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30 Oct 2011 09:34

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U.S.: Didya guys hear about all this snow in the friggin’ Northeast?

  • 22″ the amount of snow that fell in one Massachusetts town on Saturday — one of the highest points for the major storm
  • 2.3M the number of people that lost power during the storm, including New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (oh no!)
  • three the number of deaths reported from the storm, including an 84-year-old hit by a tree that fell into his home source
  • » A Halloween surprise? For many people, the dramatic change in weather was surprising, to say the least. “This is absolutely a lot more snow than I expected to see today,” said New Jersey resident and driveway-shoveler Carole Shepherd. “I can’t believe it’s not even Halloween and it’s snowing already.” (Edit: We’re idiots, we put a single prime instead of a double prime on the first number. Our bad. Fixed.)

23 Oct 2010 23:02

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Biz, Offbeat: Surely, this qualifies as governmental overreach

  • cute Two young entrepreneurs, aged 4 and 6, decided to sell pumpkins outside their home in Idaho to raise money for sports.
  • callous Officials from the Idaho State Tax Commission busted the kids for running a business without obtaining proper permits. source

31 Oct 2009 18:56

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Culture: Supermodel Heidi Klum puts way too much work into Halloween

This gallery of the supermodel’s Halloween costumes over the last few years only proves that the craziest thing about her isn’t her husband Seal. source

29 Oct 2009 11:26

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Offbeat: This Transformer dude already has your Halloween costume beat

  • At least he decided to dress like something cool instead of Tron Guy. Though if the guy did this in front of our house as we were passing out candy, we’d point and laugh.source