Jonah Bennett The U.S. Army base Fort Bragg declared emergency lockdown Oct. 30 because a servicemember figured it was a smart idea to show up at the gates dressed in a suicide bomber costume. The servicemember was wearing a simulated explosive vest when he tried to gain access to Fort Bragg, in North Carolina, which…
by Josh Guckert Some Halloween Costumes Fit Candidates Perfectly Complete with sweets, costumes and parties, Halloween is one of the most festive times of the year. Just because the 2016 Presidential candidates are busy campaigning, they can surely still find time to don a disguise and participate in this holiday. Here are a few suggestions…
Tomorrow is the big day. Come sundown on the 31st, millions of children around the West will don their carefully prepared, or perhaps hastily thrown together, costumes and parade door-to-door collecting as much candy as their pots can possibly hold. Teenagers and young adults will attend parties as pop culture icons and political figures, looking…
By Lina Bryce NASA scientists are tracking a ‘Spooky’ Halloween flyby of asteroid 2015 TB145. The asteroid will fly past Earth slightly farther than the moon’s orbit at 1:01 pm ET. According to NASA, scientists estimated the rock to be 1,300 feet wide. This is the closest approach any object this size has flown towards Earth ever…
Seriously, Pandas Are Freakin’ Scary by Avens O’Brien So I’m dressing up as a panda bear for Halloween. I did it last year, I’m doing it again this year. With big black circles painted around my eyes, and a big panda hood, a white furry bra, black fuzzy leg warmers, the whole deal. Okay, so I…
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Andrew Follett The Department of Energy (DOE) is celebrating Halloween by carving DOE themed Jack-O-Lanterns and instructing kids to dress up in “energy themed” costumes. The DOE official website includes instructions on how kids can dress up as a solar panel, a wind turbine, an “energy vampire,” a particle accelerator, or Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz. “You won’t produce electricity, but…
Blake Neff writes The public school system in Milford, Conn., has banned Halloween-related events to avoid offending children who decline to celebrate Halloween. According to the Connecticut Post, a letter was sent home to parents last week letting them know that the school district’s annual Halloween parades are being called off, due to “numerous incidents of children being…