National Pumpkin Destruction Day will be held Saturday in The Rock, Ga.  The forthcoming "Southern Living Party Cookbook" is one of eight new books worth a read this November.  Plus, former Ole Miss and Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville discusses this weekend's clash between the Plainsmen and the Fightin' Texas Aggies.

Pork shoulder is one of three biggies of Southern barbecue.  "The Barrister of Bodacious Barbecue" Matt Heermans offers a crash course on the Dixie delicacy.  With only one week until the Nov. 6 midterm election, politicians across the region are scrambling to get the vote out.  Also, Houston Cougars football coach Major Applewhite talks about his No. 17 team, which just upset undefeated USF.

Jerry Short discusses the nuances of the AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, a firearm that was used in the latest mass shooting the country has had to endure.  Red Hat software in Raleigh, N.C., was acquired over the weekend by IBM for an estimated $34 billion.  Plus, former South Carolina Gamecock slugger Steve Pearce captures the World Series MVP as his Boston Red Sox win their ninth Fall Classic.

Corrections officers in Florida sneak a McDonald's hamburger, chicken wings and a cell phone into a prison.  Georgia Tech and Georgia Southern have big wins on Thursday night.  Plus, The Bellamy Brothers "You Ain't Just Whistlin' Dixie" is a dang good Southern song.