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  • 1
    Nov
    2012
    8:10am, EDT

    New York trick-or-treaters defy Sandy to celebrate Halloween

    Andrew Kelly / Reuters

    Lisa and Julia Kravchenko pose in their Halloween costumes as they stand in an area ruined by Hurricane Sandy in Staten Island, New York, on October 31, 2012.

    Mega-storm Sandy played Wicked Witch on Wednesday, postponing Halloween for millions of disappointed East Coast children warned not to trick or treat amid dangling electrical wires and trees uprooted by the deadly weather, Reuters reports.

    But the lingering effects of the deadly storm didn't stop all the fun, as these pictures show.

    Peter Foley / EPA

    New York City residents light jack-o'-lanterns made from cut out pumpkins on Hudson Street in lower Manhattan, October 31, 2012. Hurricane Sandy knocked out power to much of lower Manhattan and has forced many residents to seek shelter in other parts of the city.

    Adrees Latif / Reuters

    Revellers dressed up for Halloween share a laugh in Times Square, New York in the early hours of November 1, 2012.

    John Minchillo / AP

    Lisa Kravchenko stands amongst flood debris in her princess Halloween costume on Oct. 31, 2012 in Staten Island.

    Richard Drew / AP

    Commuters, including one man dressed for Halloween, cross New York's Brooklyn Bridge on Oct. 31, 2012.

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    7 comments

    Really amazing dichotomies in those photos, showing the colorful, perfect costumes in front of destruction.

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  • 31
    Oct
    2012
    10:56pm, EDT

    All Hallow's Evening celebrated worldwide

    Larry W. Smith / EPA

    A performer of the Haunt House is scaring visitors during Halloween, in Caddo Mills, Texas on Wednesday night. Thousands of people visit haunted houses across the country each year around Halloween.

    Ivan Alvarado / Reuters

    People in costumes take part in a performance ahead of Halloween celebrations in Santiago, Chile, Oct. 31, 2012.

    Kim Ludbrook / EPA

    Halloween costume contestants parade before judges at a local park in Johannesburg, South Africa, Oct. 31. Locals gather to 'trick or treat' and show off their costumes.

    Britta Pedersen / EPA

    A woman dons a witch's hat during a Halloween party at Tierpark Berlin in Berlin, Germany, Oct. 31.

    Jim Lo Scalzo / EPA

    Students in costume dance after the annual Fall Festival Costume Parade at Janney Elementary School in Washington, D.C., Oct. 31.

     

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  • 31
    Oct
    2012
    7:56am, EDT

    Filipino traffic cops don Halloween masks

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    Filipino traffic constables Arnel Maglinte, left, and Ramon Kelbio adjust Halloween masks before heading to their posts in Quezon City, east of Manila, on October 31 2012.

    Traffic officers of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) were issued masks to wear during their duty hours for the day, The European Pressphoto Agency reports.

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    Slideshow: 41 hilarious pictures of Howl-o-ween dogs!

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    Click to view Mr. T, devilish dragons, a space dog and other pooches all dressed up for a New York City parade.

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    Slideshow: Ghoulishly grand carved pumpkins

    Take a gander at Ray Villafane's scary sculptures for the Halloween season.

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  • 25
    Oct
    2012
    6:15pm, EDT

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    The costume is strong in this one

    Customers try on Darth Vader and nun costumes at Backstage in Washington, D.C., Oct. 25, 2012. The store, which largely caters to theater productions, is usually busy in October as people rent and buy costumes for Halloween.

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  • 25
    Oct
    2012
    1:29pm, EDT

    Revolting pastries are draw at 'Eat Your Heart Out' cake shop

    Ben Stansall / AFP - Getty Images

    A woman holds a cupcake depicting maggot therapy at the 'Eat Your Heart Out 2012' cake shop in the Pathology Museum in London on Oct. 25.

    Ben Stansall / AFP - Getty Images

    A woman eats an edible cigarette made from ginger bread at the 'Eat Your Heart Out 2012' cake shop in the Pathology Museum.

    'Eat Your Heart Out 2012' cake shop opens its doors this Halloween season at London's St. Bartholomew's Pathology Museum offering anatomically correct sweet treats depicting various forms of disease.

    A written statement provided by St Bart’s said, they "will prove the theory that when communicating about scientific topic unexpected mediums are the most effective in gaining public engagement." Read the entire statement.

    'Eat You Heart Out 'will be open Oct. 26 - 28. 

    Ben Stansall / AFP - Getty Images

    A baker puts the finishing touches to a cake depicting an injured leg on Oct. 25.

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  • 24
    Oct
    2012
    6:12pm, EDT

    A superhero and a big yellow bird dress to impress their candidates

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    A young supporter of presidential candidate Mitt Romney is dressed as "Super Romney" at a campaign rally in Reno, Nevada, on Oct. 24.

    Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP

    A supporter dressed in costume is seen cheering during a campaign event for President Barack Obama at City Park in Denver, on Oct. 24.

    Slideshow: On the campaign trail

    Reuters, Getty Images

    In the final push in the 2012 presidential election, candidates Mitt Romney and Barack Obama make their last appeals to voters.

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    1 comment

    Anyone who lets these issues, a television character and a kid as a superhero, sway their vote is retarded. Are you against corporate welfare? I am, and I'm here to tell you that PBS and NPR are private companies receiving public tax money. Look it up, NPR even states this fact on their main web pag …

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  • 15
    Oct
    2012
    1:26am, EDT

    Charles Krupa / AP

    One of country's largest jack-o'-lantern shows ready for viewing in Rhode Island

    While surrounded by hundreds of pumpkins, a a group stops to look at the illuminated jack o' lanterns at the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, R.I., Oct. 8. Some 5,000 carved pumpkins are on display for this year’s Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular, one of the nation’s largest jack-o’-lantern shows. The event ends Nov. 3.

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  • 10
    Oct
    2012
    8:02am, EDT

    Seth Perlman / AP

    Louie Davila searches for just the right pumpkin to be carved into a jack-o-lantern this Halloween at John Ackerman's pumpkin farm in Morton, Illinois on Oct. 9, 2012. Unlike other farmers this year, pumpkin growers have plenty to show during the nation's worst drought in decades, and the reason is pretty simple- pumpkins do well in dry weather.

    Pumpkin farmers have smashing crop despite drought

    The Associated Press reports — Farmers in a stretch of Illinois where most of the nation's pumpkins are grown say their crop looks relatively smashing and is likely to be one of the few successes in a year when severe drought baked most of the nation's heartland.

    The drought forced thousands of ranchers to sell off cattle because pastures were too dry to graze, and corn and soybean farmers watched their plants wither in the summer sun. But John Ackerman said most of the pumpkins he planted fared "fantastic" for a simple, single reason: Pumpkins dig dry weather. Read the full story.

    Slideshow: Falling for autumn

    Video: 'Pumpkin-enhancing drugs' juice up big gourd

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    Happy Halloween

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  • 1
    Nov
    2011
    6:06am, EDT

    Jose Luis Gonzalez / Reuters

    Children dressed in Halloween costumes look at a crime scene in a neighborhood of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on October 31. A municipal police officer and his mother were shot dead at her house by a group of hitmen, according to local media reports.

    Trick-or-treaters encounter real-life crime scene in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

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    man that's sad.

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  • 31
    Oct
    2011
    9:43pm, EDT

    Halloween brings spooky to the streets

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    View of attendees dancing as Michael Jackson's Thriller zombies at the 39th Annual New York Village Halloween parade on October 31, 2011 in New York City.

    Ben Hider / Getty Images Contributor

    View of an attendee in costume at the 39th Annual New York Village Halloween parade on October 31, 2011 in New York City.

    Mario Tama / Getty Images

    Costumed revelers including Kaylyn Young (C) dance on at the "HarlemWeen" Halloween celebration in historic Harlem on October 31, 2011 in New York City.

    Nellie Doneva / AP

    Maria Pilar, left, gives out candy to children from Day Nursery of Abilene at the Abilene-Taylor County Public Health District on Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, in Abilene, Texas.

    Jens Meyer / AP

    An artist, right, and a visitor pose during a Halloween celebration in the leisure park 'BELANTIS', the largest theme park in eastern Germany, in Leipzig, Germany, on Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. The theme park stages a Halloween party with creepy surprises for the visitors.

    Jens Meyer / AP

    An artist dressed as a moor man walks between crosses during a Halloween celebration in the leisure park 'BELANTIS', the largest theme park in eastern Germany, in Leipzig, Germany, on Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. The theme park stages a Halloween party with creepy surprises for the visitors.

    By James Cheng

    Have a safe and fun Halloween everyone!

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    23 comments

    Every single child who trick or treated tonite in my WVa community said thank you! Some more than once said thanks,IT WAS A TREAT FOR THEM!My wife and I so Enjoyed neighbor kids and some of the fun ways parents tried to make themselves less recognized as waitiiing for a particular child or group(pro …

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  • 31
    Oct
    2011
    7:52pm, EDT

    Dan Henry / Chattanooga Times Free Press viaAP

    Rich Heinsman, a Chattanooga, Tenn. criminal defense attorney, turns heads in Judge Barry Steelman's courtroom Monday, Oct. 31, while haunting the city courts building as a Halloween prank.

    Defense attorney haunts Tennessee courtroom

    By Rich Shulman

    Who said lawyers don't have a sense of humor?

    2 comments

    That's look of you've got to be kidding. Attorneys and judges sometimes forget almost no one except them want to be in that damn court room.

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  • 31
    Oct
    2011
    1:09pm, EDT

    A royal wedding redo of the balcony kiss

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    Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, kiss on the balcony at Buckingham Palace on April 29, 2011 in London, England.

    TODAY

    The cast of TODAY recreate the balcony kiss from the Royal Wedding on Monday.

    By Natalia Jimenez, NBC News

    Just when you thought everyone had moved past the royal wedding, Halloween arrives to remind us of the special occasion. The cast of TODAY dressed up as members of the British royal family and recreated the famous balcony kiss. How many other Prince Williams and Kate Middletons were out there this Halloween?

    For more images, see our slideshows:

    • TODAY's royal Halloween 2011
    • The British royal wedding

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    TODAY hosts Matt Lauer and Ann Curry dressed as Prince William and Catherine Middleton on the set of NBC's TODAY 2011 Halloween Celebration at Rockefeller Plaza on Oct. 31, 2011 in New York City.

    Matt Dunham / AP

    Kate and William offer a wave from the balcony to the masses gathered at Buckingham Palace.

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    AAAAH! But the "new" photos are missing the Royal Ghost above the Royal Couple.

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