"Halloween" brings summer to record-breaking close
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Rock star Rob Zombie's reworking of the classic slasher movie "Halloween" scared up record business at the North American box office during the Labor Day holiday weekend, while overall ticket sales for the lucrative summer movie going period reached a new high.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A man has done the impossible in any other Alaska summer: growing a record-breaking cantaloupe, a fruit that craves heat and founders in rain. In a season marked by hotter and dryer weather than usual, Scott Robb has produced a 64.8-pound muskmelon - an unofficial world record...
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By JOE MACALUSO  It's no breaking news that summer is here, not the season - that happened Thursday - but Louisiana's summer, a combination of heat and humidity that, when Mother Nature wants to torture us, can run from the middle of May into October.
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NEW YORK The US labor market snapped out of its summer lull to add 337,000 new jobs in October, the biggest increase since March, the Labor Department reported Friday, raising hopes that American businesses were overcoming years of caution and beginning
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Hollywood's version of life in hell closes on Halloween, ending one of the most popular plays in town -- a show where stars vied to play Satan and theatergoers reeled from graphic scenes of rape, abortion, suicide, cannibalism and loud heavy metal music.
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The summer box office season officially wraps this Labor Day holiday weekend,
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Plus, the future's bright for Flamel, and Martha's scarier on Halloween.
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"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" hauled in $142.1 million to commandeer the record for best Memorial Day weekend debut, capping a huge month that puts Hollywood on track for record summer business.
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The roads and airports will likely be pretty crowded this weekend. AAA over 40 million people will travel over the Independence Day weekend. That&#039;s a record.
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Stubborn clouds and early showers didn&#039;t deter thousands of Fourth of July revelers from turning out for fireworks, the Boston Pops and Aerosmith.
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If you're trying to make your Fourth of July last three days or more, you're not alone. In cars and on planes, millions of Americans are on vacation this week as the nation takes advantage of a midweek holiday. More than 41 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles from their homes some time this week &#151; a new record for Independence Day travel &#151; despite heightened security because of failed car bombings in Britain.
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The monster thrill ride "Van Helsing," the first big movie of the summer, sold more than 2.5 million combined DVD and VHS units during its first day on store shelves Tuesday, generating an estimated &#36;50 million in gross consumer spending, according to sources.
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Driven by corporate buyouts, strong profit reports and stock buybacks, the market closed at a record high.
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Summer films rely on creative campaigns. Here's the best of the season so far
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Tens of thousands of people sporting ponchos and umbrellas braved heavy rain to mark the Fourth of July holiday beneath the booming, bright explosions of the city's massive fireworks display.
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Temperatures during the summer and autumn set several records for Britain, according to new data.
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It's the second-largest decorating holiday after Christmas and Hanukkah and merchants are catering to the Halloween crowd with a proliferation of high-tech wizardry -- voice-activated skeletons, smog machines and gory bleeding goblins.