Oct. 11 - British novelist Doris Lessing reacted with the words 'Oh Christ!' when told by a Reuters correspondent that she'd won the 2007 Nobel Prize for literature. Lessing gave her reaction as she returned to her home in London soon after the award was announced. According to her agent she missed the actual announcement as she had been out shopping.
Oct. 22 - Dutch magician defies gravity and appears to levitate in front of the White House. He trained in India at the Academy of Magical Sciences and is known for feats that seem to defy the laws of gravity.
