A scary box office weekend for everyone but Tyler Perry
LOS ANGELES (AP) - It was a spooky weekend at the box office for nearly everyone but Tyler Perry.Perry's comedy sequel "Boo 2! A Madea Halloween" scared up a healthy $21.7 million in its first weekend...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Halloween now in the cross hairs of the politically correct
Having given the back of the hand to Christopher Columbus, the snowflakes have gone to work on another suspect holiday, this one the preserve of ghosts and goblins. Just when everyone thought it was...
View ArticleBloomington family puts a year's work into Halloween
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - It's a quintessential fall evening in this eastside Bloomington neighborhood. People walk their dogs, children play basketball in the driveway and the Smith-Robbins-Bell...
View ArticleA bright (and animated) Halloween night with Michael Jackson
NEW YORK (AP) - Here's a chance to trick or treat with the eyes and ears. Catch "Michael Jackson's Halloween," a for-all-ages animated special airing Friday at 8 p.m. Eastern on CBS.It costumes...
View ArticleNew Jersey school cancels Halloween parade, bingo instead
MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey school has canceled its annual Halloween parade because many of its students don't celebrate the day.Students at the Thomas Jefferson Elementary School in...
View ArticleDonald Trump invites reporters' kids into Oval Office to trick-or-treat
Nothing like a little trick-or-treating to thaw the media's scary relationship with President Trump.Mr. Trump invited children of the White House press corps to the Oval Office in their costumes to...
View ArticleWarning of marijuana Halloween candy derided as scare tactic
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey is warning parents to look out for people slipping their kids marijuana-laced candy while trick-or-treating. But with no apparent evidence that's ever happened,...
View ArticleBest Blu-ray & 4K UHD horror movies: 'Re-Animator,' 'Cult of Chucky,' 'Dawn...
Count Zad offers a few Blu-ray and 4K UHD movie suggestions for mature horror fans to appreciate during this Halloween season.Re-Animator: Limited Edition (Arrow Video, Not Rated, 1.78:1 aspect ratio,...
View ArticlePolice add patrols on Illinois roads for Halloween weekend
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Police across Illinois are stepping up patrols this weekend in an effort to keep roadways safe as people celebrate Halloween.Illinois State Police, the Illinois Department of...
View ArticleColleges to students: Skip sombreros, blackface on Halloween
DURHAM, N.H. (AP) - Universities are urging students in search of an attention-grabbing costume this Halloween to pass on sombreros, Native American headdresses and blackface.Those are some of the...
View ArticleBozeman couple unite by love for Halloween
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) - Lauri and Phillip Aguirre go all out for Halloween.For the Bozeman couple, turning their entire home into a haunted house is a labor of love. True love.Separately, they'd always...
View ArticleNY police to step up patrols over Halloween weekend
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo is telling motorists not to be spooked by an increased police presence on the road this Halloween weekend.The Democrat says law enforcement will be cracking down...
View ArticleSouth Carolina sets rules for sex offenders on Halloween
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina is requiring many sex offenders to stay inside their own homes during prime trick-or-treating hours on Halloween night.The State newspaper of Columbia reports that...
View ArticleClooney's 'Suburbicon' tanks, 'Saw' sequel No. 1 with $16.3M
NEW YORK (AP) - George Clooney's "Suburbicon" notched one of the most dismal wide-release debuts in recent years on a sluggish pre-Halloween weekend where the horror sequel "Jigsaw" topped all releases...
View ArticleGrave robbing: It's not just for Halloween anymore
Halloween is the holiday of fun with death. Once a year we romp with ghosts and goblins and wander through haunted houses where skeletons dance in scary entertainment. Once a year we give free rein to...
View ArticleFreddie Gray costume sparks investigation at College of Charleston
The College of Charleston is conducting an investigation after a photo taken at an off-campus party showed someone wearing a Halloween costume mocking Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man whose death...
View ArticleNortheast struggling to recover from powerful storm
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Hundreds of out-of-state reinforcements bolstered utility crews struggling to restore power throughout New England on Tuesday, a day after a powerful storm blew down trees and...
View ArticleThe Latest: Power outage leads to dumping of sewage in river
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The Latest on a severe storm in the Northeast that brought hurricane-force wind gusts and torrential rain (all times local):5:45 p.m.A sewage treatment plant in North Andover,...
View ArticleShootout critically wounds San Francisco officer, suspect
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A San Francisco police officer and a suspect were both critically wounded in a Halloween night gunbattle in a popular neighborhood for holiday celebrations, officials said...
View ArticleFrankenstein baby born at Florida hospital on Halloween
WINTER PARK, Fla. (AP) - A Florida couple got an extra treat on Halloween - a baby Frankenstein.Make that Oskar Gary Frankenstein, who made his entrance into the world four days late and after 14 hours...
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