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Health-Conscious Mayor's Halloween Trick?
By Mara Gay - AOL News(Nov. 5) -- Bitter New Yorkers who are worried that Mayor Michael Bloomberg's "war on candy" will deprive them of their next sugar high may be able to relax. In fact, on Halloween they could look no further than the home of the mayor himself for their next fix. On Oct. 31, The New York Times reports today, a Mickey Mouse character with a "high-pitched voice" was seen generously doling out full-sized candy bars at Bloomberg's Upper East Side townhouse with no regard to their trans fat content or their sugar-filled makeup. The mayor has waged a successful campaign to rid the city's food of ...
Cops: Man in Breathalyzer Costume Fails Breathalyzer
By Ben Muessig - AOL News
(Nov. 4) -- It's said that you should never judge a man by his clothes. But when a man is dressed like a giant Breathalyzer, it's hard to do otherwise. Police in Lincoln, Neb., say that early Monday they pulled over a suspected drunken driver who was wearing a Halloween costume modeled after the blood alcohol tests often administered to suspected drunken drivers. According to JournalStar.com, Matthew Nieveen, 19, was hit with second-offense charges of driving under the influence and being a minor in possession of alcohol -- as well as violations for negligent driving and an open container -- ...
Opinion: An Election Message for Local Politicians
By Marty Robins - AOL News(Nov. 4) -- If the message sent in Tuesday's congressional and gubernatorial elections is that people are fed up with the intrusiveness of government, that message needs to be delivered to clueless local politicians, many of whom seem to feel they have a mandate to save us from ourselves. Perhaps the ultimate illustration of the absurd reach of government is found in Belleville, Ill., where city fathers in a recent ordinance see fit to regulate who may celebrate Halloween by trick-or-treating! Under this ordinance, no one who has completed eighth grade may trick or treat. While this is a ...
Canadian Legion Apologizes for Halloween KKK Costume
By Deborah Hastings - AOL News
(Nov. 4) -- The national president of the Royal Canadian Legion has apologized for racist costumes sported at a weekend Halloween contest in an Ontario hall, which has been closed pending an investigation. Partygoers said they were outraged by two men -- one dressed as a white-robed Ku Klux Klan member, the other wearing blackface and being led around by a noose. Nonetheless, the pair won first prize in the party's costume competition. "I sincerely regret the incident,'' legion President Patricia Varga said Wednesday, the Montreal Gazette reported. "I also want the citizens of Canada and ...
Police: Prankster Shot Dead After Egging Mercedes
By not in system - AOL NewsATLANTA (Nov. 1) -- Authorities say a driver enraged because a 17-year-old boy egged his Mercedes on Halloween fatally shot the prankster in the neck and leg as he tried to run away. Atlanta police spokeswoman Kim Jones says the driver confronted the teen and fired 10 shots at him around 8 p.m. Sunday. The Fulton County Medical Examiner's office says the teen, Tivarus King, died as he was being taken to Grady Memorial Hospital. Officers who were dispatched to the scene in northwest Atlanta spotted a car fitting the vehicle's description and detained the driver. But Atlanta Police spokesman ...
Is Four Loko to Blame for Halloween Hospitalizations?
By J. Richard - AOL News
(Nov. 1) -- Alcohol and caffeine don't mix, a number of college students discovered last month, ending up in the hospital after binging on Four Loko, an increasingly popular alcoholic energy drink. Is the stuff to blame for another health scare this Halloween as well? Several students at Skidmore College in upstate New York were sent to the emergency room Saturday night during the school's annual "Moorebid Ball" Halloween bash after drinking excessively, keeping in line with the recent surge of alcohol-related hospitalizations involving college undergraduates in October. Administrators at ...
Naked Newlywed Husband Charged With Killing Wife
By David Lohr - AOL News
(Nov. 1) -- A newlywed woman was found shot to death in her Atlanta home on Halloween, and her husband was arrested a short time later as he walked nude in a nearby park, authorities said. Fulton County Sheriff Minchello McLester, 29, was arrested naked in an Atlanta park near the home where wife, Madison McLester, was found dead of multiple gunshot wounds, police said. Police were called to a residence on Oak Street in southwest Atlanta at about 4:40 a.m. Sunday, Georgia media outlets reported. Officers found 25-year-old Madison McLester dead from multiple gunshot wounds. The victim's ...
Halloween is Old News: The Internet Celebrates All Saints Day
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Nov. 1) -- Although the holiday involves less candy than its calendar neighbor Halloween, people around the world are celebrating All Saints Day on Monday -- in honor of all saints and martyrs. All Saints Day -- officially the Solemnity of All Saints and also known as All Hallows or Hallowmas -- was started by Pope Boniface IV during the seventh century to counter the "dark half" of the year. The holiday is considered a holy day of obligation in the Roman Catholic church, meaning that practitioners are required to attend mass, but Eastern Orthodox churches, Methodists, Lutherans, and other ...
Shooting at Oakland Halloween Party Injures 9
By not in system - AOL NewsOAKLAND, Calif. (Oct. 31) -- A gunman suspected of taking part in a Halloween party shooting that injured nine people in downtown Oakland is the subject of a police search, authorities said Sunday. Officers who responded early Sunday saw several hundred people fleeing Sweet's Ballroom, where a party called the first annual Fright Fest was being held, Oakland police Lt. Rick Hassna said. People dove for cover and began running out of the building when the shots were fired, a ballroom employee told the Oakland Tribune. The party, which cost $15 to attend and featured DJs and live music, was ...
Former Marine Acts as Iraq War Vet's Legs in Marathon
By David Moye - AOL News
(Nov. 1) -- When Marine Sgt. Eddie Ryan finished the Marine Corps Marathon on Sunday, he proved that anything is possible -- with a little help from your friends. All his life, Ryan's two biggest dreams were to become a Marine and to run in the Marine Corps Marathon, a grueling event that takes place every October in Washington, D.C. Melanie Purcell Former Marine Bryan Purcell (standing) and Marine Sgt. Eddie Ryan teamed up to compete in the Marine Corps Marathon on Sunday. The two didn't know each other until Purcell showed up on Ryan's doorstep and offered to be his legs for the ...
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