AP - A Miami judge has agreed to modify bail conditions on tax charges so Helio Castroneves can race later this month in Australia.

AP - Cloris Leachman has been chosen as grand marshal for next year's Rose Parade.

AP - He's the kid who taught a world of youngsters how to spell "aardvark" — and that's not all.

AP - The Federal Communications Commission has sided with the National Football League in a long-running programming dispute with Comcast Corp., ruling that Comcast should carry the league's NFL Network on its popular digital cable package.

AP - In this fall's TV season, a secret agent speeds around in a Chevrolet Camaro, a man tries to save the world with the help of a Dodge Ram pickup, and a famous talking car returns to the streets in the form of a Ford Mustang.

AP - Late-night TV show hosts found humor in the presidential debate. A sampling from Friday night:

E! Online - The drama on Bravo's new The Real Housewives of Atlanta series began long before the cameras ever started rolling.

E! Online - No Sarah Palin, no problem.

E! Online - Grey's Anatomy returned tonight with another strong outing, "Here Comes the Flood." The chief read his staff the riot act; the hospital pipes burst, forcing everyone to take high ground; and, as per usual, a bunch of beautiful people mooned over each other. Good times!

Reuters - It takes Christina Applegate approximately 45 seconds in the second-season premiere of ABC's "Samantha Who?" to dispel any lingering discomfort the audience might have with the star's summertime diagnosis of breast cancer and subsequent double mastectomy.

Reuters - Pop star Britney Spears plans to set the record straight about her personal and professional woes in a documentary to be aired shortly before the release of her new album "Circus" in December.

AP - Late-night TV show hosts found humor in the presidential debate, the candidates and the economy.

Reuters - Rebecca Mader, best known for playing scheming redhead Charlotte on ABC's "Lost," is in final negotiations to play Ewan McGregor's wife in "Men Who Stare at Goats."

AP - Helio Castroneves (EHL'-ee-oh kas-troh-NEH'-vehz )is asking a Miami judge to change his bail conditions on tax charges so he can compete in a race in Australia.