Her marriage lasted just 72 days, but Kim Kardashian is set to keep her $2 million engagement ring. NBA star Kris Humphries was hoping to get the 20.5 carat diamond back from his now estranged wife, according to sources. However, Kim’s mother and manager Kris Jenner, 55, has nixed the idea. ‘It’s a gift – you keep a gift,’ Jenner, the shrewd matriarch of the Kardashian clan, told Good Morning America while promoting her new memoir. She added: ‘I hate an Indian giver.’ The phrase, which is considered by some to be offensive to American Indians, describes a person who gives a present and later wants it back. And the comment has enraged many, with a spokesperson for the largest American Indian and Alaska Native organization in the country, The National Congress of American Indians labeling the  remark ‘wrong and hurtful’.

After the breakdown, again, of NBA talks Friday to reach a new collective bargaining agreement, Commissioner David Stern announced the cancellation of games through November.

And, he said, in effect, the league and players have lost the shot at getting in a full season.

“It’s not practical, possible or prudent to have a full season now,” said Stern, who projected several hundred millions of dollars in losses without games in November, on top of the $200 million lost without the preseason.

He said the NBA’s “next offer will reflect extraordinary losses that are starting to pile up now, and you can assume that our offer will change to reflect the changed economic circumstances.”

Stern also added, “The amount of dollars lost to the owners is extraordinary, and the amount of dollars lost to the players under individual contracts is also extraordinary. There will be two severe sets of losses. But that’s what happens in a labor dispute where there’s a shutdown.”

It would have been difficult to play games in November anyway, considering it takes about 30 days from an agreement until the first game. But the loss of an 82-game season is damaging to owners, team employees, players, TV partners, corporate partners and those who make a living on NBA games, such as arena workers and businesses near arenas.

ESPN, which was scheduled to televise 13 games in November, said in a statement: “We’re disappointed the start of the season has been further delayed. We remain hopeful this will get resolved soon.”

Talks disintegrated when NBA executives and locked-out players failed to make progress on the split of basketball-related income (BRI). They also stalled on negotiating the salary cap/luxury tax system and other system issues, which distributes money to players.

A Miami police officer is accused of driving 120 mph on a turnpike because he was late for his off-duty job working security at a school. The Florida Highway Patrol says officer Fausto Lopez was arrested at gunpoint after leading police on a brief high-speed chase. According to a police report, a trooper spotted a patrol car changing lanes in a dangerous manner earlier this month. The report says the patrol car ignored warnings to pull over and led a brief high-speed chase before stopping near Hollywood. Miami police spokesman Delrish Moss told The Associated Press on Saturday that any administrative action against Lopez will be taken after the outcome of the criminal case.

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Sex offenders are to be rounded up on Halloween to keep them away from trick-or-treating children. One south-eastern Alabama county is forcing sex offenders on probation or parole to come to the county courthouse for a mandatory meeting. If they fail to show up offenders in Russell County could be charged with a parole violation, which could lead to jail time. Authorities are asking the county’s 115 other registered sex offenders to come to the meeting voluntarily. Sex offenders must pay $20 a quarter to register in the city and county, and anyone who shows up voluntarily will get a free quarter, said Laurie Franklin, of the county sheriff’s office. The meeting will last three hours, starting at 6 pm. Offenders are to get an update on registration requirements. Other places have tried to clamp down on convicted sex offenders around Halloween.In Missouri, sex offenders could face up to a year in jail if they violate a law passed in 2008 barring them from going outside, turning on lights, having ‘Halloween-related’ contact with children or offering candy on Oct. 31. A California county passed a law last year that prohibits convicted sex offenders from decorating their homes for Halloween or passing out candy. Mail Online

The man accused of gunning down four family members during a 2009 Thanksgiving dinner in Jupiter has agreed to plead guilty in a deal with prosecutors that will allow him to avoid the death penalty. Paul Merhige was in Palm Beach County Court Thursday, where he agreed to withdraw his not guilty plea in exchange for avoiding capital punishment. Merhige, who was charged with four counts of first-degree murder, will serve seven consecutive life sentences. “You will never get out of jail, do you understand that?” Merhige was asked by Judge Joseph Marx. “Yeah,” said Merhige, who told the judge he was on anti-depressants and anti-psychotics. NBC Miami

let her temper get the best of her while having a run-in with a maid at her L.A. home a short time ago. TMZ reports that the ‘Pink Friday’ creator was involved in a confrontation with the hired help, which resulted in LAPD arriving on the scene. According to the tabloid site, police officials revealed that, several weeks ago, a maid hired by Minaj retrieved a discarded photo the rapper threw in the trash. Apparently the maid had asked the Queens native to autograph the photo of herself and that’s when she let the employee have it, eventually firing her. Yesterday (Oct. 27), the maid arrived at the Young Money signee’s Hollywood residence and a verbal argument ensued, with Minaj demanding she leave her property and the maid counter-demanding that she not “be treated like an animal. A source tells TMZ that the rapper lost her cool and threatened, “I’ll show you how to treat someone like an animal. Get the f— out of my house!” However, it seems as if Nicki Minaj may have mistaken the maid that arrived at her home today for being the one that she actually fired — the maid she saw today was reportedly a new employee and not the same maid the ‘Super Bass’ performed originally fired. TMZ also claims the wig-wearing MC’s boyfriend — which rumor has it is her hype man Safaree — physically pushed the maid with his body. A battery report was filed with the LAPD and the maid inquired about a citizen’s arrest, most likely for Minaj’s boyfriend who had harmed her. However, no arrests have been made. TMZ