Best Of The Weekend: Debates, Some History, And A Song That's Gone Everywhere

Fall has certainly found its way into Colorado. Turning colors and the impending Presidential Debate tell as much. Here's the best of weekend.

• Being 'Better Off' May Not Be Enough To Win Colo.
  KUNC's Kirk Siegler looks at the how one of the primary questions of the campaign, "Are you better off than you were four year's ago?" plays out in Colorado.
   
• The Man Who Jump-Started Presidential Debates
  The pending debate is dominating conversation in the run up to the actual event this Wednesday. But did you know that there was a time when the debates weren't even a glimmer in the candidates eyes?
   
• 'I've Been Everywhere' Turns 2 Hours Into 50 Years Of Pay
  I've been to: Pittsburgh, Parkersburg, Gravelbourg, Colorado, Ellensburg, Rexburg, Vicksburg, Eldorado... Yes that song's been everywhere, but it wasn't born in any of the 50 states.

• Why Tylenol Bottles Are Hard To Open
  A bit of consumer safety history. In Chicago back in 1982 seven people died as a result of poisoned Tylenol - what followed was change in the bottle. Snopes has more on the aftermath if your interest is piqued.