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Thanks to the success of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, lots of people now know about the indulgent eating habits of Hobbits. And as the Lord of the Rings prequel movie, The Hobbit, comes out in December, restaurants that think they see some kindred spirits among their customers are serving up special menus.

But other ceasefire deals have quickly fallen apart, and it isn't clear that the Syrian regime has signed on to this latest effort. If there is a truce, it is supposed to last through the four-day Eid al-Adha holiday.

A recent Pew survey found that an unprecedented one in five Americans now say they are not affiliated with any religious denomination. Or, looked at another way, nearly four out of five identify with an organized faith. Research also shows those Americans overstate how often they go to church by about half.

The mild-mannered reporter apparently decided to show a little steel after being scolded one time too many by editor-in-chief Perry White. After seven decades on the news desk, he rails against the newspaper's new emphasis on entertainment and scandals.

Mitzi Bolanos said she's Hispanic and never felt discriminated against — until she started walking around with her pit bull. Bolanos wants to fight dog discrimination and opposes widespread bans on the notorious terriers. She's in the first class of students at the Lewis and Clark Law School Center for Animal Law Studies.

Also: third party candidates hold presidential debate; Tropical Storm Sandy aims for Jamaica and Florida; and a California man is killed by a shark.

In this morning's roundup: Halloween costume poll numbers are in, Saturday Night Live still uses cue cards, and there's a Spider-Man-related tell-all on the way.

The man's death came two years and a day after a teenager was killed by a shark along the same stretch of the coast. Tip No. 1 if you're in the water and a shark comes by: "Swim calmly toward shore."

Emails sent to the White House and other agencies reported Ansar al-Sharia's claim, Reuters and Fox News say. The issue of how quickly officials knew that terrorist groups may have been involved has become a hot topic on the campaign trail.

The pace of sales was up 5.7 percent in September vs. August, and was 27.1 percent higher than in September 2011. Today's news is further evidence that the housing sector is on the rebound.