Billionaire by day, international man of mystery by night.

Todd Combs, a 39-year-old Connecticut hedge fund manager and an alum of the B-School, will manage a “significant portion” of Berkshire Hathaway’s portfolio. (Bloomberg)

Lisa Anderson, formerly the dean of SIPA, has been named the President of the American University in Cairo. (PR Newswire)

The molester of a “Morningside Heights toddler” has been convicted on child pornography charges. (NYP)

More porn news: a Brooklyn assemblyman is calling for public libraries to ban VHS after a grandmother in the borough found porn scenes inserted into a copy of Austin Powers. (NYP)

October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 66 days remaining until the end of the year. (Wikipedia)

Update: Paul, the octopus that correctly predicted each World Cup game it was asked, has died. He was 2 1/2. (WaPo)