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Authorities warn Russians on ‘dangers’ of Halloween

By Marc Bennetts - Special to The Washington Times

Children make their scary monster faces on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, as Carol Carpenter reads Skeleton Hiccups by Margery Cuyler during a Halloween-themed story time at the Keewaydin Branch of the Mid-Columbia Libraries in Kennewick, Wash. (AP Photo/The Tri-City Herald, Kai-Huei Yau) LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL RADIO OUT KONA

EDITORIAL: Running from Halloween’s spooks and goblins

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Image: Twitter, Shokazoba

Mass. college cancels music show because band ‘too white’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Camden Coffman, 2, of Winchester, Va. shouts, "Trick or Treat" to Richard's Jewelry owner Jeanie Swisher during the Old Town Spooktacular event Saturday on the Loudoun Street Mall in Winchester, Va. (AP Photo, The Winchester Star, Jeff Taylor)

EDITORIAL: Holiday wars

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Officials at the University of Colorado at Boulder posted this image online with a message asking students not to wear stereotypical Halloween costumes that could offend or paint minorities in a negative light. (colorado.edu)

University of Colorado asks students to stay politically correct this Halloween

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

In this Sunday, Oct. 20, 2013 photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, participants in the Zombie Bike Ride pedal on A1A next to the Atlantic Ocean in Key West, Fla. Thousands of costumed bicycle riders participated in the event. Key West's annual Fantasy Fest costuming and masking festival, that began Friday, Oct. 18, continues through Sunday, Oct. 27. (AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Rob O'Neal)

Universities tell students to keep Halloween costumes politically correct

By Alex Hopkins - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

FIELDS: Spooks and snoops that haunt us

By Suzanne Fields

Skye Gill (left), 6, and her cousin Taylor Kearney (right), 6, both of Washington, play while waiting in line for balloons as they and others arrive for Halloween festivities at Eastern Market in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. (The Washington Times)

Halloween canceled at Philadelphia-area school over ‘religious overtones’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Spain: 3 dead, 2 hurt in Halloween party stampede

By HAROLD HECKLE - Associated Press

Two shot, one killed in D.C. Halloween night violence

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

University students walk to classes as Los Angeles police officers investigate a shooting that occurred Wed. night at a halloween party on the University of Southern California Campus in Los Angeles on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Los Angeles police say two men apprehended after a Halloween shooting on the USC campus are still being interviewed and three of the four people wounded have been released from the hospital. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

4 wounded at USC campus shooting in Los Angeles

Associated Press

Inside Politics: Gingrich: Akin vote would be signal to GOP establishment

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The porch of Clyde Forbes’ house on Rhode Island Avenue Northwest, an area of the District known for severe flooding, is visited by a ghoul with a sign that reads “Die Sandy Die!” hours before the storm hit. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Storm can’t stop Halloween

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

Catering to the popular zombie craze, Halloween costumes for young children are getting more grisly, like this boy’s skeleton zombie costume, often sold in sizes for kindergartners. (Associated Press)

Childrens’ Halloween costumes dripping with gore

By Melissa Rayworth - Associated Press

NOAA to East: Beware of coming ‘Frankenstorm’

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

This NOAA satellite image taken October 25, 2012 at 10:45 AM EDT shows Hurricane Sandy over the Bahamas with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph and moving toward the north. Farther north, a cold front moves into the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley with showers and thunderstorms. (Associated Press/Weather Underground)

‘Frankenstorm’ could haunt East Coast’s Halloween

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

Jiggly, wiggly orange halves and wedges make a delightful snack for children. If you’d like to serve an adult version of these treats, just add vodka. (Associated Press)

A Halloween snack to make them smile

By Sara Moulton - Associated Press