Tropical Storm Paula Near Honduras

Tropical Storm Paula was expected to strengthen into a hurricane on Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Weather forecasts showed it could hit Mexico's popular Caribbean resort of Cancun. Authorities in Honduras closed schools and warned of flooding in some villages as heavy rains reached the coast.

"Paula continues to strengthen and is expected to become a hurricane soon," the center said.

The storm in the southwest Caribbean was carrying top winds of 70 miles per hour and moving northwestward at a speed of 10 miles per hour.

It was located about 90 miles east of Isla Guanaja in Honduras.

The six-month Atlantic hurricane season, which ends on November 30, has produced five major hurricanes this year out of the eight that have formed. The United States has so far escaped a significant landfall.

Braves Bench Conrad for Game 4

You have to feel for the guy.

Atlanta Braves second baseman Brooks Conrad is not in the starting lineup for Game 4 of what could be his club's final game of the National League Division Series on Monday night against the Giants at Turner Field.

Instead, Troy Glaus was at third base and Omar Infante at second a day after Conrad set two NLDS records by committing three errors in Sunday's 3-2 loss. The Giants lead, 2-1, and can wrap up the best-of-five series with a victory Monday.  Glaus is not known for his defensive prowess either.

Conrad's three errors also tied the overall single-game postseason record shared by 11 other players.

Conrad wasn't available to comment on Monday, but after the game on Sunday, he stood tall and faced the media.

"It's completely embarrassing," Conrad said. "Once again, I felt like I let everybody down. I feel terrible. It's a whole lot to swallow. That last one, I tracked the whole way and tried to stay in front it at least. It seemed to go right through me. Weird feeling, but no excuses. It was a terrible performance tonight.

Glaus has played in 128 games this season for Atlanta, mostly at first base, batting .240 with 16 homers and 71 RBIs. He's played only two innings at third base all season and hasn't started at the hot corner since 2009, when he played for the Cardinals. He did play some third base during a one-week rehab stint at Triple-A Gwinnett the last week of August after recovering from inflammation in his left knee.

Check out Conrad's miscues here: http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=12802465&topic_id=8878972&c_id=mlb

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Jane Lynch on "Sunday Night Football"

I know it was an SNL skit, but I'd tune in each week to hear the theme song if Jane Lynch was singing it. 

The Cris Collinsworth guy was dead on, especially with his tone of voice.  I'm sure it's almost impossible to do a good Al Michaels.

That nacho dip recipe is making me hungry.

'The Social Network' Remains #1

Showing that its buzz wasn't short-lived, Facebook movie "The Social Network" topped the box office for the second weekend in a row, with ticket sales down a small 31% from its debut at $15.5 million, according to an estimate from distributor Sony Pictures.

It was a slow weekend at the movies.  With nothing new generating enthusiasm, it was a slow overall weekend at movie theaters. Total receipts were down 15% from the weekend before Columbus Day last year, according to Hollywood.com.

College football games and baseball playoffs may have been factors. But it was also true that none of the new films caught on with young audiences, which often drive big box-office receipts. Instead, "Life As We Know It" and "Secretariat" competed for the adult female demographic, which are historically tougher to attract.

Ticket sales for "The Social Network" dropped only 31% this weekend. That was the second-lowest second weekend drop for any movie in wide release this year, behind "The Tooth Fairy."

Demonstrating that good word of mouth wasn't an isolated phenomenon, "Social Network" enjoyed minimal drops throughout the country, including smaller markets such as Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where receipts were off only 19%.

Combined with healthy weekday grosses, the movie's total take is now $46.1 million. "The Social Network" is now almost certain to be a financial winner for Sony and its co-financier Relativity Media, which spent just under $40 million on production.