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Spooky success Despite monsoon-like rains, Tapley's Farm was inundated with over 1,000 kids and their families, who came out for a howling good time to enjoy the 29th annual Halloween celebration.

On Tuesday Americans go to the polls to choose their president, as well as their congressional leaders, state governments, district attorneys, sheriffs, dog catchers and to vote on various initiatives, referendums and advisory votes.

Six years in jail and an average fine of over a million dollars: that was the punishment given to six Italian scientists on 22 October for getting their earthquake advice wrong.

The Heart of a Movement This has been a powerful week. Many have called it historic.

'Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.' - Henry Ford He just felt it was time. He'd been around for a while now.

I originally intended to make this week's column a roundup of reviews of Microsoft's new tablets and operating system, but every single publication in the world has done something similar and I'd rather wait a little while to see how things are reall

This month is the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis (16-28 October, 1962), so we're going to hear a great deal about the weeks when the world almost died.

For the next several weeks, leading up to the one-year election anniversary of the current council, Alta States will focus on some one-on-one time with each councillor. "In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.

The Liberals are coming. The Liberals are coming. From all corners of the province BC Liberals are convening in Whistler Friday and Saturday for a convention/rally that should prepare the troops for the election in May.

The first thing people will probably notice about Microsoft's line of Surface tablets is the price, which is cheaper than the iPad 3 at $499 for the 32GB model.