What Happened in Oct 2007

Ninjabread Man is released

Ninjabread Man is a horrible platforming game for the Wii. Four enemies, four levels, and one whole hour of gameplay can't even justify its bargain... Read more

Alexi Giannoulias buys SUV with funds from Bright Start College Savings Program

How does purchasing a $26,000 Black 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid SUV with money taken from Bright Start, an Illinois-based college savings fund intended... Read more

FDA Approves GlaxoSmithKline's Hycamtin Capsules for Patients with Lung Cancer

Hycamtin (topotecan) is a semi-synthetic derivative of camptothecin and is an anti-tumor drug with topoisomerase I-inhibitory activity.... Read more

Taylor Swift Wins The Songwriter/Artist Of The Year Award At Nashville Songwriters Association International

In October 2007, Swift's songwriting peers at the Nashville Songwriters Association International honored her with their Songwriter/Artist of the... Read more

New England Patriots defeat Cincinnati Bengals, 34-13

CINCINNATI - After the Patriots' 34-13 win Monday night over Cincinnati, Tedy Bruschi joked that teams should consider putting a stop sign on Mike... Read more

"The World Atlas Of Wine" (Sixth Edition) Is Released

The World Atlas of Wine by Hugh Johnson and (since 2003) Jancis Robinson, MW is an atlas and reference work on the world of wine, published by... Read more

Mick Jagger Releases "The Very Best of Mick Jagger"

The Very Best of Mick Jagger, the first overview of Mick Jagger's solo career, was released worldwide on 1 October 2007 and the following day in... Read more

The Cult release Born into This

Born Into This is The Cult's eighth studio album, and was released on October 2, 2007 in the US and Canada, also South Africa and Sweden. It was... Read more

"Raiders of the Lost Ark" Rifftrax is Released

The ark is lost! Who will raid it?! Clearly, there is only one man for the job: but since Ben Gazzara is unavailable, Indiana Jones will go in his... Read more

Kanye West releases "Good Life" single

"Good Life" is the Grammy Award-winning third single from American rapper Kanye West's album Graduation. The song features R&B artist T-Pain, and... Read more

2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games

SHANGHAI, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao declared open the 2007 Special Olympic World Summer Games at the opening ceremony here on... Read more

U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Kent Sex Complaint Becomes Physical

GALVESTON — When Cathy McBroom complained in May that she had been sexually harassed by U.S. District Judge Samuel B. Kent, she wasn’t just... Read more

Boston Red Sox defeat Los Angeles Angels, 4-0

Perhaps in some ways, the Red Sox should hope Josh Beckett never grows up. Four years after throwing nothing but blanks as a 23-year-old in the... Read more

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story is a 2007 American comedy film, directed by Jake Kasdan and starring John C. Reilly. Judd Apatow, director of The... Read more

Boston Red Sox defeat Los Angeles Angels, 6-3

They were sitting down to asagohan (breakfast) in Tokyo when this one began, and lining up for last call in the Back Bay when it ended. But from... Read more

New England Patriots defeat Cleveland Browns, 34-17

CINCINNATI - You expect them to win just by showing up. This must have been what it was like watching UCLA when Lew Alcindor, then Bill Walton... Read more

Boston Red Sox defeat Los Angeles Angels, 9-1

ANAHEIM, Calif - While Manny Ramírez and Julian Tavarez were dumping buckets of ice water on Mike Lowell, Curt Schilling and Theo Epstein were... Read more

Nine Inch Nails parts ways Interscope Records and becomes free agents

Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails have fulfilled their contract with Interscope and are now free agents, according to a post on the band's Web site.... Read more

Guild LANISTA \ The chronicle of XAPOH

Gladiators - free online game in the world of Ancient Rome. In it you are competing with other players, managing the detachment of brave gladiators... Read more

Overkill releases Immortalis

Immortalis is the fourteenth studio album by American thrash metal band Overkill. The title of this album follows a pattern that includes the album... Read more

The Octopus Project Release "Hello, Avalanche"

Hello, Avalanche is the third release of American indietronica band The Octopus Project, released on October 9, 2007, on Peek-A-Boo Records. Read more

"Spider-Man" Rifftrax is Released

When Peter Parker is bitten by one of Columbia University's many genetically engineered "super spiders" (now we know what they do with their 6... Read more

Radiohead releases seventh studio album "In Rainbows"

In Rainbows is the seventh studio album by the English alternative rock band Radiohead. It was first released on 10 October 2007 as a digital... Read more

Jay-Z releases "Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)..."

"Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)..." is the second single from Jay-Z's tenth studio album, American Gangster. The song is produced by Diddy and two of... Read more

FDA Approves Merck Sharp Dohme's Isentress

Isentress is an antiviral medication that prevents human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cells from multiplying in your body. Isentress is used to... Read more