Columbus Day

Columbus Day will be observed Monday. The following schedules will be in effect: Public offices: City, county, state and federal offices, courts, banks, post offices and libraries will be closed. Schools and businesses: Most businesses and schools will be open. Transportation: MTA buses and Metrolink trains will follow regular schedules. Trash: Trash will be collected on its regular schedule for all Los Angeles residents.

Minnesota ended 50 years of frustration. Ohio State's may just be beginning. "It's almost unbelievable," Minnesota Coach Glen Mason said after his Golden Gophers beat No. 6-ranked Ohio State, 29-17, on Saturday. "After the game they said, 'Coach you're on top of the Big Ten.' I don't know if we can handle that. I mean, we are what we are." Minnesota's last win in Columbus was in 1949, with Ohio State winning the last 15 times the Gophers came to Ohio Stadium.

In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue He didn't get here first--that's wrong-- But left a weekend three days long. Those last two lines I made up. The first two I remember from school days, along with the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria and a painting of Christopher Columbus in puffy sleeves and tights.