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Uintah teen injured when hit by car on Halloween evening

Last updated Tuesday, November 1, 2011 - 9:02am

UINTAH -- A teen is Primary Children's Hospital with a head injury after being struck by a vehicle while trick-or-treating Monday night, Weber County Sheriff's Office Lt.

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Army National Guardsman Sgt. Danny Sousa, center, and others from the 79th Troop Command work alongside Barre firefighters to clear trees and make roads passable in Barre, Mass. Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. The unseasonable winter storm over the weekend dumped as much as 30 inches of wet, heavy snow and snapped trees and power lines, causing widespread power failures and threatening to disrupt Halloween trick-or-treating. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

October storm disrupts Halloween across Northeast

Michael Melia The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, November 1, 2011 - 8:37am

HARTFORD, Conn. — Twelve-year-old McKenzie Gallasso was deciding between dressing as a witch or a werewolf when the phone rang with bad news: Halloween had been canceled.

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Lindsay Lohan spends Halloween at county morgue

Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Monday, October 31, 2011 - 4:21pm

LOS ANGELES -- As she awaits a possible jail sentence for violating probation, actress Lindsay Lohan spent Halloween surrounded by the dead at one of Los Angeles' most spooky haunts: the county morgue.

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Watch for trick-or-treaters

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, October 30, 2011 - 10:01pm

Halloween is the deadliest night of the year for pedestrians, say AAA officials.

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Oh, deer, what shall I choose as a costume this year?

Mark Saal Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, October 31, 2011 - 5:32am

Anybody feel like living dangerously this Halloween?

Oh sure, you could dress up as a member of the wealthiest 1 percent and go crash an Occupy Wall Street rally. But I've got something a bit scarier in mind for the upcoming All Hallow's Eve.

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Are they having fun yet? Poodles Annie and Sammy, owned by Randy Kendall of Clinton, celebrate Halloween.

Reader submitted photos of pets dressed up for Halloween.

Contributed

Last updated Sunday, October 30, 2011 - 7:01pm

You can vote for your favorite photo on our contest site Tricks for Treats

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For Halloween, a simple how-to on writing a perfectly evil story

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, October 30, 2011 - 7:13am

If I could write a scary story as perfect as Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado," I could die happy.

Poe is at his most brilliant: Niter drips. Damp oozes. Dark seeps. Webs gleam amid flickering flambeaux.

And murder lurks. That final dank hole in which Fortunato's bells jingle their last? Perfection!

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Halloween haunted house worker found hanging from noose

Kim Bell St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Last updated Saturday, October 29, 2011 - 6:54am

FENTON, Mo. -- A 17-year-old girl who works as an actress to scare guests at a haunted house in Fenton was seriously injured Thursday night when she somehow got caught in a noose being used as a prop.

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GREG NICOTERO/AMC
“The Walking Dead” reaffirmed its status as a monster hit by scaring up an AMC record 7.3 million viewers in its Season 2 opener.

An explosion of horror on the small screen

Chuck Barney Contra Costa Times

Last updated Sunday, October 30, 2011 - 12:19pm

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- Last Halloween, Ryan Murphy, the TV producer who helped bring "Glee" into the world, enjoyed what he calls "the greatest viewing experience" of his life. And it had nothing to do with bubbly song-and-dance numbers.

A passionate scary movie junkie, he cleared his schedule and rushed home to catch the premiere of "The Walking Dead," AMC's ghastly drama about a plague of flesh-eating zombies.

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Mormon Halloween bash bans 'cross-gender' costumes

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, October 28, 2011 - 2:35pm

SANDY -- A recent Halloween party hosted by a Mormon church ward in Utah angered at least one resident after fliers specified no "cross-gender" costumes.

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Pedestrians beware on Halloween night

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, October 28, 2011 - 11:25am

Halloween is the deadliest night of the year for pedestrians, say AAA officials.

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Top of Haunted Utah 2011

Bryan Nielsen Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, November 1, 2011 - 2:51pm

This is your guide to Halloween fun throughout the Top of Utah.

Below the animated guide is a plain text version for the less adventurous.

Check out more Halloween Hot Spots:

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Event today, Saturday all about spas, updates

Jesus Lopez Jr. Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, October 28, 2011 - 3:03pm

OGDEN -- Home improvement is the theme for the 2011 Fall Home Show & Spa Expo sponsored by the Standard-Examiner.

"A lot of people are rethinking their homes instead of buying a brand-new home," said event coordinator Jennifer Thorpe.

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Davis fairgoers donate tons of food

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 9:54pm

FARMINGTON — Davis County Fair patrons this summer donated more than 6 tons of food to the Family Connection Center.

The county fair, Aug. 17-20 at the Legacy Events Center, offered patrons a parking rate discount in exchange for a nonperishable food item.

Fair attendees donated 12,855 pounds of food during the four-day event, said Megan Hatch, Davis County Fair coordinator. The total amount of food delivered to the Family Connection Center in Clearfield and Layton is 1,855 pounds more than what officials collected at last year’s event.

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Many Halloween events planned in Syracuse

Correspondent Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 2:29pm

The city’s recreation department will host a series of Halloween events,.

A free pumpkin walk will be held Oct. 27-29 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Centennial Park at 1787 South and 2000 West.

On Saturday at Centennial Park, there will a number of festivities including a pumpkin baking contest at 1 p.m., a pumpkin throw contest at 2 p.m., pumpkin bowling at 3 p.m., a pie eating contest at 4 p.m., a children’s costume parade at 4:30 p.m. and trunk or treat at 5 p.m.

There will also be crafts and vendor booths and bounce houses and slides, as part of the event.

For more information and to register for activities visit www.syracuserecreation.com.

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