Well, Ozzie's music drives this mini-van commercial for Honda ... the short version:

And the extended version:

Forbes has released its 2011 list of Entertainment's Highest Earning Women. Here's who else made the cut:

10.Danielle Steele -- $35 Million
 9. Beyonce Knowles-Carter -- $35 Million
 8. Katy Perry -- $44 Million
 7. Taylor Swift -- $45 Million
 6. Judge Judy == $45 Million
 5. Ellen Degeneres -- $45 Million
 4. Gisele Bundchen (supermodel) -- $45 Million
 3. Bethenny Frankel (author and chef) -- $55 Million
 2. Lady GaGa -- $90 Million
 1. Oprah Winfrey -- $290 Million

After he made a guest appearance on Dancing with the Stars Monday night, some people have been asking if Richard Simmons is okay. The 63-year-old came on the show to coach contestant Chaz Bono, and appeared to have a skinnier-than-usual appearance. But Simmons' rep told Us Weekly that everything is just fine, explaining, "He's the healthiest he's ever been."  The spokesman added that Richard is the same weight he was back when he did Sweatin' to the Oldies in the '80s.

Tim Allen returned to network TV Tuesday night in Last Man Standing. According to Variety, the show opened to strong numbers for ABC, scoring over 12-million viewers and coming in at number two among young adults behind CBS' NCIS.

It's been awhile since we've heard much about cheapy European airline Ryanair's plan to charge people to use the toilet. That's because the airline has apparently ditched the idea in favor of simply removing two out of three toilets from each of their planes. But it's not just about making flights more uncomfortable for travelers. Those removed toilets would be used to squeeze on another six seats. A Ryanair spokesman says the removed toilets and extra seats would lower air fares by about 5% for all passengers.

Trivia Answer: Maria Cantwell who turns 53 today. She's our state's second female senator, serving with Patty Murray. 

The World Series starts one week from today. The National League has home field advantage this year as they won the All Star Game.

Last night, former Mariner Doug Fister pitched a beauty and delivered another strong start in a game Detroit needed. Miguel Cabrera homered and hit a tie-breaking double to lead the Tigers past the Texas Rangers 5-2 in Game 3 of the AL championship series. The Rangers still lead two-games-to-one with Game 4 schedule for this afternoon. Meanwhile, in the National League, the scene has shifted to St. for Game 3. The series between the Cardinals and Milwaukee Brewers is tied at a game apiece. First pitch tonight at 5:05.

Remember Bryan Stow? He's the San Francisco Giants beaten up outside of Dodgers Stadium on opening day. Well, some good news: He's finally been released from the hospital -- more than 6 months after he was beaten within an inch of his life. Still, Stow's doctor says his recovery will take years.

Saturday, the Huskies host Colorado while the Cougars host Stanford.

Also Saturday, the Sounders host San Jose.

The bye week for the Seahawks. They're back in action October 23rd at Cleveland.

Today is International Moment of Frustration Scream Day. Head outdoors at noon and scream for 30 seconds. Today is National Bring Your Teddy Bear to Work Day. Today is Child Rambunctiousness Appreciation Day, a time to admire the energy of children. Today is the Day of Six Billion, when the world population reached six billion people on this date in 1999. World population reached one billion in 1804. Now another billion is added about every 12 years. Today is National Doodle Bug Day.

Calendar notes: On this date in 1938, filming began on The Wizard of Oz. In 1997, singer John Denver was killed at age 52 in the crash of his privately built aircraft in Monterey Bay, California. In 2004, the Seattle Storm won their first WNBA title with a 74-60 victory over the Connecticut Sun.

Okay, the headline made me giggle: Cyclist Hit by Antelope Despite Riding in Bike Lane. I'm thinking, there's an unexpected consequence of budget cuts. The antelope reading program is falling short. But then I looked into it further and watched the video. It turns out it's not in the city but rather the South African savannah. Evan van der Spuy found out that even when you're in the bike lane, or dirt path, you're never out of danger. He was competing in a race at Albert Falls Dam in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, when he was taken out by a hartbeest. The antelopes can grow to 330 pounds and run up to 40 mph. Van der Spuy's helmet was broken, but all he suffered was a stiff neck. The hartbeest appeared uninjured.

Rolling Stone has put together a cool map of streets named after famous musicians. If you head to RollingStone.com, you'll be able to locate Joey Ramone Place, U2 Way and Duke Ellington Boulevard in New York City, Sam Cooke and Buddy Guy Way in Chicago, as well as Dave Grohl Alley in Warren, Ohio. Of course, here in Olympia, we have Crosby Boulevard, as in Bing Crosby.

Speaking of Crosby Boulevard, WSDOT is installing signs on Highway 101 from Crosby to the I-5 interchange. The speed limit on that stretch is dropping from 60 to 45 on Tuesday. The northbound speed limit stays at 60. We're told WSP will be using "the minimum amount of enforcement necessary over a 30-day transition period to educate drivers on the speed limit change." Be advised, however, that the speed limit is changing.

Rosie O'Donnell beat talk show queen Oprah Winfrey on Oprah's OWN channel, according to viewership figures that came out yesterday. The debut on Monday of The Rosie Show -- a mixture of chat with first guest Russell Brand, games and music -- was seen by 497,000 viewers. Thousands of viewers, though, turned channels when it came to Winfrey's new show Oprah's Lifeclass -- in which she shares insights, lessons and old clips from 25 years of The Oprah Winfrey Show. Some 330,000 Americans watched that show's debut.

Adele scored four nominations for the 2011 American Music Awards announced yesterday, edging out the likes of Katy Perry and Lady Gaga. Adele was nominated for favorite rock/pop female artist, adult contemporary artist, album with her 21, and artist of the year. Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Lil Wayne and country music group The Band Perry were nominated three times, followed by artists such as Bruno Mars and Beyonce with two nods each. Besides Adele, other artist of the year contenders are Gaga, Lil Wayne, Taylor Swift and Katy Perry. The American Music Awards are being broadcast from Los Angeles on November 20th.

According to NME, a new study shows Americans like sexy music. The study by the State University of New York concluded that songs with "reproductive messages" like provocative tracks from Katy Perry, Rihanna, and LMFAO, were hugely popular with listeners. The study shows that 92 percent of the 174 songs in the Billboard Top 10 in 2009 had sexual context. The songs were checked for references to "genitalia," "infidelity" and "mate guarding."

Coldplay recently made a young boy very happy. The band met ten-year-old Colby Marais, who lives in Johannesburg in South Africa and who is suffering from a brain tumor, at one of their shows. The boy not only met his idols, but the group dedicated their song, Fix You, to him. Marais is a budding drummer.

Sadly it seems that ex-Weezer bassist Mikey Welsh, who died this weekend in Chicago, strangely predicted his own death. Welsh wrote on his Twitter two weeks ago saying, "Dreamt I died in Chicago next weekend (heart attack in my sleep). Need to write my will today." He even went as far as to correct himself later writing, "Correction- the weekend after next." Welsh was found dead in a Chicago hotel room on Saturday. He was 40 years old.

The company that gave us time wasters like FarmVille and CityVille has announced a slew of new Facebook games, including CastleVille, Zynga Bingo and Dream Zoo.

According to EOnline.com, Assistant FBI Director Mike Kortan is not happy with how former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover is portrayed in Clint Eastwood's new biopic. The dispute is over the alleged homosexual relationship between Hoover and his right-hand-man, Clyde Tolson. Kortan claims there is "no evidence" to support it was anything more than a professional relationship.

A Florida woman faces a charge of battery causing bodily harm after breaking the eleventh commandment: Thou shalt not throw thy Bible at thy son's girlfriend. A fight and Bible tossing ensued after she suspected the girlfriend of stealing her jewelry. She used the Bible to hit the girlfriend in the eye, causing a bleeding wound.

Trivia Answer: Wilton Norman Chamberlain -- Wilt Chamberlain -- who died on this date in 1999. Chamberlain was known by various nicknames during his basketball playing career. He hated the ones that called attention to his height such as Goliath and Wilt the Stilt, which was coined during his high school days by a Philadelphia sportswriter. He preferred The Big Dipper, Dippy or Dipper, all of which were inspired by his friends who saw him dip his head as he walked through doorways. He was also called the Chairman of the Boards. He was selected to 13 All-Star Games. He was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978, elected into the NBA's 35th Anniversary Team of 1980, and chosen as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. In 1992, Chamberlain was briefly hospitalized for an irregular heartbeat. According to those close to him, he eventually began taking medication for his heart troubles. On October 12th of 1999, rescuers found him dead upon being summoned to his Bel Air, California, home. His agent reported, after speaking with Chamberlain's cardiologist, that Chamberlain died of congestive heart failure, his health having deteriorated rapidly during the month preceding his death. 

Yesterday morning we were wondering if Detroit could go five-and-oh. Now, we know. Yup. Monday Night Football last night saw the Detroit Lions knock off the Chicago Bears 24-13. The Lions are undefeated through five games for the first time since 1956 -- the year before their last NFL title.

The World Series starts one week from tomorrow. We're still in the process of determining the contestants. On the American League side of things, Texas Rangers Nelson Cruz hit the first game-ending grand slam in baseball postseason history yesterday. That propelled the Rangers over the Detroit Tigers 7-3 in an 11-inning, 4 hour 25 minute game last night. The Rangers now have a 2-games-to-none lead in the AL championship series. Game three is tonight in Detroit. In the National League, St. Louis slugger Albert Pujols had one of the biggest postseason nights of his career in Game 2 of the NLCS. Pujols went 4-for-5 with a home run, three doubles and five RBIs to lead the Cardinals past the Milwaukee Brewers 12-3 last night. Tied at one game apiece, the series now shifts to St. Louis for Game 3 tomorrow night.

Tarvaris Jackson's status is still murky. The severity of Jackson's high-grade pectoral strain -- suffered on the right, throwing side of his chest -- still isn't known, and coach Pete Carroll said Jackson won't take any snaps this week in practice. The Hawks practice today and tomorrow before taking the rest of the week off and returning to work on Monday The Seahawks match up with Mike Holmgren and the Cleveland Browns on the 23rd.

College ball: Saturday, Huskies host Colorado while the Cougars host Stanford

Also Saturday, the Sounders host San Jose

The National Basketball Association has cancelled the first two weeks of the regular season due to a labor dispute with players. The NBA and the players union have not been able to reach a collective bargaining agreement. In a statement, the NBA said the cancellation includes all games originally scheduled to be played through November 14th.

Former Washington Gov. Albert Rosellini has died. A Democrat who always wore a rosebud on his lapel, Rosellini served as governor for eight years ending in 1965. His tenure in office was defined by efforts to reform state prisons and modernize mental health institutions while shepherding through the creation of the 520 floating bridge that now bears his name. Roselinni became the oldest living former governor in America. Albert Rosellini was 101.

Today is Anniversary Day for former president Bill and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. They married 35 years ago today, when Bill was 29 and Hillary was 27. Chelsea Victoria was born five years later in 1980. Today is You Go, Girl Day, celebrating Kathy Sullivan, the first American woman to walk in space. Today is National Face Your Fears Day. Today is National Sausage Pizza Day. This is Pet Peeve Week. What's your pet peeve?

Calendar notes: On this date in 1868, Thomas Alva Edison filed papers for his first invention: an electrical vote recorder to rapidly tabulate floor votes in Congress. Members of Congress rejected it. In 1975, Saturday Night Live debuted on NBC starring Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, and Gilda Radner. In 1983, the last hand-cranked telephone system in the US went out of service as 440 telephone customers in Bryant Pond, Maine, were switched over to direct-dial service. In 2002, former President Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Hank Williams, Jr. is responding to recent events in song. After being dropped from his 22-year long gig on ESPN's Monday Night Football broadcasts last week -- thanks to comments he made on Fox News' Fox and Friends -- the singer addressed both TV networks in a new tune he wrote titled, I'll Keep My… The Associated Press reports that the singer penned the song Friday morning and recorded it that afternoon. Lyrics include: "So Fox 'n Friends wanna put me down / Ask for my opinion / Twist it all around," and "Well two can play that gotcha game you'll see." Additionally, he encourages fans not to watch Fox and Friends or ESPN and says that the US is "going down the drain." Also in response to the events of last week, Hank, Jr. is appearing The View today.

Elton John hit a remarkable milestone over the weekend. On Saturday, he performed his three-thousandth live public performance when he took the stage at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for his Million Dollar Piano Show. The Rocket Man's residency at the hotel-casino goes through next year. Elton's first show took place in London on his 23rd birthday, back on March 25th of 1970. He has since performed in 74 countries and has played in the US 1,608 times. He has performed in all 50 states. 2011 marks the 40th anniversary of Elton's Las Vegas debut. On this date in 1997, Elton's charity single, Candle in the Wind, was the number one song in America. It was his eighth number one single in the US.

Lee DeWyze has been released from RCA records after just one album. The season nine American Idol-winner had the worst selling debut album from an Idol winner in history. His 2010 debut album Live It Up sold just over 168-thousand copies and did not score him a hit single. He becomes only the second Idol winner to be dropped after a single album, following in the footsteps of season five champion Taylor Hicks.

Lady Gaga's HBO special, Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden, is coming to DVD. The disc will also feature previously unreleased footage. It comes out on November 21st. That's the same day that the Born This Way remix album comes out, which features 14 songs off the album remixed by DJs and artists including Foster the People, the Weeknd, and more.

In an interview with USA Today, Chris Martin says he doesn't make his kids listen to Coldplay. Martin, who has two kids with his wife Gwyneth Paltrow, says "My children made me more focused on not wasting time on anything I don't think is worth wasting time on." He goes on to say, "You want your kids to be proud, basically. So it gives you extra drive." Coldplay's new album Mylo Xyloto is out on October 25th.

A video on YouTube appears to show a traffic accident in Belarus in which a police van is sent spinning. The force of the collision hurls one cop from the vehicle, but he performs a sensational roll, missing the rotating van by inches, before tumbling onto his feet and walking away.

A sweet tooth isn't necessarily bad for your health -- at least not when it comes to chocolate. Researchers studying more than 33,000 Swedish women found that the more chocolate women said they ate, the lower their risk of stroke. The results add to a growing body of evidence linking cocoa consumption to heart health.

An argument over chores got way out of hand Sunday in California and now Antonio Gutierrez is accused of pulling a sword on his 18-year-old son. Gutierrez says he was upset about his son being lazy around the house.

Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins probably should've known better. A couple of weeks ago, the evening of September 30th, he arrived home. He'd driven his Mercedes SUV into his garage, then gone inside the house. What he'd left behind was his cell phone, laptop computer, his wallet and … his key in the ignition. Add to that, he left the garage door up. Apparently that lone fence across his drive couldn't stop the theft of his $100,000 auto, his phone, his laptop, and his wallet.

It is impossible to lick your elbow ... At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick it anyway.

Trivia Answer: George Carlin was the host. By the way, the show was originally called NBC's Saturday Night, as the name Saturday Night Live was in use by rival network ABC. NBC purchased the rights to the name in 1976 and officially adopted the new title in 1977.

The Seattle Seahawks beat the New York Giants at their own game, with a fourth-quarter rally. Backup quarterback Charlie Whitehurst replaced the injured Tarvaris Jackson in the third quarter. He threw a 27-yard touchdown pass to Doug Baldwin with 2:37 to play, and Brandon Browner returned an interception 94 yards to thwart a desperate, late rally by the Giants as the Seahawks posted a 36-25 victory yesterday. Tarvaris Jackson has a strained right pectoral. Coach Pete Carroll didn't give a time frame for Jackson's return. He has an extra week, though, as the Seahawks now have a bye before facing the Cleveland Browns on October 23rd.

Will the Lions go 5-and-0? The undefeated Detroit Lions take on the Chicago Bears in Detroit tonight on Monday Night Football.

Al Davis, the owner of the Oakland Raiders, died Saturday, the team said on its website. He was 82. Davis was part of professional football for six decades, and he first came to the Raiders in 1963. Since then, the team has had 28 winning seasons and won three Super Bowl championships. Davis was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1992.

Coming off their bye week, Saturday, the Huskies host Colorado.

UCLA rallied from an eight-point deficit in the fourth quarter for a 28-25 victory over Washington State on Saturday night. Next Saturday, the Cougars host Stanford.

The Philadelphia Union beat the Seattle Sounders 2-0 on Saturday night, giving the Los Angeles Galaxy their fourth Supporters' Shield for the best regular-season record in Major League Soccer.

Seattle dropped to 16-7-9, while Los Angeles is 18-4-10. The Sounders entered the game with a three-match MLS winning streak. Saturday, the Sounders host San Jose.

Baseball: Game one of the ALCS was interrupted twice by rain for a total of 1 hour, 50 minutes Saturday night. In the end, the defending AL champion Texas Rangers had a 3-2 victory. Game two was supposed to be yesterday but was postponed due to inclement weather, field conditions and a forecast for even more bad weather late yesterday. They'll try to play it this afternoon. In the NLCS, the Milwaukee Brewers took game one yesterday, downing the St. Louis Cardinals, 9-6. The Brewers host the Cards again tonight.

Today is Thanksgiving Day in Canada. Here in the states, it's Columbus Day. Today is World Mental Health Day, sponsored by the United Nations. Today is National Floppy Hat Day, a day to wear the floppiest hat you can find for at least a half hour. Today is Really Clean the Sink Day. Whichever sink you want. Today is National Cake Decorating Day. National Ratty Sweater Season begins today. This is National School Lunch Week.

Calendar notes: It was on this date in 1962 that the BBC banned Bobby Boris Pickett's Monster Mash. In 1970, Neil Diamond scored his first #1 song with Cracklin' Rosie. In 1978, President Jimmy Carter signed a law authorizing the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin. In 1980, actor Billy Thomas died of a heart attack at age 49. He starred in 89 Our Gang films as Buckwheat. In 1990, an imposter appeared as Buckwheat on ABC's TV news program 20/20. On this date in 2005, Angela Merkel became the first woman chancellor of Germany.

Boxing robots clashed with Hollywood titan George Clooney at the weekend movie box office, and the machines won. Robot action flick Real Steel starring Hugh Jackman topped the weekend box office. Clooney's political thriller Ides of March finished second. Last weekend's box office leader, family film Dolphin Tale, fell to third place. Baseball drama Moneyball, starring Brad Pitt, stayed in the game during its third week in theaters landing in fourth place. Rounding out the top five was 50/50.

Fans and friends of Paul McCartney gathered in central London yesterday to watch the ex-Beatle walk down the aisle for the third time, as he married girlfriend Nancy Shevell. Ringo Starr, the only other surviving former Beatle, was there, as was iconic television host Barbara Walters, who reportedly played a role in introducing McCartney and Shevell, an American trucking heiress. Walters is Shevell's second cousin, she said on her show The View in 2007. The wedding took place at the same venue where McCartney married his first wife, Linda, in 1969. She died of breast cancer in 1998. Yesterday would have been John Lennon's 71st birthday.

If you remember a few years back, U2 released their very own iPod, working closely with Apple to create it. Now that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has passed away, U2 singer Bono has some words about the visionary. Speaking to Billboard, Bono says, "What made Steve Jobs truly great is that he was only interested in doing truly great things. He was bored by an easy ride or easy profit. In a world littered with dull objects, he brought the beauty of clean lines and clear thought." He went on to say, "I already miss him…one of a very small group of anarchic Americans who through technology literally invented the 21st century. We will all miss the hardware software Elvis."

Meanwhile, Walter Isaacson's highly anticipated biography of Steve Jobs has jumped to No. 1 on Amazon.com's bestseller list, even though the book won't be released until October 24th. The biography, entitled simply "Steve Jobs," is based on more than 40 interviews between Isaacson and Jobs conducted over the past two years, The New York Times reported. Isaacson also interview Jobs' family and colleagues.

Johnny Depp has signed on for a Dr. Seuss biopic. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Depp is producing and potentially starring as Seuss who was born as Theodor Geisel. Suess was the author of children's book classics like Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. In addition to being turned into a number of hit movies, Geisel's books have sold more than 200 million copies worldwide.

Julia Roberts is known as America's Sweetheart, but Lily Collins, her co-star in the upcoming untitled Snow White film, was rather intimidated by her. The 22-year-old, who plays Snow White, tells People magazine, "She played the 'Evil Queen' brilliantly. Off camera, she's so down to earth and so sweet. We'd be shooting and she's being extremely horrible to me [in character] and once they yell cut, the first thing she says to me, 'Are you okay? I'm sorry, I hate being mean to you.'" The film is scheduled for a March 2012 release.

The former bass player for Weezer, Mikey Welsh, was found dead in a Chicago hotel over the weekend. Workers at the Rafaello Hotel found Welsh unresponsive and not breathing when they went to his room on Saturday afternoon after he failed to check out as scheduled. The 40-year-old Welsh left the band a decade ago. He had been in Chicago to attend Weezer's appearance at RiotFest last night, a concert that went on as scheduled. Welsh said in a posting on his Facebook page earlier in October that he was looking forward to meeting up with the band in Chicago. The Cook County Medical Examiner's office is expected to conduct an autopsy.

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Trivia Answer: David Lee Roth who turns 57 today. Roth was ranked nineteenth by Hit Parader on their list of the 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Singers of All Time. The band Mammoth featured Alex Van Halen on drums and Edward Van Halen singing and playing lead guitar. It was at Roth's urging that the group changed their name to Van Halen.

Baseball's post-season continues. In the AL, it's the Texas Rangers and Detroit Tigers after the Tigers ended the Yankees season last night beating New York in the Bronx 3-2. Game one of the Ranhers-Tigers series is tomorrow at the Ballpark at Arlington. For the NL, it all gets decided today. The Arizona Diamondbacks and Milwaukee Brewers even at two-games-a-piece. Game five is this afternoon. St. Louis and Philadelphia are also in a winner-take-all game five. It's coming up tonight at 5:30.

No Huskies this weekend. It's the Dawgs' bye week. They're back in action next Saturday when they host Colorado. The Cougars travel to UCLA tomorrow.

The Seattle Sounders are back in MLS action tomorrow when they host Philadelphia

Coming up Sunday, the Seahawks travel to the Meadowlands to face the New York Giants.

That famous question, "Are you ready for some football?" will no longer be part of Monday Night Football. ESPN and the Monday Night Football theme song performer, Hank Williams, Jr., parted ways this week. The decision came after Hank made controversial comments about the president on Fox & Friends recently, which he later apologized for. In a statement released by ESPN yesterday, the network stated: "We have decided to part ways with Hank Williams, Jr. We appreciate his contributions over the past years. The success of Monday Night Football has always been about the games, and that will continue." Hank, Jr. wrote his own message yesterday, posting to his website, "After reading hundreds of emails, I have made MY decision. By pulling my opening Oct 3rd, You (ESPN) stepped on the Toes of The First Amendment Freedom of Speech, so therefore Me, My Song, and All My Rowdy Friends are OUT OF HERE. It's been a great run." Hank, Jr.'s adaptation of his hit, All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight, has been used as the Monday Night Football theme since 1989.

It's Fall Arts Walk time. More than 100 businesses in Downtown Olympia are showcasing the community.s artists.  Keep an umbrella handy and enjoy it tonight til 1o, and tomorrow from 11 til 4.

Today is Try To Start An Argument Over Which Is the Best Muppet Day. Today is World Smile Day, dedicated to good works and good cheer worldwide. Do an act of kindness and help one person smile. Today is National Diversity Day. Today is If At First You Don't Succeed Day, honoring Frank Sinatra, whose CBS-TV musical variety show debuted on this date in 1950. The first year, Frank couldn't compete with Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows. The second season he couldn't compete with Milton Berle's Texaco Star Theater. In 1957 Frank tried TV again with a variety-drama show, but it lasted less than a year.

Calendar notes: On this date in 1916, in history's worst football game, Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland College 222 to 0. In 1968, the Motion Picture Association of America adopted a film-rating system that ranged from "G" for general audiences to "X" for adults over 17. In 2003, Californians voted to recall Democratic Governor Gray Davis and elected actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican, as governor.

Ben Stiller is hosting Saturday Night Live this week. If you'll recall, he comes from a very funny family, as his dad is Jerry Stiller and his mom is Anne Meara. Catch Ben with musical guests Foster the People on SNL tomorrow night.

NBC has canceled the new Hank Azaria show, Free Agents. The show was axed due to low ratings after only four airings. Free Agents only scored 3.2-million viewers on Wednesday night.

Denzel Washington has donated over two-million dollars to his alma mater, Fordham University. The school announced earlier this week that the Oscar-winning actor gave the money to endow the Denzel Washington Chair in Theatre and another 250-thousand dollars to establish a scholarship for a minority undergraduate student studying theater at Fordham.

Barack Obama may be the leader of the free world, but apparently even he gets a little intimidated when meeting Lady Gaga. The Pres admitted as much when last weekend, during his address at the annual Human Rights Campaign gala in Washington, D.C., he joked that meeting Lady Gaga was "intimidating." According to ABC News, Obama said, "She was wearing 16-inch heels. She was 8 feet tall. It was a little intimidating." Gaga and Obama met late last month at a Silicon Valley fundraiser held at the home of Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg. Gaga used the opportunity to make good on a Twitter vow she'd posted in reaction to the suicide of bullied teen Jamey Rodemeyer, asking the president what his administration planned on doing to stop bullying. At the Human Rights gala, Obama joked with the crowd, which included gay and lesbian advocates, saying, "I held some productive bilateral talks with your leader."

When The Beatles broke up back in 1969, they weren't on the best terms, however in the '70s, they mended their relationships. Paul McCartney now feels that if John Lennon and George Harrison were still alive today, it is "highly likely" the band would have reunited. Paul told England's Daily Express, "I think we would've mellowed to the point where we would've said, 'Come on, let's do it.'" Paul went on to say, "It would've been great, but I'm not a great believer in 'What if?' You can't do it, but I suppose it's nice to speculate." Sunday, by the way would've been John Lennon's 71st birthday.

Adele is back on top of the Billboard Hot 100 this week with her latest single, "Someone Like You." The song spent one week at the top of the chart back in September following her stirring rendition of it at MTV's Video Music Awards back on August 28th. Maroon 5's Moves Like Jagger featuring Christina Aguilera falls one spot to number two after four non-consecutive weeks at the summit.

RollingStone.com is reflecting on the career of Flea, but not his for his musical contributions. The site is looking back on his movie appearances, from The Big Lebowski to Back to the Future II. The Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist says of his time on screen, "I always thought I was a pretty terrible actor. Recently something clicked and I kind of figured out how to be a good actor, but since then I haven't acted in anything. But I just lucked into this weird, little obscure cameo-esque film career. I just love being a part of film history."

Rod Stewart is the latest rocker to write an autobiography. While the book doesn't have a title yet, in a statement, Rod promised to "hold nothing back" and assured fans he will be explicit with the details about his love life. Stewart said, "Forget skeletons in the closet; this one's going to be socks and knickers under the bed." It's due out in the fall of 2012.

Coming up on October 26th, Coldplay's show in Madrid, Spain is streaming live ( at 4 PM Eastern) over at YouTube.com/Coldplay/VEVO. You can also watch the concert from your mobile device via VEVO and YouTube.

A new study shows that people who volunteer live longer.

It happened. Detroit has taken the number one spot in a list of cities. Granted, it's been named Forbes' Most Dangerous City in America, but let's focus on the positive. Memphis came in second, followed by the somewhat surprising Springfield, Illinois. Rounding out the top five are Flint, Michigan and Anchorage, Alaska.

Trivia Answer:The Phantom of the Opera, the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The Phantom of the Opera opened in the West End in London in 1986, and then on Broadway in 1988. It became the longest-running musical in Broadway history after overtaking Cats in 2006. It is also the second-longest-running West End musical. The Broadway production continues to play at the Majestic theater, where it marked its nine thousandth performance back in 2009 -- the first Broadway show to ever reach that number. The show celebrates its 24th anniversary in January with no end in sight. With total worldwide box office receipts of over $5.1 billion, Phantom is the highest-grossing entertainment event of all time. The New York production alone has grossed $800 million, making it the most financially successful Broadway show in history.

Baseball's post-season continues. In the AL, the Texas Rangers await the winner of the New York Yankees-Detroit Tigers series. That series is down to a final game five at 5:00 this afternoon in the Bronx. On the NL side, the Arizona Diamondbacks have pulled their series with the Milwaukee Brewers even at two-games-a-piece with a 10-6 win last night. That sets up another game five tomorrow afternoon at 2. St. Louis bounced back with a 5-3 win over Philadelphia yesterday so that series also goes to a winner-take-all game five in Philadelphia tomorrow night at 5:30.

It's the bye week for the Dawgs. They're back in action October 15th when they host Colorado. The Cougars travel to UCLA Saturday.

The Seattle Sounders return to MLS action Saturday when they host Philadelphia

Coming up Sunday, the Seahawks travel to the Meadowlands to face the New York Giants.

Steve Jobs, the iconic Apple co-founder who reshaped the world's digital landscape, died yesterday, ending a storied career that saw him ousted from the company he co-founded only to return from exile to lead the Apple to greater glory with the iPod, iPhone and iPad. Jobs, who stepped down as CEO earlier this year for health-related reasons, had suffered for years from pancreatic cancer and related illnesses and in 2009 underwent a liver transplant. His death was announced by Apple. "Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve," the board of directors said in a statement. Jobs was considered by many to be the greatest corporate leader of the last half century, and indeed his numerous successes rank him alongside Ford, Disney and Edison as a giant of American business. He was 56.

Today is International Walk to School Day, a day to fight pollution and obesity and to establish safe neighborhood routes for walking and bicycling. National Physicians Assistant Week begins today. Today is National German-American Day.

Calendar notes: On this date in 1991, actress Liz Taylor married construction worker Larry Fortensky at Michael Jackson's California estate. It was her 8th marriage. On this date in 1880, the Cincinnati Reds were kicked out of the National League for selling beer. Two years later the Reds represented the new "Beer and Whiskey League" American Association and beat the National League champ Chicago White Stockings in what some call the first World Series.

Sarah Palin said yesterday she will not run for president, leaving little doubt that the eventual Republican nominee will come from the current field of contenders. After months of leaving her fans guessing, Palin said in a statement that she and Todd "devote ourselves to God, family and country." She said her decision maintains that order.

There are more reports circulating that Ashton Kutcher may have been unfaithful to Demi Moore. Us Weekly is reporting that Kutcher had a hot tub party with two girls in a San Diego Hard Rock Hotel room, where things got hot and heavy. A source also told the magazine that Ashton told the two girls he was separated from Demi. Neither Kutcher nor Moore has made any comment about these rumors.

As if kicking the game-winning field-goal to beat the number seven team in the state isn't a big enough deal, it was kicked by the Homecoming Queen. Brianna Amat of Pinckney High School in Michigan kicked her career best 31-yard field goal at the end of the third quarter to put her team ahead 9-7 over Grand Blanc High School. Perhaps the motivation came after she was called out of the locker room at halftime and, to her surprise, crowned the school's Homecoming Queen. This was the team's biggest game of the season and no doubt Brianna's biggest night of her high school career.

Robert De Niro told UK paper The Sunday Times that he wants more Oscars. The veteran actor already has two Academy Awards, for The Godfather: Part II and Raging Bull, but he says he'd like five so he could give one to each of his children. Clint Eastwood and Katharine Hepburn currently have the most Oscars, with four each.

According to Variety, Robert Downey, Jr. is in talks to star in a feature film version of Perry Mason. The classic character was born in the early 1930s by way of a series of books written by Erle Stanley Gardner. Downey would play the famed defense attorney as well as produce the film.

According to the New York Times, as well as Will Arnett and Jason Bateman's Twitter pages, Arrested Development is headed back to the big screen AND the small screen. The show's creator, Mitchell Hurwitz, says they hope to do ten episodes of the series before releasing a full length feature. The cast says they hope to release the mini-series and film in 2013.

The 25th Anniversary Edition of Sid & Nancy arrives on Blu-Ray in December. The film tells the story of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his unforgettable junkie girlfriend, Nancy, played by Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb. It follows their turbulent relationship, which spirals downward into drug use and eventually breaks up the band. The 25th Anniversary Edition of Sid & Nancy arrives on Blu-Ray on December 27th.

Trivia Answer: Elizabeth Taylor was married eight times to seven husbands. When asked why she married so often, she replied, "I don't know, honey. It sure beats the hell out of me." She said that, "I was taught by my parents that if you fall in love, if you want to have a love affair, you get married. I guess I'm very old-fashioned." Taylor's husbands were:

1. Conrad "Nicky" Hilton (May 6, 1950 – January 29, 1951): Liz believed that she was in love with the young hotel heir, but also wanted to escape her mother.Hilton's "gambling, drinking, and abusive behavior", however, horrified her and her parents, and ended the marriage in divorce after nine months.

2. Michael Wilding (February 21, 1952 – January 26, 1957): Wilding was 20 years older than Taylor, and comforted her after leaving Hilton. After their divorce Taylor admitted that "I gave him rather a rough time, sort of henpecked him and probably wasn't mature enough for him." Divorce came after nearly five years.

3. Michael Todd (February 2, 1957 – March 22, 1958): On March 22nd of 1958, Todd's private plane Lucky Liz crashed near Grants, New Mexico killing all on board. Todd's death ended Taylor's only marriage not to result in divorce.

4. Eddie Fisher (May 12, 1959 – March 6, 1964): Fisher was Todd's best friend. He consoled Taylor after Todd's death. They began an affair while Fisher was still married to Debbie Reynolds, causing a scandal. This marriage lasted nearly five years.

5. Richard Burton (March 15, 1964 – June 26, 1974): The Vatican condemned Burton and Taylor's affair, which began when both were married to others. The press closely followed their relationship before, during, and after their ten years of marriage, due to great public interest in "the most famous film star in the world and the man many believed to be the finest classical actor of his generation." They divorced in June of 1974.

6. Richard Burton (October 10, 1975 – July 29, 1976): Sixteen months after divorcing, Liz and Richard Burton remarried in a private ceremony, but soon separated and redivorced in 1976.

7. John Warner (December 4, 1976 – November 7, 1982): As with Burton, Taylor sought to be known as the wife of her husband, a Republican United States Senator from Virginia. Unhappy with her life in Washington DC, however, Taylor became depressed and entered the Betty Ford Clinic. This marriage lasted nearly seven years.

8. Larry Fortensky (October 6, 1991 – October 31, 1996): Taylor and Fortensky met during another stay at the Betty Ford Clinic and were married at the Neverland Ranch. When Taylor and Fortensky married in 1991 Fortensky was reported to have a pre-nuptial agreement where he would receive $1 million (with no additional support) if the marriage lasted five years. The couple split after five years in 1996. Fortensky's sister said they were divorced because Fortensky did not want to be known as "Mr. Elizabeth Taylor" anymore.

The Seattle Sounders website proclaimed THREEATTLE. Fredy Montero blasted in the first goal in the 78th minute. Later, Osvaldo Alonso added the exclamation point as the Seattle Sounders won their third consecutive Lamar Hunt US Open Cup last night at Century Link Field, shutting out the Chicago Fire 2-0. A US Open Cup record crowd of 35,615 was on hand to see the Sounders become the first club to win three consecutive US Open Cups in 42 years. It was also a feat that had never been done by an MLS team. The Sounders return to MLS action Saturday when they host Philadelphia

Baseball's post-season continues. In the AL, the Texas Rangers got past the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 yesterday and eliminated the Rays. Texas now awaits the winner of the New York Yankees-Detroit Tigers series. That series comes down to a final game 5 tomorrow in the Bronx after New York trounced the Tigers, 10-1, last night. On the NL side, Philadelphia beat St. Louis 3-2 in game 3 to take a 2-games-to-1 lead. Game 4 is this afternoon at 3. Meanwhile, Arizona came back and beat Milwaukee 8-1 last night. The D'backs are down 2-games-to-1 with game 4 tonight at 6:30 in Arizona.

It's the bye week for the Dawgs. They're back in action October 15th when they host Colorado. The Cougars travel to UCLA Saturday.

Coming up Sunday, the Seahawks travel to the Meadowlands to face the New York Giants.

You can learn all about George Harrison's life in the new documentary, George Harrison: Living in the Material World, which airs tonight (10/5) and tomorrow on HBO, and on top of that, his former Beatles bandmate, Paul McCartney, is talking about him. Paul says that George likely got annoyed with being in the Beatles because their albums were only 40 minutes long and didn't have room for all the songs Harrison was writing. McCartney added that George described his 1970 solo triple album, All Things Must Pass, as "diarrhea," explaining, "That was his own affectionate way of describing that he'd had a lot of stuff stored up that had to come out." All Things Must Pass was the first triple-album ever released by a solo artist.

In just under a month, U2 premieres their new documentary, From the Sky Down, on TV screens across the world. The film chronicles the making of their 1991 album, Achtung Baby. Bono says he was pleasantly surprised at people's interest in the subject. From the Sky Down is on Showtime on October 29th.

The first live X Factor airs tonight on FOX.

NBC has canceled The Playboy Club. The show was inspired by Hugh Hefner's legendary 1960's Chicago lounge and was given the axe this week. Meanwhile, NBC comedies Whitney and Up All Night have both been picked up for full seasons.

In its 23rd year on TV, The Simpsons could be on the endangered species list. The show's producer said yesterday that the show can't continue under its current financial model. That follows a report that big pay cuts are being sought for the actors who provide voices for Homer, Marge and Bart Simpson and the other characters. Chris Alexander is a spokesman for 20th Century Fox Television. Alexander says the producer hopes for an agreement that allows the show to continue. The Daily Beast reported that producers are demanding a 45 percent pay cut from the six voice actors.

Today is National Noisy Munching Day, a day to annoy others by eating ice, pickles, chips, anything crunchy and loud. Today is World Teachers' Day, sponsored by the UN. The Nottingham Goose Fair starts today in England. It's been held every year since 1284, except during the Great Plague in 1665 and the two world wars. They expect a half million goose lovers during the 4-day fair. Today is Long Walk Day. David Kunst walked around the world, beginning June 20, 1970 and ending October 5, 1974. It took him 4 years and 21 pairs of shoes, but he accomplished what he set out to do. He walked 14,450 miles. Great Books Week begins today.

Calendar notes: It was on this date in 1969 that Monty Python's Flying Circus debuted on BBC television. In 1979, the movie 10 starring Dudley Moore, Julie Andrews, and Bo Derek opened in 650 theaters. In 1989, evangelist Jim Bakker was convicted of using his TV show to defraud followers of over $150-million.

Adele is canceling the remainder of her sold out US tour due to a hemorrhage in her vocal chord. That word from her record label yesterday. She pulled out of 10 dates, starting with Atlantic City in New Jersey on October 7th and finishing with three gigs in Texas two weeks later. Adele was already forced to postpone several US dates earlier this year due to vocal chord issues and was finishing up a tour in Britain when her illness reappeared and she decided to cancel the remaining US dates.

Johnny Depp is opening up about his finances, past and present, in Vanity Fair. He talks about attending Scientology study groups early in his career because they paid three-dollars a meeting. And as for his "Hollywood's Best-Paid Actor" status, he says, "Basically, if they're going to pay me the stupid money right now, I'm going to take it…I mean, it's not for me…At this point, it's for my kids."

Disney is re-releasing 3D versions of Beauty and the Beast, Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc. and The Little Mermaid. The decision comes on the heels of the success of the 3D version of The Lion King, which topped the box office two weeks ago. According to Variety, the studio is releasing Beauty and the Beast on January 13th, Finding Nemo on September 14th of next year, Monsters, Inc., on January 18th of 2013 and The Little Mermaid on September 13th of 2013. Meanwhile a prequel to Monsters, Inc. opens in 3D on June 21st of 2013.

Alecia Moore, better known as P!nk, is currently shooting her feature film debut in New York City. Moore stars opposite Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins and Gwyneth Paltrow in the dramedy, Thanks For Sharing. Principal photography for the film began in New York City in late September, and Moore joined the cast this week. The film tells the story of a group of unlikely friends brought together through their shared determination to recover from sex addiction and forge meaningful relationships in their lives.

Mr. Ed the Movie? It could happen. According to Variety, FOX 2000 has acquired feature film rights to the 1960s TV series Mr. Ed, which chronicled the adventures of a talking horse. The original series aired on CBS from 1961 to 1966.

The Goo Goo Dolls are heading out on the road this month in support of their latest album, Something For The Rest of Us. The band kicks off the outing on the 12th in Milwaukee and wraps on November 13th in Erie, Pennsylvania. All the dates are back east or down south. In other Goos news, the group's 1998 single, Iris, has soared to number one on the UK iTunes chart after being performed by two finalists on the British edition of The X Factor.

Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett have released their video for The Lady is a Tramp. Gaga, complete with blue hair, vamps along alongside Bennett, singing "I love the free, fresh wind in my hair." She goes on to profess her love for the New York Yankees and even scats a bit. Bennett seems to love every minute of it, trading vocal lines, laughing when Gaga steals his handkerchief and taking her on a slow dance at the end of the song. The Duets II album debuted at the top of the Billboard album chart, selling over 179-thousand copies. The Lady is a Tramp was first performed on Broadway in the 1937 musical Babes in Arms. The song has been covered by the likes of Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald and Shirley Bassey over the years.

Cher took to Twitter recently, to announce that her collaboration with Lady Gaga is coming out this week.

Normally when someone sneezes, an acceptable response is "God bless you." This is not the case in Steve Cuckovich's health class at William C. Wood High School, just outside of San Francisco's Bay Area. MSNBC.com reports that Cuckovich docked five points from a student's score when he said bless you to another student following their sneeze. Cuckovich claims that talking of any kind is disruptive and takes time away from class. He also stated, "The blessing doesn't make sense anymore." Parents felt his rule against the socially acceptable response was anti-religious and felt they needed to bring this to the attention to the school's Superintendent, who is yet to reach a decision on the matter.

To protect folks in the front seat during side impact crashes, General Motors says it plans to introduce the industry's first front-center air bag in three of its vehicles starting with model year 2013. The air bag would pop out from in between the driver and passenger seat.

In this day and age, no one is satisfied with being flat. Artificial mountains are popping up all over society. And now, they may be coming to the countryside as well. Engineering groups in Holland are working n a plan to bring some altitude to the low-lying Netherlands. According to the Daily Mail, it all started as a joke by a journalist who shared his wishful thinking in a column, but the response from the public was overwhelming. Now the country may end up with a man-made, mile-high mountain.

Trivia Answer: Jeff Conaway who would have been 61 today. He died this past May 27th. In 1972, Conaway appeared in the original cast of the Broadway musical Grease, as an understudy to several roles including that of the lead male character, Danny Zuko, and eventually succeeded role-originator Barry Bostwick.He played the role for 2 1/2 years while his friend John Travolta, with whom he shared a manager, later joined the show, playing Doody in the chorus. The two would reunite in the 1978 motion picture musical Grease, in which Travolta played Zuko and Conaway his buddy Kenickie. After breaking into series television in 1975 with Happy Days, followed by other sitcom and drama appearances and three more movies including Grease, Conaway was cast as vain, struggling, but goodhearted actor Bobby Wheeler in the workplace comedy Taxi, which premiered in fall 1978. He had appeared in an episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show for the same producers. Conaway left Taxi after the third season. Part of the reason was his drug abuse after season one. Taxi writer Sam Simon recalled in 2008 that during production of Simon's first script for that show, a missing Conaway was found in his dressing room too high on drugs to perform, and that his dialogue for that episode was divided between his co-stars Danny DeVito and Christopher Lloyd who delivered the jokes well enough so that Conaway's absence had little negative impact on the actual episode. This caused the show's producers to realize that he was expendable and contributed to Conaway's eventual firing. Conaway eventually came to grips with the fact that he had a substance abuse problem. He underwent treatment in the late 1980s and often spoke candidly about his addictions. By the mid-2000s however, he had relapsed. Conaway appeared in VH1's Celebrity Fit Club, but was forced to leave and entered rehab. In early 2008, Conaway appeared with other celebrities in the VH1 reality series Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew. The show revealed that Conaway was addicted to cocaine, alcohol, and painkillers, and that he was in a codependent relationship with his girlfriend Vikki Lizzi, also a user of prescription opiates. Conaway had suffered a back injury earlier in his career on the set of Grease while filming the Greased Lightning scene, which had been exacerbated more recently as a result of lifting boxes in his home. Conaway's appearance on the show's first and second seasons drew much attention because of his severely crippled state, his constant threats of leaving the facility and his frequent inability to speak clearly. Upon arrival at the Pasadena Recovery Centre (which was filmed as part of Celebrity Rehab's first episode) Conaway, using a wheelchair, arrived drunk, mumbling to Dr. Drew that the night previous he had binged on cocaine and Jack Daniel's whiskey. In August 2009, Conaway was interviewed by Entertainment Tonight. In the interview, the actor claimed he was much better after a fifth back operation, and that he had yet to use painkillers again. He also discussed unscrupulous doctors and enablers. On May 11th this year, Conaway was found unconscious from what was initially described as an overdose of substances believed to be pain medication and was taken to a medical center in Encino, California, where he was listed in critical condition. After initial reports, it came out that Conaway was suffering not from a drug overdose but rather from pneumonia. Though his pneumonia was not directly a result of drug usage, it hampered Conaway's ability to recognize how severely ill he was and to seek treatment for pneumonia until it was too late. On May 26th of 2011, Conaway's family took him off life support after doctors decided there was nothing they could do to revive him. Conaway died the following morning at the age of 60.

Monday Night Football last night, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Indianapolis Colts 24-17. It's the Bucs third win in a row and leaves the Colts winless at 0-and-4. Coming up Sunday, the Seahawks travel to the Meadowlands to face the New York Giants.

It's the bye week for the Dawgs. They're back in action October 15th when they host Colorado.

Next Saturday, the Cougars travel to UCLA.

In the span of the past two weeks, the Seattle Sounders have locked up nearly every major goal on their season-long to-do list. They clinched a Major League Soccer playoff spot for a third consecutive season. They claimed the first MLS version of the Cascadia Cup -- the regional rivalry between Seattle, Portland and Vancouver -- with a 3-1 win over the Whitecaps north of the border. And they advanced into the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions League by pulling out a 2-2 draw in Guatemala against Comunicaciones and wrapped up one of the top two spots in their group. Now comes the capper to Seattle's hectic recent schedule. Tonight when they host the Chicago Fire in the finals of the U.S. Open Cup. The Chicago Fire has four Lamar Hunt US Open Cup crowns to their name. The Seattle Sounders have won back-to-back titles. The Sounders are in search of their third straight tonight. The Sounders host the Chicago Fire in that US Open Cup championship match tonight at Century Link Field.

Baseball's post-season continues. There were two games yesterday. The Texas Rangers got past the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 last night to take a two-games-one lead. Then earlier today, the Rangers eliminated the Rays winning game 4 by a score of 4-3.

The Detroit Tigers took a two-games-to-one lead over the New York Yankees in Detroit last night downing the Yanks 5-4. The Tigers can end it tonight in Detroit at 5:30.

Today's other games are Philadelphia at St. Louis and Milwaukee at Arizona.

Today is International Toot Your Flute Day, a day to promote yourself. Today is National Taco Day. World Space Week begins today, sponsored by the UN.

Calendar notes: It was on this date in 1957 that Leave it to Beaver debuted on CBS Television. In 1970, Janis Joplin died of a drug overdose at the Landmark Motel in Hollywood. The 27-year-old had just finished recording her second solo album, Pearl. On this date in 1992, Sinead O'Connor ripped up a picture of the pope on Saturday Night Live. The resulting uproar was detrimental to her career.

Sports website SBnation.com is reporting that Madonna is providing the halftime entertainment at Super Bowl XLVI. Sources tell the site that the singer is scheduled to perform, but the NFL has declined to comment on whether or not the story is true. In 1998, it was rumored that Madonna would perform at halftime of Super Bowl XXXIII, but plans fell through. Then, two years later, she was set to perform at Super Bowl XXXV, but backed out. Super Bowl XLVI takes place at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on February 5th.

The Washington State Pharmacy Board has filed a rule permanently banning so-called "bath salts" that are used as drugs to mimic the effects of cocaine, LSD, ecstasy, or methamphetamine. The synthetic marijuana and synthetic stimulants have been temporarily banned since April. The rule going into effect by November 3rd gives law enforcement clear authority to prosecute the manufacture, sale and possession of these chemicals.

Hawaii is set to become the first state in the nation to call surfing an official high school sport. Governor Neil Abercrombie and state education officials said yesterday that riding the waves will join the likes of football, basketball, volleyball and swimming as a state-sanctioned prep sport in public schools, starting as early as spring 2013.

Denmark has become the first country to impose a fat tax.

Apparently, Halloween is more than just a holiday -- it's an economic stimulus package. Americans plan to spend a whopping $6.9 billion on costumes, decorations, and entertainment related to October 31st -- more than double 2005's number.

In a survey by the Atkins Diet people we learn 54% of women think about food more than sex, and 1 in 10 would feel worse cheating on a diet than on a partner.

Trivia Answer: Performers at the Super Bowl since 2002:

2011 -- The Black Eyed Peas, Usher and Slash
2010 -- The Who
2009 -- Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
2008 -- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
2007 -- Prince and the Florida A&M University Marching 100 Band
2006 -- The Rolling Stones
2005 -- Paul McCartney
2004 -- Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake, P. Diddy, Nelly, Kid Rock
2003 -- Shania Twain, No Doubt, Sting
2002 -- U2

Big news coming mid-day today. An Italian jury has overturned Amanda Knox's murder conviction in the 2007 death of her British college roommate Meredith Kercher. Knox, who is now free, was led from the courtroom in tears. Knox's co-defendant, former boyfriend Italian Raffaele Sollecito, also had his conviction for murder overturned. Kercher was found semi-naked with her throat slashed in a villa she and Knox shared in the central Italian university town of Perugia. Knox and Sollecito's appeal focused largely on DNA evidence found on a knife and on a bra clasp belonging to the victim. Prosecutors and police said Kercher's genetic material was on the blade and Knox's was on the handle, and that Kercher's bra clasp found at the crime scene had Sollecito's DNA. Defense lawyers and independent experts argued strenuously during the appeal that the DNA testing process was badly flawed and the results should be inadmissible.

Tarvaris Jackson had his best game yet as a Seahawk but he couldn't make up for a miserable first half offensively. During the first two quarters, Seattle managed just five yards rushing. Jackson ended the day 25 of 38 for 319 yards and had his first three-touchdown game since 2008 with Minnesota. He was intercepted twice and nearly got Seattle in position for a game-winning kick. Steven Hauschka's 61-yard field goal miss with 13 seconds left let the Atlanta Falcons escape with a 30-28 win over the Hawks yesterday. Next Sunday, the Seahawks travel to the Meadowlands to face the New York Giants.

Monday Night Football tonight features the Indianapolis Colts and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Keith Price threw three touchdown passes, Chris Polk rushed for 189 yards to surpass 3,000 in his career and Washington cruised to a 31-14 victory over Utah on Saturday. The Huskies forced five turnovers by Utah. Price was 22 of 30 for 226 yards. He has 17 touchdown passes this season. It's the bye week for the Dawgs. They're back in action October 15th when they host Colorado.

Marquess Wilson sped past two defenders and hauled in a 63-yard touchdown pass from Marshall Lobbestael with 1:10 left to lead Washington State to a stunning 31-27 comeback win over Colorado on Saturday. Next Saturday, the Cougars travel to UCLA.

Fredy Montero scored twice as the Seattle Sounders beat the New England Revolution 2-1 Saturday night for their fourth straight road victory. The Sounders have scored 16 goals while winning five of their last six overall and improved to 8-3-5 on the road. Montero, who now has 11 goals on the season, has five goals and three assists over the last six matches. The Chicago Fire has four Lamar Hunt US Open Cup crowns to their name. The Seattle Sounders have won back-to-back titles. The Sounders are in search of their third straight tomorrow. The Sounders host the Chicago Fire in that US Open Cup championship match tomorrow night at Century Link Field.

Baseball's post-season continues. Two games on tap today: The Texas Rangers and Tampa Bay Rays are tied at a game each. Game three is in Florida at 2 (our time) this afternoon. The New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers are also tied at a game each. They meet in Detroit at 5:30. A full slate of games tomorrow as all eight teams are back in action.

Simba the lion may rule the jungle, but he couldn't beat a plucky dolphin at the weekend box office. Family film Dolphin Tale made a surprising leap to first place at the box office over the weekend. The movie about an injured dolphin rehabilitated with a prosthetic tail, which finished third last week, knocked The Lion King 3D out of the box office top spot where it sat the past two weekends. Lion King dropped to third. In between the animal-themed family films was Moneyball, the baseball drama starring Brad Pitt. Of four new releases this weekend, comedy 50/50 had the best showing finishing in fourth place. In fifth place was the drama Courageous. Opening Friday are The Ides of March and Real Steel.

Calendar notes. It was on this date in 1945 that 10-year-old Elvis Presley made his first public appearance. He was at the Mississippi-Alabama Dairy Show talent contest. He placed second and won $5. It was on this date in 1995 that a Los Angeles jury found O.J. Simpson not guilty of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown and waiter Ronald Goldman. Some 107 million people watched TV news coverage of the verdict. Simpson was later found liable in a civil trial.

Today begins Bank Teller Appreciation Week.

It's the first Monday in October. The Supreme Court's 2011-12 term starts today.

Gene Simmons from KISS and his longtime girlfriend, actress Shannon Tweed, have tied the knot. Publicist Dawn Miller offered her congratulations to "the new married couple" on Facebook. Simmons and Tweed have been a couple for years. Their engagement announcement last month surprised many fans. People magazine reported the couple exchanged vows they wrote themselves. The magazine said about 400 guests attended the Saturday evening ceremony outside a Beverly Hills hotel. The 62-year-old KISS bassist and the 54-year-old Tweed have two children.

Jack Osbourne is getting married. Us Weekly reports that the former reality star is getting hitched to actress Lisa Stelly. Jack is best known for appearing on the MTV reality show The Osbournes, but has also directed music videos and a documentary about his father Ozzy Osbourne.

Former governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, offered up a secret during a interview with Vanity Fair magazine. When it came to running for office, the actor initially said it was supposed to be a joke. He recalls, "I just thought, this will freak everyone out. It'll be so funny. I'll announce that I'm running. I told [Jay Leno] I was running. And two months later, I was governor."

Christina Aguilera teamed up with Maroon 5 for their new single Moves Like Jagger. The song has been at the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for four weeks. Aguilera says she "loved" the song the first time she heard it and said it "has elements from the 60's and '70s, yet is so current and unique."

Trivia Answer: Frederick Steven Couples -- Fred Couples -- who turns 52 today. He was born in Seattle. His father was a groundskeeper for the Seattle Parks Department and the family, which included brother Tom, Jr., and sister Cindy, lived in a modest house on Beacon Hill near the city's Jefferson Park golf course, where Couples developed his signature loose, rhythmic swing in order to gain enough distance to keep up with the older children. Couples attended O'Dea High School in Seattle. Later he attended the University of Houston, where, as a member of the Houston Cougars men's golf team, he roomed with Blaine McCallister, another future PGA Tour player, and future CBS television broadcaster Jim Nantz. Couples is the US Presidents Cup captain. The US Presidents Cup team is competing against a team of non-European International players at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Victoria, Australia on November 14th through the 20th. Couples currently resides in Palm Springs, California.