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October 30, 2009
Happy Halloween
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Squirrel monkeys at Bristol Zoo Gardens investigate a special carved pumpkin that has been left as a special Halloween treat in their enclosure on Oct. 28, in Bristol, England. The gift of the pumpkin does have a serious side, as they are a great addition to the animals' regular diet as they are high in vitamins, potassium, protein and fibre - as well as being the perfect enrichment toy, as the animals have to delve inside to reach the succulent flesh and plump seeds. Getty Images / Matt Cardy


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A Halloween Adventure store, located in a defunct Circuit City consumer electronics store building, sells costumes, props and accessories for Halloween revelers on Oct. 21, in Burbank, Calif. Getty Images / David McNew



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A Halloween Adventure store, located in a defunct Circuit City consumer electronics store building, sells costumes, props and accessories for Halloween revelers on Oct. 21, in Burbank, Calif. Shoppers are predicted to spend an average of $56.31 on holiday merchandise, down from $66.54 a year ago. Getty Images / David McNew



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A Halloween Adventure store, located in a defunct Circuit City consumer electronics store building, sells costumes, props and accessories for Halloween revelers on Oct. 21, in Burbank, California. Getty Images / David McNew



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A family tries on Halloween costumes at the Spirit Halloween store, Tuesday, Oct. 13, in New York. The Halloween stores are taking advantage of the spate of retail bankruptcies and closings to open more - and larger - temporary stores this year in better locations. It adds up to an aggressive bid to capture cautious consumers' dollars in a $3.8 billion industry that has grown rapidly over the past decade. AP / Mary Altaffer



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Children play with the Halloween display at the Spirit Halloween store, Tuesday, Oct. 13, in New York. AP / Mary Altaffer



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Jim Banks tries on a Barack Obama mask as he decides on a Halloween costume at the Spirit Halloween store in Santa Clara, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 29. AP / Marcio Jose Sanchez



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A customer tries on a mask in Angels Costumiers on Oct. 29, in London, England. The world famous costume shop is having one of its busiest weeks of the year as the UK gears up to celebrate Halloween at the weekend. Getty Images / Dan Kitwood



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An employee of Angels Costumiers looks in the stock room for costumes for customers on Oct. 29, in London, England. The world famous costume shop is having one of its busiest weeks of the year as the UK gears up to celebrate Halloween at the weekend. Getty Images / Dan Kitwood



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Halloween ghouls, ghosts and other creepy creatures await the arrival of trick or treaters at a spooky 'graveyard" in Roswell, N.M. on Friday, Oct. 30. Roswell Daily Record / Mark Wilson



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Frank Major, of Chicopee, Mass., dressed as the grim reaper rides in a motorized coffin days before Halloween, Tuesday, Oct. 27, in Salem, Mass. AP / Lisa Poole



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A man fancy-dressed as an extraterrestrial participates in the "Halloween Convoy of Terror" on Oct. 29,, in Cali, Valle del Cauca department, Colombia. AFP / Getty Images / Luis Robayo



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From left, Tater, Tiny and Moxie wait for the start of the annual Halloween costume for pets Thursday, Oct. 29, at the Big R store in Yakima, Wash. The pug mixes are owned by the Dee and Alice Arnold family of Moxee, Wash.. Tater, dressed as a pumpkin, won first place in the 20-25-pound class. Dog food was awarded to the top three finishers in the various weight classes. About 20 dogs and one goat took part in the contest. Yakima Herald-Republic / Gordon King



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A Halloween figure is displayed for passing motorists on Flying Point Road, Friday, Oct 23,, in Freeport, Maine. AP / Robert F. Bukaty



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'Ai', the Chihuahua dog joins costumed children in a Halloween parade in Tokyo on Oct. 25. Some 1,000 children in Halloween costumes took part in the "Harajuku Omotesando Hello Halloween Pumpkin Parade 2009". AFP / Getty Images / Toshifumi Kitamura



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Logan Veitz, 4, dressed as a dinosaur gestures as a walrus comes close to the glass wall decorated for Halloween at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma, Wash., Sunday, Oct. 18. Children, many dressed as animal and super heroes, participated in the annual Zoo Boo event, which offered trick-or-treaters a scavenger hunt, treats and other Halloween theme activities. The News Tribune / Janet Jensen



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The actors Victoria Wyle, left, and Eric Masierowski perform a human sacrifice ritual during a showing of "Vampires:Nightmare" at the Noho Arts Center Wednesday, Sept. 30, in New York. AP / Mary Altaffer



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A young girl pulls her brother and some pumpkins in a wagon as they visit a pumpkin patch on Oct. 22, in Easton, Md. The annual holiday celebrated on Oct. 31, Halloween has its roots in the Gaelic festival of Samhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints. Many families that celebrate Halloween carve a pumpkin into a frightening or comical face and place it on their doorstep after dark. The American tradition of carving pumpkins preceded the Great Famine period of Irish immigration and was originally associated with harvest time in general, not becoming specifically associated with Halloween until the mid-to-late 1800s. AFP / Getty Images / Jim Watson



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A young boy climbs through pumpkins at a pumpkin patch on Oct. 22, in Easton, Md. AFP / Getty Images / Jim Watson



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Snow tops a pumpkin carved for Halloween that sits on the rail outside a home in Denver as an autumn storm dumps up to two feet of snow on parts of the intermountain West on Thursday, Oct. 29. AP / David Zalubowski



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