Halloween News

I suppose it had to do with the stories that my family told about ghosts or jumbies, and the plenitude, or one would say panoply, of evil spirits that abounded in the pre-electricity days in our rural village. There were things about brooms in doorways and throwing down salt, opening a bottle of rum and drinking it without throwing some out as a libation to the spirits, and forgetting to light the lamp at six o’clock. It was all right when lighted up on All Saints Night, and I would stand uneasily among the candles waxing warm and place crepe-paper wreaths on the iron grillwork, adorned with spears, but I was not wandering beyond the flickering lights and pretty girls all in a row, not me. The Mayor of the village of Sarpourenx told the 260 people living there that “all persons not having a plot in the cemetery and wishing to be buried in Sarpourenx are forbidden from dying in the parish. More Halloween News

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So the old gasbag is on a pork barrel photo op trip at the taxpayers expense to raise money for his campaign, continues to make a spectacle of the fact that he doesn’t know his ass from a hole in the ground about ANYTHING-and continues to get a free pass from the press. Halloweem is based on various pagen rites and rituals (I could be wrong about that); Purim is based on the story (and book in the bible) of Esther where she is given information about the up-comming plan to kill all the Jews in Persia. Denise, I agree with you–how come what Obama’s PASTOR says is a big collosal national event, yet McCain can misstate who is a terrorist getting trained by whom and returning to somewhere and he equates one of the most beloved beautiful and historical Jewish holy days as equivalent to HALLOWEEN and THEY ALL LAUGH IT OFF! As long as they dont tell me what to wear, say, where to work, who to marry, where to live, but provide me with good infrastructure, environmental restrictions to safe guard our resources and national treasures, social security, reasonable military security IN AMERICA ITSELF, I will return the favor by paying my taxes, not committing crimes, not bilking the system, being as efficient a resource user as I can, and buying american everywhere I can! More Halloween News

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The Rocchi Review — Live from SXSW with Cinematical’s Editor-in-Chief Erik Davis! Your ‘Incredible Hulk’ Questions Answered (Possibly! Disney Abandoning ‘Narnia’ for ‘John Carter? All contents copyright © 2003-2008, Weblogs, Inc. Cinematical is a member of the Weblogs, Inc. More Halloween News

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The Easter Bunny, we inexplicably tell our children is the purveyor of that candy — a hard-working hare who hops from home to home filling baskets, no help from flying reindeer, no known means of transportation other than his big, fuzzy white rabbit feet – which must be as sturdy as they are lucky. While shopping there last weekend, my husband and I noticed a small group of pre-school aged children lined up to meet the Easter Bunny — a dapperly dressed white rabbit who communicated with the tots strictly by gesturing with his furry white hands, or is it paws? Easter Bunny,” the furious boy screamed in response to the invitation by my startled husband, before running out of the room and as far away from the guy in the brown rabbit suit as he could get. A decade has passed, and while my husband has never expressed a renewed interest in replaying the role, I see him checking out the Easter Bunny at the mall, wondering where he laid his hands on that nice fluffy white costume and whether it would have made a difference in winning over those kindergartners. More Halloween News

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Convenience stores continue to be a dominant retail outlet for confections, and the outlook for 2008 is just as strong. In terms of category share, chocolate candy accounted for 56% of category sales, followed by non-chocolate (33%) and gum (11%). For example, studies show that marketing candy items at the cooler, the front counter or the coffee area doesn’t cannibalize sales, but augments them. Confections, unlike most other in-store categories, are heavily geared for seasonal sales spikes with demand peeking around the major "candy holidays," Valentine’s Day, Easter, Halloween and Christmas. Major sales increases were evident during each of these holidays in 2007, the report said, with the biggest jump (6. NCA projects sales gains for all holidays in 2008 with the exception of Easter, for which it’s forecasting a nearly $80 million decline. More Halloween News

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SANTA ANA - A Huntington Beach man who was angry that he was about to be evicted from a boardinghouse was convicted of first-degree murder Thursday for the stabbing death of his roommate. The same jurors will now be asked to decide if Vladimir Benitez, 28, was legally sane when he stabbed and killed Camilo Martinez-Santiago, 32, in the living room of a home where both men were staying. Senior Deputy District Attorney Sonia Balleste, however, argued that Benitez planned and premeditated the slaying after he learned he was about to be evicted. Balleste said Benitez left the Huntington Beach house for several days, but returned on Halloween 2005, grabbed a knife from the kitchen and stabbed Martinez-Santiago as he slept. More Halloween News

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On a day like this one, when the news is focused on the financial sector and the stock market is in full-scale retreat, there’s not a whole lot of value-add to provide. The Nasdaq Composite is now down about 3% on the day, dropping below the 2,200 level for the first time since September 2006. The blog provides news, analysis and original reporting on events important to investors in software, hardware, the Internet, telecommunications and related fields. Eric joined Barron’s as a feature writer in New York in 1988, after four years at the Dow Jones news wires. In 1995, he moved to California as the magazine’s first reporter in Silicon Valley, creating the Plugged In column. More Halloween News

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A 22 year old who drove up Wicklow’s main street wearing a Halloween mask while and under the influence of an intoxicant was banned from driving for two years and fined 350. Judge Murrough Connellan was satisfied to convict Wayne Prunty, 3 Greenhill Court, Wicklow town even though no specimen was produced at Thursday’s special sitting of Wicklow District Court in Arklow. The evidence had already been heard and agreed upon before Thursday’s court date and Prunty pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis. The driving under the influence charge and the unlawful possession of drugs charge related to an incident at Wicklow Gaol, Kilmantin Hill on March 23 2007. Refreshing his memory Judge Connellan said, this was the fellow allegedly driving under the influence of an intoxicant who drove up the main street with a Halloween mask on. Judge Connellan convicted him of driving under the influence, and took the charge of unlawful possession of drugs into account. More Halloween News

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A teenager charged as an adult for a Halloween shooting that killed one man and wounded another could plead guilty today or agree to go to trial. The teen is held at the Hamilton County jail on $1 million bond on charges of aggravated murder, attempted murder, aggravated robbery and two counts each of felonious assault and having weapons while under a disability, records state. He is accused of killing Marko Faulkner and shooting and seriously injuring a second man, Richard Whitaker, the night of October 31, 2007, according to his indictment. The Enquirer will update this story as information develops. More Halloween News

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And if a baddie company’s still stuffing your mailbox, you can report the infraction for Catalog Choice to take care of. I do, however, keep getting them from Garden Botanika — a purportedly green company that sells products chock-full of parabens — despite the fact that I’ve called TWICE requesting them to bug me no more. Unfortunately, they weren’t in Catalog Choice’s list yet, but a quick popup box let me request Catalog choice to add them to their list. I receive a copy of Pennysaver in the mail every week and I think it’s such a waste of resources. Security certificate problems may indicate an attempt to fool you or intercept any data you send to the server. More Halloween News

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