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NICHE: Special page, sales ideas coming for Chevy's 100th anniversary
http://www.ghnewsroom.com/blogs/gatehouse-news-insider/x765173921/Special-page-sales-ideas-coming-for-Chevys-100th-anniversary
BEST OF THE DAY: Family lost in corn maze 911 tape
http://www.ghnewsroom.com/blogs/best-of-the-day/x1968428708/Best-of-the-Day-Family-lost-in-corn-maze-911-tape-10-13-11
APME GREAT IDEAS: We're featuring GateHouse papers' great ideas daily
http://www.ghnewsroom.com/APME-great-ideas/x597428329/APME-Great-Idea-What-Happened-To-from-The-Daily-Register
WEEKLY KIDZBUZZ PAGE: October is Adopt a Shelter Animal Month
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/ghns_pages/x940613022/Weekly-NIE-page-Furry-friends
PRO FOOTBALL WEEKLY PAGES: A look at Week 6
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/ghns_pages/x153928031/Pro-Football-Weekly-NFL-pages-Week-6
WEEKLY NASCAR PAGE: Jimmie Johnson is back
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/ghns_pages/x1827971762/Weekly-NASCAR-page-Jimmies-Back
WINTER BOOMERS: With tips on traveling in a group tour or going it alone, getting back into the job market and creating holiday decor from what you already have on hand
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/ghns_pages/x1611323417/Winter-Boomers-magazine-See-the-world
HALLOWEEN PHOTOS CALLOUT: http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/reader_callouts/x153919749/Reader-callout-Halloween-photos
HALLOWEEN PAGE: This year's popular costume predictions
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/ghns_pages/x827637685/Halloween-page-Fright-Night
VETERANS DAY PHOTOS CALLOUT: http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/reader_callouts/x1581988158/Reader-callout-Veterans-Day-photos
THANKSGIVING PAGE: Your guide to avoiding holiday disasters
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/ghns_pages/x1461786329/Thanksgiving-page-Turkey-Talk
LOOKING UP: Find the Andromeda Galaxy - With the moon now past full, dark starry evenings - if clouds cooperate - are bringing the beauty of autumn skies to your backyard. Constellations marking autumn evenings are generally dim, but should be no less fascinating. The Milky Way Band continues to arc across the heavens, but the wider and more prominent portion seen due south in summer is now receding into the west. By Peter Becker, Hawley, Pa.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x485787804/Looking-Up-Find-the-Andromeda-Galaxy
KITCHEN CALL: Hauntingly good soups -- The combination of the season can be appetizing to look at as well as eat. I've spent some time testing out a few warming recipes that are great for long after that special spooky evening. North Shore Sunday/ (Mass.)
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x1968429311/Kitchen-Call-Hauntingly-good-soups
EASY RECIPE: Speedy Jambalaya -- Louisiana farmhand lunch had to be hearty but fast. Jambalaya does the deed, a protein-packed meal-in-one requiring only cornbread and apple butter on the side. Jim Hillibish/ Canton (Ohio) Repository
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x1742687007/Easy-recipe-Speedy-Jambalaya
JIM HILLIBISH: Getting you started with chili -- They don't eat chili in Chile. But they do eat chili peppers when it's chilly. Hey, I'm only the writer –– I have no answers. Chili is one weird critter. Regions defend their own versions, and, of course, it's the best, and then there's the rest. Canton (Ohio) Repositoryw
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x95962503/Jim-Hillibish-Getting-you-started-with-chili
More in home and family at http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle
'BIG YEAR' REVIEW: Movie review: 'Big Year' is for the birds - In "The Big Year," Steve Martin, Owen Wilson and Jack Black play rivals in an annual birding contest in which they compete to see who can spot the most birds. By Dana Barbuto, The Patriot Ledger.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x485787263/Movie-review-Big-Year-is-for-the-birds
'FOOTLOOSE' REVIEW: Movie review: 'Footloose' trips down memory lane - You don't go to see "Footloose" for the acting, story or script – you see it for the song and dance numbers. And, in this remake of the 1984 original, there just isn't enough dancing. And when Kenny Wormald – filling Kevin Bacon's iconic dancing shoes as Ren McCormack – gets his groove on, the film soars. By Dana Barbuto, The Patriot Ledger.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x1968427793/Movie-review-Footloose-trips-down-memory-lane
'TRESPASS' REVIEW: Movie review: Do not 'Trespass' - Like their filthy-rich characters in the chock-full-of-cheese thriller, "Trespass," Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman appear ominously comfortable and complacent, completely unaware of the 800-pound cliche that is Karl Gajdusek's script. By Al Alexander, The Patriot Ledger.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x661603412/Movie-review-Do-not-Trespass
'WEEKEND' REVIEW: Movie review: Thankfully it's not a long 'Weekend' - If you took "Before Sunrise" and stretched it out to 48 hours, replaced Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke with two unknown Brits and made it gay you'd have something on the order of "Weekend." And you wouldn't have much. By Al Alexander, The Patriot Ledger.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x897733008/Movie-review-Thankfully-its-not-a-long-Weekend
PETER CHIANCA: Chris Isaak channels Elvis on 'Beyond the Sun' -- But for the latest evidence of Presley's influence, look no further than "Beyond the Sun," Chris Isaak's tribute to artists who got their start at Sam Phillips' legendary Sun Records label.
Wicked Local North of Boston
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/x940614792/Peter-Chianca-Chris-Isaak-channels-Elvis-on-Beyond-the-Sun
PETER CHIANCA: Elvis Presley boxed set spotlights impressive 'Young Man' -- That said, after all the greatest hits collections, album repackages and boxed sets released over the years, do we really need an Elvis anthology that concentrates solely on his 1956 output? I was skeptical — and then I heard "Young Man with the Big Beat." Wicked Local North of Boston
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/x940614611/Peter-Chianca-Elvis-Presley-boxed-set-spotlights-impressive-Young-Man
MUSIC/CANCER: Guitarist Dick Dale dubbed 'The Cancer Warrior' -- Dale virtually created surf-rock, pioneered guitar designs and tutored a passel of devotees, including Jimi Hendrix. At 74, he's back out defying the odds once again, and performing his usual over-the-top concerts. Jay N. Miller/The Patriot Ledger (Mass.)
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/x661605153/Guitarist-Dick-Dale-dubbed-The-Cancer-Warrior
AUTHOR INTERVIEW: The Readers' Writers: Author and survivor Lorna J. Brunelle - Within Lorna Brunelle's accomplished and extensive resume a reader will find private coach for interview and audition preps, acting and singing. Her skills, experience and expertise can and has aided many people, including Miss America and Miss USA contestants, to prepare themselves for any challenge. Any challenge but the one Lorna found confronting her at the young age of 33 - thyroid cancer. By DA Kentner, Freeport, Ill.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x153924219/The-Readers-Writers-Author-and-survivor-Lorna-J-Brunelle
READERS GUIDE: 'Life Itself' by Roger Ebert -- Now no longer able to speak, eat or drink, film critic Roger Ebert has written one of the most talked about memoirs of the season. "Life Itself" follows his happy childhood in Urbana, Ill., and his lucky hiring at The Chicago Sun-Times as a film critic in 1967. Susie Stooksbury/ the Oak Ridger (Tenn.)
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/x1968429636/Readers-Guide-Life-Itself-by-Roger-Ebert
More in music and movies at http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment
GRANLUND CARTOON: New California tanning bed law -- Dave Granlund on the new California law that prohibits kids from using tanning beds at tanning salons. GHNS
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/cartoons/x485787839/Granlund-cartoon-New-California-tanning-bed-law
GRANLUND CARTOON: Haunted White House -- Dave Granlund on all the things haunting the White House lately. GHNS
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/cartoons/x940614469/Granlund-cartoon-Haunted-White-House
GRANLUND CARTOON: Autumn entrepreneur -- Dave Granlund on making money in autumn. GHNS
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/cartoons/x485789240/Dave-Granlund-Autumn-entrepreneur
BENJAMIN WACHS: Meet the new reform movement - Big business has become as reprehensible as it is irresponsible. Condemning the same government that bailed you out as "socialist" because it might help someone else is revolting. By Benjamin Wachs, Messenger Post, N.Y.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x897732331/Benjamin-Wachs-Meet-the-new-reform-movement
PHILIP MADDOCKS: Big banks to help clarify protesters' message for the other 99 percent - The nation's biggest banks said this week that they will help the Occupy Wall Street protestors better shape their message for the masses. By Philip Maddocks, MetroWest, Mass.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x940612873/Philip-Maddocks-Big-banks-to-help-clarify-protesters-message-for-the-other-99-percent
JARED OLAR: Rick Santorum is onto something - Sure, he probably has no chance of winning the Republican presidential nomination, but the campaign of Sen. Rick Santorum at least has made a very important contribution to the national discussion of how the U.S. is to extricate itself from the mess it's in. By Jared Olar, Pekin, Ill.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x661604763/Jared-Olar-Rick-Santorum-is-onto-something
DAN MAC ALPINE: I hope tea party, Occupy Wall Street have a real solution -- We need our politicians to become statesmen to craft compromises and chart a way forward. Just as importantly, we need citizens who will see beyond their anger and support and vote for such candidates. It's one thing to occupy Wall Street. It's another thing to help make it work for everyone. Wicked Local (Mass.)
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x940614914/Dan-Mac-Alpine-I-hope-tea-party-Occupy-Wall-Street-have-a-real-solution
More in columns and cartoons at http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions
ERIC P. BLOOM: Making decisions using other people's expertise - As an individual contributor, you are asked to make decisions based on your expertise and knowledge. As a manager, sometimes you are asked to make decisions on topics where your staff, not you, are the experts. What do you do when you are the decision maker, but don't have the personal knowledge and/or background to properly make the decision? The answer: You have to make the decision based on the knowledge and expertise of others. That is to say, they have the knowledge and you make the decision. By Eric P. Bloom, GHNS.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x663896491/Eric-P-Bloom-Making-decisions-using-other-people-s-expertise
More in tech and finance at http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news
DIAMOND DIRT: It's coming down to Texas and St. Louis - I thought the Detroit Tigers were going to put up a pretty good fight, but as it turns out the Rangers are just a tough club to beat — even if you've got a lot of motivation to rejuvenate your city in a poor economy. The Rangers have been very consistent all season long, determined to get back to the World Series and finally bring the championship to Texas for the first time in baseball history. By Dominic Genetti, Hannibal, Mo.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x940614422/Diamond-Dirt-Its-coming-down-to-Texas-and-St-Louis
More in NASCAR and NFL at http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/sports