By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, October 31, 2012 21:23 EDT Topics: black bloc ♦ Blake Richards ♦ massive student protests OTTAWA — Parliament passed a ban on wearing masks at riots that punishes violations with up to 10 years behind bars… Read More ›
Halloween
Children’s pirate Halloween costumes from China seized for having lead levels ELEVEN times the legal limit
By Snejana Farberov PUBLISHED:16:56 EST, 16 October 2012| UPDATED:17:10 EST, 16 October 2012 Tainted threads: Two shipments of girls’ pirate costumes worth $10,000 were seized for having lead levels 11 times the legal limit Federal agents seized nearly 1,400 Chinese-made… Read More ›
Halloween Spending Hikes Reveal Our Fascination With the Macabre
ScienceDaily (Oct. 8, 2012) — In the gloom of the economy, with scary unemployment figures, you might expect consumers to be hiding from Halloween in their darkened homes with the porch lights off. But a recent National Retail Federation survey… Read More ›