Halloween: News Stories About October 31st - Page 10

Oct 30, 2008 3:45 PM CDT

It's Not Too Late: Make a Costume

There's plenty of Halloween fodder lying around your house, really

(Newser) - Trick-or-treaters hit the streets in less than a day, but the costume-less need not despair. With an assist from a local mom and the Costume Idea Zone website, the Baltimore Sun has come up with dozens of cheap, easy ways to disguise yourself:

Gum stuck to a shoe: "

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Palin Effigy Sparks Uproar

Oct 28, 2008 2:15 AM CDT

Palin Effigy Sparks Uproar

Complaints over Halloween display

(Newser) - An effigy of Sarah Palin hanging from a noose outside a West Hollywood house has triggered a community furor, reports the Los Angeles Times. The effigy is part of a grim Halloween display which also shows a John McCain mannequin surrounded by flames and skeletons. Complaints calling the display a...

Turning Tricks, or 'Trick or Treat'?

Oct 27, 2008 6:25 PM CDT

Turning Tricks, or 'Trick or Treat'?

Parents unable to counter sexy costume trend: expert

(Newser) - No, your eyesight isn't hexed: Young girls really are dressing like French maids and prostitutes every Halloween. And their skirts will only get higher, because pop culture has drowned out any last echo of parental advice, author Diane E. Levin tells the Los Angeles Times. The co-author of So ...

Author Offers Creepy Look at Critters With Taste for Blood

Oct 21, 2008 8:25 PM CDT

Author Offers Creepy Look at Critters With Taste for Blood

Bats, bedbugs, leeches, and mosquitoes have a common thirst

(Newser) - With Halloween nearly upon us, the author of new book on bloodsucking creatures—vampire bats, bedbugs, leeches, and the like—leads the New York Times on a sanguivore safari. The world's bloodthirsty creatures vary enormously, as Bill Schutt details in Dark Banquet, and some are mere dabblers, but many specialists...

LiLo's Halloween
Costume?
Sarah Palin

Oct 13, 2008 12:32 PM CDT

LiLo's Halloween Costume? Sarah Palin

Girlfriend Ronson may dress up as First Dude Todd

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan will strike out at Sarah Palin, whom she has described as a “media-obsessed homophobe,” by pretending to be her for Halloween, the New York Daily News reports. The actress promises the glasses, red suit and cleavage. The icing on the cake: Lohan’s lover Samantha Ronson...

Both Campaigns Walk the Plank

Oct 12, 2008 12:42 PM CDT

Both Campaigns Walk the Plank

McCain, Obama agree on one thing: favorite childhood Halloween costume

(Newser) - Beware, trick or treaters: John McCain and Barack Obama may be hiding behind that bandanna and eyepatch. Asked about their favorite childhood Halloween costumes in separate interviews for Nickelodeon, both candidates answered "pirate," the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Obama called his getup "the best costume of all time....

Trick-or-Treaters
Vote for Palin

Oct 2, 2008 3:15 PM CDT

Trick-or-Treaters Vote for Palin

Mask retailers scramble to stock likeness ahead of Halloween

(Newser) - Costume shops are scrambling to stock enough masks of Sarah Palin, who looks to be a popular choice this Halloween, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Trick-or-treaters who want to transform into either of the presidential candidates—or most of their early competitors—are in luck, but heavy demand for Palin's likeness...

New England Pumpkin Crop Patchy After Summer Deluge

Sep 18, 2008 7:45 PM CDT

New England Pumpkin Crop Patchy After Summer Deluge

Heavy rains cut some yields by half due to bloating, rot and wash-outs

(Newser) - An unseasonably wet growing season has devastated the New England pumpkin crop, the Boston Globe reports. The rain has multiple effects, almost all bad: some overwatered gourds swell so much they burst, while beds are washed out and depleted of fertilizer, leading to undersized specimens. And “pumpkins are pollinated...

Penn State Costumes Spark Va. Tech Wrath

Dec 9, 2007 11:22 AM CST

Penn State Costumes Spark Va. Tech Wrath

Macabre Halloween photos surface on Facebook

(Newser) - Virginia Tech is in an uproar over Penn State students who dressed up for Halloween as Tech shooting victims, then posted the tasteless pictures on Facebook, reports the Washington Post. The reaction has been both mournful and violent. "People all over Penn State—students, faculty, alumni—are appalled at...

Fake Teeth Recalled on Halloween

Oct 31, 2007 2:55 PM CDT

Fake Teeth Recalled on Halloween

$2 Chinese-made party favors turn out to contain dangerous lead

(Newser) - How's this for last-minute: The US government issued a recall of Chinese-made fake teeth—costume—today. The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the recall for the $2 "ugly teeth" because of high levels of lead, the AP reports. The agency estimates that 43,000 packs of eight sets of...

25 Films Worth Screaming About

Oct 31, 2007 12:10 PM CDT

25 Films Worth Screaming About

The best horror films are clever, sometimes funny, and occasionally very, very scary

(Newser) - You're never too old to go trick or treating. Well, yes you are. So instead of fighting the little ones for the next sugar high, you can check out Time's top 25 scary movies:

Shaun of the Dead, 2004
Red Dragon, 2002
Audition, 1999

Seven Spooky Spots

Oct 30, 2007 3:10 PM CDT

Seven Spooky Spots

From Transylvania to the Tower of London, these sites can give you chills

(Newser) - If you want to walk in Dracula's footsteps, hobnob with lake monsters, or bed down with aliens, Forbes recommends these locations:

Bran Castle, Brasov, Romania
Tower of London, London, England
Catacombs, Paris, France

Ghosts and Ghouls Invade Virtual Worlds

Oct 30, 2007 12:26 PM CDT

Ghosts and Ghouls Invade Virtual Worlds

Digital realms like Halo and Second Life are getting in the Halloween spirit

(Newser) - Take a break from scarfing candy to join in silly spookiness online. Wired gives you the inside scoop on special events and areas in your favorite virtual worlds dedicated to the holiday:

Halo 3: A seasonal addition to the matchmaking playlist should keep players entertained for the 27 hours surrounding

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Spring Ahead, Fall Back; Repeat

Oct 30, 2007 9:50 AM CDT

Spring Ahead, Fall Back; Repeat

Some may have changed clocks a week early

(Newser) - Spring ahead, fall back. And fall back again, for many whose clocks wrongly reset themselves last weekend—1 week ahead of the schedule Congress set when it extended Daylight Saving Time. Most cell phones and computers, which get time and date information from networks, weren't affected, but many alarm clocks...

Seriously Spooky Hotels

Oct 29, 2007 10:30 AM CDT

Seriously Spooky Hotels

Brave travelers can bed down with ghosts at these creepy locals

(Newser) - These hotels are known for more than complimentary breakfast. Tripso.com gets in the Halloween spirit with its rundown of haunted accommodations:

The Myrtles Plantation, St. Francisville, La.: An abused slave poisoned her master with oleander cake; a host of ghosties now appear at guests' bedsides.
Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans:

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$32.1M Saw IV Slays Box Office

Oct 28, 2007 4:52 PM CDT

$32.1M Saw IV Slays Box Office

(Newser) - Saw VI axed the competition in the final weekend before Halloween by scaring up $32.1 million—falling short of Saw III’s debut weekend, but notching the highest opening of the fall season. Steve Carrell’s quirky dramedy, Dan in Real Life, took second with $12 million, Variety reports.

Leave Halloween
to the Kids

Oct 26, 2007 12:35 PM CDT

Leave Halloween to the Kids

Fed up with adult costumes, columnist wants the 'trick' out of 'trick or treat'

(Newser) - Halloween has taken a turn for the worst, LA Times columnist Joel Stein complains, with the rampant introduction of adult sexuality into the last remaining kids' holiday untainted by politics. "People vastly prefer Halloween parties because New Year's Eve involves dressing up like an adult," he grouses, "...

Boo! Where to Go for Halloween

Oct 22, 2007 5:56 PM CDT