I know some of you already dressed up and went to your parties last weekend. And some of you have parties this weekend. And tonight (in the US) it trick-or-treat free-for-all. How have you decorated? What are you wearing?

We'll showcase the costumes during the podcast (scheduled to be recorded November 11) and pick three winners who will all get a free copy of the Pet Tax wall and the digital cookbook. Loose categories. * Spookiest costume * Simple but effective * Best Overall Costume Show us what you've got!

For the past almost 40 years, Treb Heining has engineered the balloon drops at every Republican National Convention and most Democratic National Conventions. I photographed how he and his team inflated and then dropped 100,000 balloons on the final night of the RNC this year in Milwaukee.

This is a story I'd been wanting to do since I noticed the balloons suspended from the ceiling during the 2016 conventions. I though, "Huh, there's got to be a story behind these balloons." What I found was Treb Heining, who got his start in balloons at age 15 selling balloons on foot at Disneyland. Heining went on to invent the balloon arch and built a balloon decorating business that now spans the globe. He invented the Glasshouse Balloon, a clear balloon surrounding the Mickey-shaped balloon sold at Disney resorts worldwide. And he's been in charge of the balloon drops at every RNC since 1988 and most DNCs since then (he was not involved in the 2004 DNC failure). He's also been in charge of the Times Square New Year's Eve confetti drop for more than 30 years and engineered balloon events at Super Bowls and Olympics opening ceremonies. For the conventions, Heining and a team of balloon decoration professionals and some local volunteers spend a couple days before the convention inflating and tying approximately 100,000 balloons by hand, putting them into giant net bags, and rigging them to the ceiling of the arena. Then, after the final speech on the last day of the convention, the balloons are dropped onto the delegates. I pitched this story to Bloomberg Businessweek in 2020, but the conventions were initially cancelled and then held in a modified form without balloon drops, so the story was killed. I pitched it again for this year, and it all worked out. Here's the Businessweek piece online and the larger edit with some videos and animated gifs on my website.

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Today, we look into how elections are structured. How our ballots are designed. How ranked choice voting actually works. And, the people who work to ensure our elections run smoothly.

Panelistas consideran que, cerrado el litigio, será importante buscar un acercamiento entre Nicaragua y Colombia para atender asuntos como derechos de pesca.

La Luciérnaga se enciende para hablar de las polémica que desató algunas declaraciones de la viceministra de Minas y las aclaraciones que tuve que entrar a hacer el ministro de Hacienda, Jose Antonio Ocampo. Además, ¿Qué pasó con el inventario de los activos especiales? También, le contamos sobre la marcha de los aficioandos a las peleas de gallos.La Luciérnaga, un espacio de humor, análisis y opinión de Caracol Radio que acompaña desde hace 30 años a sus oyentes en el regreso a casa.

La Luciérnaga celebra la noche de las brujas.La Luciérnaga, un espacio de humor, análisis y opinión de Caracol Radio que acompaña desde hace 30 años a sus oyentes en el regreso a casa.

Mucha información, risas y humor en este especial de Halloween. La Luciérnaga, un espacio de humor y opinión de Caracol Radio que acompaña desde hace más de 30 años a sus oyentes en su regreso a casa.

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Escuche el programa de este viernes 25 octubre. La Luciérnaga, un espacio de humor y opinión de Caracol Radio que desde hace 31 años acompaña a sus oyentes en su regreso casa.

Este 10 de octubre el gremio de los galleros realiza una manifestación para demostrar su descontento ante la posibilidad de la prohibición de las peleas de gallos.

En 10AM Hoy por Hoy de Caracol Radio estuvieron los hijos del líder de la Unión Patriótica, opinando sobre el fallo de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, en el que declararon responsable al Estado colombiano por el exterminio del partido político. 

En este episodio de El Alargue hablamos sobre la Selección Colombia Sub-20, las críticas entorno a Ricardo Caraballo y lo que se viene en el Sudamericano. Así mismo entrevistamos a Gustavo Poyet y Nelson Ramos.

En Caracol Radio estuvo José Ismael Peña, rector Universidad Nacional

El exalcalde de Medellín se refirió en 6AM a la reciente decisión de la Procuraduría de suspenderlo e inhabilitarlo por seis meses

En 6AM Hoy por Hoy de Caracol Radio estuvo Juan Fernando Cristo, ministro del Interior, para hablar sobre el acuerdo nacional del que habló hace algunas semanas para llevar a cabo una constituyente.

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Essential listening for anyone fond of trouser-ruining horror scores.

With Halloween coinciding with school half-term and the religious festival of Diwali this year, UK shoppers embraced spooky season, delivering a boost to in-store shopper traffic, the latest data from Sensormaic Solutions, the leading retail traffic consulting and analytics group from Johnson Controls, shows.

Online retailers saw a significant increase in online Halloween sales, bolstered by the event (31 Oct) falling during school half-term as well as coinciding with Diwali, according to data from Wunderkind, the AI-driven performance marketing solution.

With all the costumes and candy and scary good fun, Halloween is one of the most enjoyable holidays. Here are some items that we think will make your spooky parties even more fun, and we begin with a monstrously good soundtrack

Here are our suggestions for a couple of things to do during the spooky Halloween season in the Phoenix metropolitan area: Candytopia and Glowing Pumpkins.

This spooky season cuddle up with a good boo, er, book; there's no better way to keep the ghosties and ghoulies at bay and have a great time doing so.

Lindsey Vonn did many things on skis that no American woman had done before her, so it was appropriate that she was welcomed into the Colorado Snowsports Hall of Fame in a manner unlike anyone else.

Aurora's decades-long debate over whether to ban pit bulls should finally find resolution in the Nov. 5 election, when voters will have the final say on whether to repeal an existing ban. Here's an explainer.

One of the top issues on the minds of Colorado voters this election is the cost of living, with about 15% in the ongoing Voter Voices survey by media outlets across the state.

After October, the Halloween crab will scuttle over to its permanent home in the Denver Zoo's Tropical Discovery exhibit, zoo officials said.

"Professors, coaches, and other University of Colorado employees are technically allowed to use their positions of authority to develop intimate relationships with students and athletes."

We're in a mainstream horror renaissance, but there are more choices than ever.

Sometimes, you just have to return to the classics.

The 8th Congressional District sweeps across Denver's northern suburbs and covers rural sections of Adams and Weld counties as well, along with a small slice of Larimer County.

State Rep. Gabe Evans’ lead over U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo shrank between Friday evening and Saturday afternoon, from 2,529 votes to 1,995.

Colorado’s election results tell us that more of our neighbors are feeling bad about Tuesday night’s presidential outcome than are feeling good, but what about the down-ballot races?

By DAVID A. LIEB Life, death, crime and taxes will be on ballots for voters to decide this fall. More than 140 measures are going before voters in 41 states during the general election alongside choices for president and other top offices. The ballot questions will give voters a chance to directly decide some consequential […]

Donald Trump has said he would increase tariffs even more if he wins the election. It's not clear what approach Kamala Harris would take.

A white balloon-like machine resembling a giant jellyfish, wafting over metro Denver and northeastern Colorado Friday morning, turned a few heads.

Be very afraid.