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What's Your Favorite Halloween Candy? [POLL]

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:18:37 +0000

Whether you're trick-or-treating or preparing for trick-or-treaters, Halloween leaves most folks with an abundance of candy.

While it can be difficult to resist any of these tooth-decay-promoting treats, some candy is better than others. According to a survey from Public Policy Polling of 1,200 adults chocolate bars are the Halloween sweet of choice for an overwhelming 62 percent.

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10 Things You Didn't Know About Halloween

Danny Gallagher — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 19:16:41 +0000

Shakespeare described the "witching hour" as a time "when churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out." Spooky! Equally esteemed author Washington Irving described Halloween night in his classic 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' as a setting full of "fearful shapes and shadows...amidst the dim and ghastly glare of a snowy night." Kids all across the country describe it as the night when the entire world gives them all the candy they can eat until they either pass out or develop early on-set diabetes.

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Do Kids Really Want Less Candy for Halloween? [POLL]

Donald Deane — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 16:30:35 +0000

While children still seem to unanimously agree that Halloween is one of their favorite holidays, a new survey by the American Dental Association and PopCap Games shows that kids' perception of the holiday is changing in several surprising ways.

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Can You Actually Be Scared … to Death?

Mike Adams — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 15:45:18 +0000

The next time you think it would be funny to scare the living daylights out of someone, you might want to consider this: medical experts say that an intense fright can severely stun the heart, enough even to kill a perfectly healthy human being.

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How Much Are You Planning to Spend on Halloween? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:21:57 +0000

According to a new survey from National Retail Federation, about seven in 10 plan on celebrating Halloween this year. Since revelry isn't always free, the next question the NRF polled is how much celebrants plan on spending on the holiday this year.

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Real Life Ron Swanson Carves Pumpkin With a Gun

Donald Deane — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:10:02 +0000

When people carve pumpkins, they generally use a knife, but sometimes we do things a little differently in the South.

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That Pirate Costume You Bought Might Be Poisonous [VIDEO]

Donald Deane — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:21:12 +0000

Halloween is supposed to be about harmless scares and fun, but the holiday took a truly frightening turn when Federal inspectors recently seized more than a thousand Chinese-made costumes for lead contamination.

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10 Ways to Traumatize Your Kids This Halloween — The Funnies

Jo Pincushion — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 18:49:11 +0000

Halloween isn't just about candy and haunted houses—it's about creating lifelong memories with your kids. You can take them to a pumpkin patch and carve a pumpkin, you can pick out a design together and then build the best costume ever. There are so many wholesome activities to share with your darling children.

Or ... you could traumatize them. Let's not forget, Halloween is also about playing magnificent pranks against your naturally unsuspecting kids. Here are 10 ways to traumatize them this Halloween:

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See the 1,775-Pound World Championship Pumpkin

Cameron Simcik — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:52:38 +0000

There are tons of things we love about America. Our grand ole’ country cranks out hysterical, nightmare-inducing shows about mini pageant queens and we throw Big Bird into the political scene, for example. But our recent discovery tops them all-- ladies and gentlemen, we live in the presence of the most recent world champion pumpkin grower.

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Inspirational Wheelchair Costumes for Halloween

Bonnie Biess — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 17:50:12 +0000

Wheelchair-bound little tykes such as our favorite ice cream trucker Carter might not be jumping a broomstick this Halloween season, because this just in: TIE fighters get more candy.

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Heaviest Pumpkin Ever Nets Man $15,000

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 17:10:07 +0000

Ron Wallace was able to grow a pumpkin to 2,009 pounds. And now the Greene, RI man is $15,500 richer for it.

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American Psychos Spending $8 Billion on Halloween — Dollars and Sense

Mike Adams — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:40:40 +0000

If you are frightened by the likelihood of this Halloween costing you a Franken-fortune, you are not alone ... or are you?

According to a recent survey by the National Retail Federation, consumers are dying to spend more money this Halloween, as the ghoulish holiday has been predicted to drive the stakes into this wicked season to the tune of more than $8 billion—a 10-year high.

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Candy Corn Flavored Oreo Unveiled Just in Time for Halloween

Eric the Intern — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:54:52 +0000

Hands down my favorite part of Halloween is candy corn. One of my favorite candies, but the downside is that it's only in stores around Halloween. Now Oreo is unveiling their new flavor for Halloween less than 60 days away.

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