(ARA) - This year we're in for an extra-special treat as Halloween falls on Friday night. Already the second biggest decorating holiday each year -- Halloween becomes even bigger when there's no work or school the next day.

Halloween's frights creep in early (The Charlotte Observer)

Halloween, once a one-day event, has morphed into an entire tourism season, with haunted walks, costume balls and pumpkin-carving events throughout October. Some even start in early September, like Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party at Florida's Walt Disney World, which started Sept. 5 – just four days after Labor Day (www .wdwinfo.com/holidays/halloween. htm). In 2004, the same event at ...

10 tips to stop kids' Halloween sugar overload (Dallas Morning News)

–Decide with children, before Halloween, on what is a reasonable amount of candy to eat that night, and beyond. Will the candy be packaged in small bags to make the holiday last longer, rationed to a piece or two a day, donated or thrown away?

Looming Halloween sparks hunt for healthier treats (CNN)

NEW YORK (AP) -- It wasn't the gruesome costumes or gory masks turning up at Lisa Bruno's front door that spooked her on Halloween. It was the pudge lurking beneath the costumes.

Manhunt 2 to hit UK on Halloween (The Register)

Pitch-forks at the ready... What better day to release the second most complained about game after Grand Theft Auto IV than 31 October, otherwise known as Halloween?…