halloween
US candy makers haunted by Halloween discounts as retailers scare up sales
[NEW YORK] US retailers are discounting some Hershey candy ahead of Halloween on Friday, the confectioner’s biggest holiday, after it hiked prices this summer due to cocoa inflation, according to thir...
Pulling together a last-minute Halloween costume?
Halloween is creeping closer. But a few days are more than enough for those with little time, energy or funds to pull together a costume of quality with panache. Think of the last-minute scramble as a...
Halloween headaches in Salem come in tiny liquor bottles
The list of public nuisances in Salem, Massachusetts, in high Halloween season is long and weird: rowdy crowds imperiling 17th-century gravestones, unlicensed fortune tellers and skirmishes over parki...
Rise in sugar, cocoa costs makes Halloween candy pricier
Low rainfall in places like Mexico, India and Ivory Coast could lead to lighter sacks of candy for trick-or-treaters this Halloween, as disappointing sugar and cocoa harvests have pushed up candy pric...
South Korea's parliament votes to impeach minister over Halloween crush
South Korean lawmakers voted on Wednesday (Feb 8) to impeach the interior minister over his responses to a deadly Halloween crush, setting the stage for him to become the country’s first cabinet membe...
South Korean police blame deadly Halloween crush on negligence
South Korean police on Friday (Jan 13) blamed negligence and planning failures for last year’s Halloween crowd crush in Seoul that killed more than 150 people.
South Korea to hold police accountable for crowd crush failures: PM
SOUTH Korea’s prime minister said police must explain their failure to respond to multiple emergency calls ahead of a deadly Halloween crowd surge, as investigators raided police stations.
South Korea begins probe into deadly Halloween crush
South Korean investigators combed footage on Monday (Oct 31) from more than 50 state and private closed-circuit TV cameras as well as from social media looking for answers to how a surge in Halloween ...
Trick or treat: Is your doorstep fair game for zombies at Halloween?
SMALL children dressed as fairies on your doorstep may be cute while teenagers in zombie masks can be less appealing, but what rights do you have to say who knocks on your door at Halloween?
Scare Tactics
For a hell-raising time this Halloween, stuff and scare yourself silly as Pan Pacific Singapore's Edge restaurant transforms itself into a ghoulish graveyard filled with plenty of food and spooktacula...
