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Also: a California man is charged with deliberately driving his car into a crowd of people; closing arguments are set for accused mobster James "Whitey" Bulger; pro baseball is apparently ready to sanction players for performance enhancing drug use; and the next Doctor Who is announced!

Commentator Frank Deford responds to suggestions of things he should comment on. Here, he takes on the Washington Redskins' name; high school football games on national TV; hockey fights; Pete Rose and the Baseball Hall of Fame; and the tradition of pouring Gatorade on winning coaches.

Also: Former New York governor Eliot Spitzer loses his bid for election; several September 11th memorials will soon begin; two Colorado state senators are recalled over their support for tighter gun restrictions; and the U.S. men's soccer team clinched a berth in next year's World Cup.

Also: there's deadly flash flooding in Colorado; fewer homes entered foreclosure in August; and more than a million people form a human chain in Spain to demand independence in Catalonia.

Also: The Medicare administrator will testify to a House panel about issues with the government's health exchange website; lawmakers compromise to defer flood insurance premium increases; former congressman Ike Skelton (D-Mo) dies; and apps for safe trick-or-treating.

Also: A Congressional staffer takes the rostrum for a bizarre rant; Caroline Kennedy is confirmed as the next U.S. Ambassador to Japan; a trial on Michigan's ban on gay marriage is set for next February; and it's earthquake drill day.

Also: U.S. spied on United Nations, German media report; jurors to soon begin weighing death penalty for Fort Hood killer; George Zimmerman will ask state of Florida to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal bills.

Also: Tropical Storm Karen is headed for the U.S. Gulf coast; tornadoes are predicted for the Midwest; more than 100 migrants died in the shipwreck near Sicily; Ireland is voting over whether to abolish its Senate; and Hungarian students protest a new dress code by stripping.

Also: Some senators continue talks ahead of the looming federal debt ceiling crisis; South Dakota ranchers lose thousands of cattle to this month's blizzard; two tropical storms churn just off Mexico's Pacific coast; and the Nobel Prize in Economics goes to three Americans.

Also: International talks in Geneva over Iran's nuclear program may extend into the weekend; Utah's attorney general quits to fight corruption allegations; a supermarket collapses in Latvia, killing several people; and New Jersey tests online gambling and a few glitches are reported.