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A Vancouver man who uses a wheelchair is being hailed as a hero after coming to the aid of a shopkeeper defending herself against an angry customer. (more)

ARLINGTON, Texas – When Brian Wilson struck out Nelson Cruz to end the 2010 World Series, 142 players instantly became free agents. Under new rules negotiated in the collective bargaining agreement this season, players no longer needed to file for free agency. (more)

With her husband facing electoral oblivion at next week’s mid-terms, Michelle Obama is clearly prepared to do anything she can to help. (more)

ARLINGTON, Texas — All alone in first place in the NFC East, that’s where the Giants are after last night’s stunning display of resiliency, artistry and plain old brute force combined to overwhelm, embarrass and for all practical purposes end the Cowboys season. (more)

Reporting from New York — To tell the big-screen tale of Valerie Plame, a real-life CIA spy whose covert identity was blown by the White House, director Doug Liman needed a special kind of actress: someone who could build an emotional wall around herself and still convey “a sense that there’s a good person inside her.” (more)

SAN FRANCISCO – The hard decision really wasn’t that hard for Phillies manager Charlie Manuel. Despite days of public coyness, he appears to have made it a while ago and correctly has not wavered. Starting Joe Blanton in Game 4 of this teetering National League Championship Series makes sense. Throwing your entire starting staff out of whack in order to get Roy Halladay on the field tonight on 3 days’ rest does not make sense. (more)

At 18, according to their Facebook profiles, they’re more into Bob Marley and Ravi Shankar than White Power. (more)

Internet-savvy types know that teen heartthrob Justin Bieber pretty much rules the web. Just last week, rumor spread that Bieber’s fan base was so active on Twitter that the microblogging website has servers dedicated just to him. Twitter didn’t confirm, but they didn’t deny it, either. (more)

The Scottish Episcopal Church has caused controversy by removing masculine references to God in a new order of service. (more)

TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s Republican gubernatorial primary warped past the $70 million mark in campaign spending this weekend, as Attorney General Bill McCollum and Naples investor Rick Scott barnstormed into Tuesday’s primary election. (more)

Police in Washington state said they arrested a banana-suited man who allegedly exposed himself in a Wendy’s before brandishing a shotgun near a golf course. (more)

(CNN) — For 34 years, she has obsessed about food, relationships, work, and her mother — but now Cathy the comic-strip character is about to say goodbye. (more)

It was bound to happen, even to a sweet gal like Eva Mendes. Fashion plate, perpetual romantic lead and, let’s face it, one of our tastier slices of gratuitous cheesecake — even she has succumbed to the lure of the celebrity sex tape. (more)

Republicans and President Obama agree that this week’s decision by a federal judge to defang Arizona’s illegal immigration law shines a spotlight on the need for an immigration reform debate that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid recently declared dead for the year. (more)

The Obama administration is bracing for the first in a series of Washington Post articles said to focus in unprecedented detail on the government’s spending on intelligence contractors. (more)

If you’re like millions of other investors, the number of accounts and bills you have to deal with has grown over time and your financial life has become increasingly complex. It probably seems like it’s tough enough to make ends meet, much less save for retirement. (more)

Call it civic duty or patriotic pride, Hollywood is no stranger to showing support for the red, white and blue. Actors and filmmakers alike have produced films about protecting and defending our country against everything from terrorists to aliens to giant astroids. Whether based on real-life leaders or leaders created by a screenwriter’s imagination, some of screen’s heaviest hitters have taken their turn portraying the President of the United States. But who served the office best? Our faves are: (more)

PORTLAND — Police explained Thursday why they reopened a sexual-assault investigation into Al Gore, saying an extra review was needed because detectives looking into the matter last year failed to notify high-ranking officials of their decision to drop the case. (more)

Making money in the stock market hasn’t been this tough since the fall of 2008. Bear in mind that in the short-term the bears may very well be in control. Stock markets are succumbing to the deflationary, and very negative conditions in many European nations that have been driven by very real necessity to cut budget deficits and reduce debt. This fiscal discipline is not priming the pump of slowing economies. (more)

WhitePages.com, an online directory based in Seattle, is launching a website aimed at bargain hunters. Called DealPop.com, it joins a bunch of coupon websites that have sprung up since Chicago-based Groupon.com began promoting daily deals at local shops and restaurants more than a year ago. (more)