(#1) Oregon shooting: Gunman was student in class where he killed 9 [CNN]
The gunman identified with the perpetrators of those rampages, the sources said, including Elliot Rodger, who killed six people in Santa Barbara, California, in 2014. The Oregon shooter expressed frustration that other mass killers did not take on ...
(#2) Ship with 33 aboard missing as Hurricane Joaquin slams Bahamas [USA TODAY]
"This vessel is disabled basically right near the eye of Hurricane Joaquin, right where the strongest winds are” Capt. Mark Fedor said at a news conference Friday afternoon. "So the challenge is trying to get our assets as close as possible to try to ...
(#3) Steelers schedule kicker tryouts after Josh Scobee meltdown [NBCSports.com]
The Steelers are trying out kickers, and CSNMidAtlantic.com reports that former Washington kicker Kai Forbath will try out in Pittsburgh. Forbath is the only kicker who has been identified by name as a candidate for the Steelers job, but they'll surely ...
(#4) Yet Another Comeback Attempt for Michael Vick in a Career of Them [New York Times]
PITTSBURGH — In May, the ever-confident Michael Vick wondered whether he had finally come to the end of the road. Vick had parted ways with the Jets after a dismal season and was left to wonder if any team would take a chance on an aging quarterback ...
(#5) Xbox chief acknowledges how bad Xbox Live outages are [The Verge]
Microsoft's Xbox chief Phil Spencer acknowledged a major annoyance that's plagued the Xbox One game console since launch. Responding to The Verge's Tom Warren today on Twitter, Spencer said the Xbox One needs to be able to separate the Xbox Live ...
(#6) BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH: Survivors find comfort in community [Wicked Local Plymouth]
At no point is that community more visible than during October, which is national Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Ami Mehr, who underwent successful breast cancer treatment last August, recalled the inspiration she drew from last year's Making Strides ...
(#7) Why Peeple, the "Yelp for people," shouldn't freak you out [Vox]
The Washington Post calls it "terrifying." Dubbed "Yelp for people," Peeple is a new app that lets people rate their friends, professional contacts, and even romantic partners. And everyone is freaking out. But there's not actually much reason to be ...
(#8) 'The Troll Farmer' [Entertainment Weekly]
Those words, spoken by one Elizabeth Keen while slammed against the inner fence of the Russian embassy, were nothing I could have predicted when The Blacklist premiered two years ago with James Spader throwing himself on the ground at Quantico ...
(#9) Luke Walton: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know [Heavy.com]
Walton was inducted in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on May 10, 1993. The Walton father and son duo made history in 2010 when they became the first pair to have won multiple NBA championships. In addition to Luke, Walton has three ...
(#10) Three Durham men charged with breaking into 33 cars [WRAL.com]
All three men were charged with more than 40 offenses, including breaking and entering to motor vehicles, felony conspiracy to break and enter motor vehicles, larceny of a firearm, financial card theft, obtaining property by false pretense and larceny.
(#11) LG V10's second screen: What you can and can't do [CNET]
[MUSIC] The LG V10 has a second screen. It's actually right up here. I'm Jessica Dolcourt from CNET here at the launch event in New York and I'm going to show you how to use it. What LG is calling it's second screen is actually just a little strip ...
(#12) Don't Trust The Pirate Bay: Movie Torrent Site Down Again, Amid Growing ... [International Business Times]
That's no longer the case. The Pirate Bay went down without explanation Thursday and had yet to return after nearly 24 hours. Such a long downtime would have previously sent social media into fits, though the problems have been happening so frequently ...
(#13) For first time in 6 years, Andrew Luck could miss a game [Indianapolis Star]
Now it gets dicey. Now, for the first time in his four-season NFL career – not to mention the first time since his freshman year at Stanford – Andrew Luck's availability for a football game is in question. And now, for the first time since the ...
(#14) 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' actor Nicholas Brendon arrested [wreg.com]
Nicholas Brendon, who played Xander Harris on “Buffy” from 1997 to 2003 and Kevin Lynch on “Criminal Minds” from 2007 to 2014, faces charges of robbery, obstruction of breathing and criminal mischief, Saratoga Springs police Lt. Bob Jillson said.
(#15) Farmer digs up woolly mammoth bones in Michigan soy field [Washington Post]
According to paleontologists from the University of Michigan, one local farmer may have made an epic fossil find. James Bristle of Lima Township was digging in a soybean field Monday when he and his friend pulled up what they first thought was a bent, ...
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