(#1) Adolphe Sax Google Doodle: five unforgettable saxophone songs [The Guardian (blog)]
It's the 201st anniversary of Adolphe Sax's birth today, commemorated by a Google Doodle. It's not a conventional choice of birthday, but let's take the opportunity to celebrate the instrument he invented, the piano. Sorry, the saxophone. But let's ...
(#2) Bengals adjust for success [Cincinnati.com]
An important change in the game Thursday night, which went a long way in the Cincinnati Bengals beating the Cleveland Browns 31-10 and improving to 8-0, was a halftime adjustment to keep Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel in the pocket. Easier said ...
(#3) A James Bond Fanboy's 'Spectre' review [Fortune]
To return to Spectre, the film is exceptionally entertaining, though the plot leaves something to be desired. The story often feels disjointed—leaping from country to country on a dizzying world tour. An attempt on the part of the screenwriters to tie ...
(#4) Why You Might Want To Skip 'Call Of Duty: Black Ops 3' On Xbox 360 And PS3 [Forbes]
blackops3 Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 hits stores today, and our own Erik Kain is more than a little bit pleased, calling it the best campaign in years ahead of his full review later today. Unlike some of its holiday season brethren, Call of Duty: Black ...
(#5) WSJ Report Raises Questions About Ben Carson Yale Anecdote [Mediaite]
The vetting of Ben Carson continues, this time from The Wall Street Journal, which has a report out about the GOP candidate's past questioning yet another part of his biography. WSJ's Reid Epstein reports that in his 1992 autobiography, Carson writes ...
(#6) Swedish player Ostkaka wins the 2015 Hearthstone World Championship at BlizzCon [Polygon]
Today during BlizzCon, Blizzard held the semifinals and finals for the 2015 Hearthstone World Championship. In the finals, Canadian player Hotform went up against the Swedish player Ostkaka, and the latter emerged victorious in a powerful three-win ...
(#7) What Guy Fawkes has in common with today's religious terrorists [Washington Post]
5 is celebrated as "Guy Fawkes Day" or "Bonfire Night." All around the country, people gather to light fireworks and set up bonfires. In some places, they burn elaborate effigies. The history of this event dates to Nov. 5, 1605, when a young Englishman ...
(#8) Taco Bell handing out free breakfast to honor World Series stolen base [Fox News]
Fans of Taco Bell can thank Kansas City Royals' outfielder Lorenzo Cain for a free A.M. Crunchwrap this morning. The taco chain is making good on its World Series wager after saying it would give out the free breakfast wrap if a player stole a base ...
(#9) NBA Power Rankings: It's the Golden State Warriors and Everyone Else [Bleacher Report]
It's been less than two weeks since the 2015-16 NBA season kicked off, and already we've got some serious shaking going on in our second edition of power rankings. That's going to happen with small sample sizes and a whole bunch of teams integrating ...
(#10) Review: In the superb Master of None, Aziz Ansari is coming straight for your ... [The Verge]
Aziz Ansari's Master of None, which premieres in its entirety today on Netflix, might be the best New York comedy of them all. It's almost certainly the smartest; what's surprising isn't how funny it is but how often the show is willing to put humor ...
(#11) Rafael Amaya: Mexican Actor Hospitalized After Reported Drug Overdose [Hollywood Life]
Rafael Amaya, 38, was hospitalized in an intensive care unit in Mexico City on Oct. 27, suffering from tachycardia (abnormally fast heart rate), as well as reported drug intoxication. The actor, best known for his role on the telenovela, El Señor del ...
(#12) The Bulls would be insane to give up on Derrick Rose [For The Win]
Derrick Rose brushed off the critics on Thursday night, when the Bulls point guard and former NBA MVP went off for 29 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists in a huge win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. The game was a needed one for Rose, who was coming ...
(#13) Seth Rollins Among Several WWE Superstars Recently Injured Inside The Ring [The Inquisitr]
Love him or hate him, Seth Rollins' knee injury (courtesy of Wrestling Zone) was not something anyone wanted to see. During the WWE's annual European tour stop in Dublin, the WWE champion was facing Kane. He was on the top rope, getting ready to ...
(#14) NFL offers plenty of resources to aid Detroit Lions in GM, president searches [MLive.com]
Detroit Lions Owner and Chairman Martha Firestone Ford reads a statement to the media after firing both team president Tom Lewand and general manager Martin Mayhew at their team headquarters in Allen Park Thursday, November 5, 2015.
(#15) NASA releases wild high-res images of last year's Orbital rocket explosion [The Verge]
This week, NASA posted new high-resolution photos to Flickr of last year's Orbital Sciences rocket failure, showing the nighttime launch pad explosion in even greater detail. The images chronicle the short ascent and fiery disintegration of Orbital's ...
(#16) The new international 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' trailer may explain a ... [ExtremeTech]
There's a new international trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens out today, and it showcases new scenes and events that weren't in the North American trailer released several weeks ago. It may also have explained a plot point in the movie, though ...
(#17) Court says Bindi must prove dad dead before 'DWTS' deal approved [USA TODAY]
Bindi Irwin may have thought everyone knows about the shocking death of her dad, "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, in a stingray attack nine years ago, but apparently not. A California judge just rejected her minor's contract (she's only 17) on Dancing ...
(#18) Why Anonymous celebrates Guy Fawkes Day [The Daily Dot]
Remember, remember, the fifth of November. So begins the famous nursery rhyme associated with Great Britain's Bonfire Night, better know as Guy Fawkes Day. The fifth of November has become a holiday of sorts for hacker-activists Anonymous, who've ...
(#19) National Donut Day Is In June AND November. But Why Are There 2? [Huffington Post]
Back on the first Friday of June, we got all excited when we woke up to National Donut Day -- it felt like Christmas morning, only better, because it was filled with donuts. Now here we are on Nov. 5, and it's National Donut Day again. We think donuts ...
(#20) College football: Baylor survives road test at Kansas State [Salt Lake Tribune]
Baylor quarterback Jarrett Stidham (3) passes to a teammate during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Kansas State in Manhattan, Kan., Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner) ...
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