St. Louis Cardinals win World Series

(CNN) The St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series on Friday night, defeating the Texas Rangers 6-2 to win the seven-game series four games to three. The championship is the Cardinals’ 11th, the most of any National League franchise and second overall in the majors behind the New York Yankees, who have won 27. Cardinals third-baseman David Freese was named the series’ Most Valuable Player. He was also the MVP of the National League Championship Series. The victory capped one of the great comebacks in the 98-year history of Major League Baseball’s championship series. The Cardinals rallied in the waning weeks of the season to reach postseason play as a wild-card team – meaning they had…

Atlanta Event Company to Raise 11,000 Shoes in 30 Days

ATLANTA– Local Atlanta event company, Initial eVennts, LLC. has partnered with international shoe charity, Soles4Souls, Inc. to produce a month long campaign surrounding the thought “Everything You Couldn’t Do Without Shoes” for 11,000 pairs of shoes in 30 Days. The campaign producers set the tone by hosting an Invite Only Midnight Brunch. The Without Sole: City Wide Shoe Drive launched on October 1st. – With a grand vision in mind, two recent college grads initiated their campaign launch by keeping it simple. The 30 day marketing campaign will provoke a very genuine response from the Generation X population and started with their most personal network of friends. – “If we cannot excite our own friends then our efforts and…

Census: Atlanta Has Widest Wealth Gap of US Cities

Census: Atlanta has widest income gap between rich and poor (theGrio) It is a case of the have and the have not. Of all major American cities, Atlanta now has the widest income gap between rich and poor. U.S census numbers have given the city a new label that’s nothing to be proud of, but puts into perspective how many Georgians are struggling to make ends meet. “I’ve been out of work almost two years,” says Marcia Tolbert. “Most places tell me I’m over qualified. Others say I’ve been out of work for too long. It’s like they keep kicking you when you are down.” Tolbert is a name and a face to a trend that is unfolding…

Samuel L. Jackson, Highest Grossing Actor of All Time

Samuel L. Jackson Sets Guinness World Record As Highest-Grossing Actor (NBC) And to think, he’s just begun what could be his biggest franchise yet. Even without counting the whopping nine-picture deal he struck with Marvel Studios to take the role of superspy Nick Fury from cameo (in “Iron Man,” ”Iron Man 2,” ”Thor,” and “Captain America”) to prominent featured player (in the upcoming “The Avengers” ) to, potentially, the lead in his own spin-off, Samuel L. Jackson is still the highest-grossing actor of all time, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. His impressive filmography has collectively brought in more than $7.4 billion. The 63-year-old actor has a knack for snagging roles in colossal movies and franchises, like “Jurassic Park” (which grossed…

Diaper Saves Toddler’s Life in Accident that Killed Father

(ABC) A buoyant diaper may have saved the life of a Florida toddler who was plunged into a lake when an argument between her parents caused their car to swerve into the water. Sariyah Michel, 3, and her mother were rescued from the lake, but her father drowned. Parents Catherine Copeland, 33, and Sandro Michel, 27, were engaged in a violent argument in the car when they lost control early Tuesday morning. “Her husband was hitting her as she was driving causing her to lose control of the car,” said a Broward Sheriff’s Office news release. The altercation began at a RaceTrac gas station, where concerned bystanders called 911. “[Michel] was telling [Copeland] that he didn’t…

Atlanta Police Arrest Wall Street Protesters

ATLANTA (AP) – With helicopters hovering overhead, police moved into a downtown Atlanta park and arrested around 50 Occupy Wall Street protesters who had been encamped there for about two weeks early Wednesday. Like in many other cities, protesters had been camping in Woodruff Park to rally against what they see as corporate greed and a wide range of other economic issues. Before police moved in, protesters were warned a couple times around midnight to vacate the park or risk arrest. Inside the park, the warnings were drowned out by drumbeats and chants of “Our park!” Organizers had instructed participants to be peaceful if arrests came, and most were. Many gathered in the center of the…

Obama to Leno: Libya a Recipe For Success

 BURBANK, Calif. (AP) – President Barack Obama defended the U.S. role in bringing down Libyan strongman Muammar Gadhafi, rejecting assessments that the international coalition he helped assemble amounted to “leading from behind.” ”We lead from the front,” he told late-night television host Jay Leno on Tuesday. Laying out an argument for his emerging foreign policy doctrine, Obama distinguished the U.S.steps in Libya from the invasion and nine-year war in Iraq. He argued that by building a broad international alliance of European and Arab nations against Gadhafi, the United States saved American lives and money and achieved its goal. “Not a single U.S. troop was on the ground,” he said. “Not a single U.S. troop was killed or injured, and that, I think, is…

Serial Rapist Targeting Members of Black Sorority

Serial Attacker Targeting Sorority Alumnae: Police Say (NBC DFW) Investigators from three North Texas police departments are searching for a serial rapist who has attacked four alumnae of the same sorority. All four of the victims are black women in their 50s and 60s who are members of Delta Sigma Theta and were alone in their homes when the attacks took place, police said. Two women were assaulted in Plano, one in Coppell and one in Shady Shores. The attacker indicated that he knew information about the victims, leading investigators to believe they are looking for one man in the four cases. Sorority alumnae commonly have license plates and hats, jackets or shirts adorned in the sorority’s red and…

Casting Kim Kardashian: Tyler Gone Too Far?

Kardashian ‘Marriage Counselor’ role: Blessing or curse for Tyler Perry? (theGrio) Keeping up with Kim Kardashian is getting harder and harder. To say she’s full of surprises is an understatement. In the midst of rumors about the newlywed’s recent marriage to NBA player Kris Humphries already being on the rocks, Kim K. has redirected the conversation. Friday, the reality start tweeted that she would be co-starring in Tyler Perry’s latest film, The Marriage Counselor, which reportedly starts filming this week in Atlanta. The film is the latest Perry play to hit the big screen. Given that Kardashian is bigger than ever at the moment, Perry’s decision to cast her is definitely a great marketing move. Years ago, the natural question…

7.2 Quake in Turkey Kills 138, Collapses Buildings

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Cries of panic and horror filled the air as a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey, killing at least 138 people as buildings pancaked and crumpled into rubble. The death toll was expected to rise as rescuers sifted through the rubble and reached outlying villages. Tens of thousands fled into the streets running, screaming or trying to reach relatives on cell phones as apartment and office buildings cracked or collapsed. As the full extent of the damage became clear, survivors dug in with shovels or even their bare hands, desperately trying to rescue the trapped and the injured. “There are many people under the rubble,” Veysel Keser, the mayor of the district…