World Top Trends: October 2011

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Anna Chapman, Russian spy
Russian spy Anna Chapman has given her first TV interview but has remained coy about the espionage case that made her famous. This undated image taken from the Russian social networking Web site Odnoklassniki, or Classmates, shows a woman journalists ... read more

Anna Chapman surveillance tape released by FBI - video
A video shows Russian spy Anna Chapman surreptitiously passing information to an agent. The footage is part of a large cache of tapes, photos and documents released by the FBI and relating to its investigation of a ring of agents who took civilian jobs ... read more

Infamous spies throughout history
The world of espionage includes such figures as Mata Hari, Robert Hanssen, and more recently, Anna Chapman. Anna Chapman, along with 10 others, was arrested on charges of conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government without notifying the US ... read more

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Kim Kardashian, Kris Humphries divorcing
After just 72 days of marriage, Kim Kardashian has filed for divorce from Kris Humphries, according to court papers received by EW. (Ryan Seacrest, who serves as executive producer on Keeping Up with the Kardashians, confirmed the news via his Twitter ... read more

Kim Kardashian husband Kris Humphries played for sucker by wedding guest, he says
Kim Kardashian and husband Kris Humphries celebrate Kim's birthday at Marquee Nightclub in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 22, 2011. Post-wedding bliss isn't all it's cracked up to be for Kris Humphries. Two months after saying "I do" ... read more

Kim Kardashian looks 'miserable' without NBA hubby Kris Humphries at costume party
Cable star wears mask of tragedy at Halloween bash without her b-baller spouse Kim Kardashian, dressed as Poison Ivy, seemed to be itching for husband Kris Humphries. POISON IVY looked like she was having an allergic reaction to marriage on Saturday ... read more

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Video: The Today Show Uses Halloween As an Excuse to Reenact the Royal Wedding
Today show viewers had to wait an agonizing hour before their trusty anchors put on their Halloween costumes. (Interviewing the Madoffs just wouldn't have been appropriate if one of them was dressed as a fairy.) As if you really needed to delay your ... read more

Morning Shows: Who Had the Best Halloween Costumes?
Lady Gaga, Kate Middleton, Katy Perry, a pregnant Beyonce, Charlie Sheen and many more celebs were spotted on the morning shows today ... kinda, sorta. The crews of "Today," "Good Morning America," "Live with Regis and Kelly" and "The Rachael Ray Show" ... read more

Celebrities' Halloween costumes: Heidi. 'The Today Show'. Nicole Richie. Who ...
Thankfully, perennial Halloween showstoppers like Heidi Klum and the gang at The Today Show left us with no such crushing disappointment. (Or, in Halloween terms, when someone gives you fruit or pennies instead of candy. WHY? ... read more

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Local History: Lincoln County Halloween in 1911
Halloween to most all of us seems like it has happened forever, but as with many traditions, it just isn't so. Halloween is a day for kids. Nearly everyone living today, under the age of 90 anyway, has probably grown up with this tradition. ... read more

Halloween in Stillwater: The Historical Meaning, Symbols, Customs and Local Tricks
Brent Peterson, the executive director of the Washington County Historical Society, writes about the history of Halloween and the tricks played 100 years ago in Stillwater. Halloween has been around for many years. Young people dressing up in costumes ... read more

History of the Halloween Jack- o'-Lantern
Jack-o'-Lanterns, those carved up, hollowed out pumpkins, often with candles inside of them, have been the face of Halloween for centuries. But when it comes to the history of the venerable o'-Lantern, ... read more

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City celebrates Dia de Los Muertos, spreading tradition and culture to all who ...
Vangie Vasquez, of San Bernardino, paints the face of Aparna Mannickarottu, 6, at a Dia de los Muertos celebration at the Olive Avenue Market in Redlands. ((Kristina Hernandez, Staff)) An altar honoring those who have passed on display outside the ... read more

5 Things To Do Today: Día de los Muertos, "Romeo and Juliet," "Haunted Theatre ...
Tacoma Art Museum has partnered with Centro Latino and Proyecto MoLÉ once again to celebrate Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) culminating with a free community festival Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm Now in its seventh year, the free festival will ... read more

Locals celebrate Día de los Muertos
Sarah Stough (left) and Mary McCullough sign their name to the large skull at the Fiesta del 'Dia de los Muertos' at Columbia Park Saturday afternoon. The event celebrates the traditional Mexican Holiday "Day of the Dead" and is presented by Voces ... read more