Read more costume stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/30708/costume.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:33:40 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73025/trick-or-treat-mr-president.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe leader of the free world may have been masquerading as a frumpy suburban dad and handing out dried fruit, but it was still a pretty cool treat for a couple thousand DC-area kids who went trick-or-treating at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave last night. With the first lady dressed as a...http://www.newser.com/story/73025/trick-or-treat-mr-president.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 01 Nov 2009 5:00:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72348/be-balloon-boy-for-halloween.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt was inevitable: a Canadian model airplane company is selling “Balloon Boy” Halloween costumes on its website. For $19.99, you get a 38-inch mylar balloon with a small gondola. Supply your own helium, cardboard box, and string, notes ABC Denver. "Now you, too, can enjoy all the media attention...http://www.newser.com/story/72348/be-balloon-boy-for-halloween.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 17:38:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71931/target-blasted-over-illegal-alien-costume.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTarget has apologized for an "illegal alien" Halloween costume that comes complete with green card and orange jail suit. The company is removing the costume from its website after Hispanic groups complained. "It's very disturbing," an official with the League of United Latin American Citizens tells the Minneapolis Star Tribune...http://www.newser.com/story/71931/target-blasted-over-illegal-alien-costume.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 17 Oct 2009 11:55:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60084/saucy-brits-in-nun-garb-freed-from-greek-jail.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Greek court has freed 17 British men arrested while carousing dressed in nun's habits with lacy lingerie beneath, the BBC reports. Charges of offensive behavior were dropped against the men—who spent a night in jail and appeared in court still in costume—after no one showed up to...http://www.newser.com/story/60084/saucy-brits-in-nun-garb-freed-from-greek-jail.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 26 May 2009 5:15:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/46422/melting-santa-suit-burned-killer-foiled-getaway.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe California Santa killer, who committed suicide after massacring his ex-wife’s family, had planned an escape by plane—but he was foiled by third-degree burns as his Santa Claus suit melted onto his body, the Los Angeles Times reports. The explosion as he set fire to his ex-wife’s parents’ house...http://www.newser.com/story/46422/melting-santa-suit-burned-killer-foiled-getaway.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 27 Dec 2008 9:30:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41342/its-not-too-late-make-a-costume.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTrick-or-treaters hit the streets in less than a day, but the costume-less need not despair. With an assist from a local mom and the Costume Idea Zone website, the Baltimore Sun has come up with dozens of cheap, easy ways to disguise yourself: Gum stuck to a shoe: "Dress in...http://www.newser.com/story/41342/its-not-too-late-make-a-costume.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Oct 2008 15:45:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/41039/turning-tricks-or-trick-or-treat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNo, your eyesight isn't hexed: Young girls really are dressing like French maids and prostitutes every Halloween. And their skirts will only get higher, because pop culture has drowned out any last echo of parental advice, author Diane E. Levin tells the Los Angeles Times . The co-author of So Sexy...http://www.newser.com/story/41039/turning-tricks-or-trick-or-treat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Oct 2008 18:25:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/40830/new-palin-had-to-dress-like-old-palin-on-snl.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe life of a stylist is all about communication. When Sarah Palin appeared on Saturday Night Live , the show's designer had to convince her to scrap her fancy new clothes and instead dress the way she used to—in essence, to dress as the character of Sarah Palin as played...http://www.newser.com/story/40830/new-palin-had-to-dress-like-old-palin-on-snl.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Oct 2008 15:35:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/39660/both-campaigns-walk-the-plank.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBeware, trick or treaters: John McCain and Barack Obama may be hiding behind that bandanna and eyepatch. Asked about their favorite childhood Halloween costumes in separate interviews for Nickelodeon, both candidates answered "pirate," the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Obama called his getup "the best costume of all time." McCain joked that...http://www.newser.com/story/39660/both-campaigns-walk-the-plank.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 12 Oct 2008 12:42:01 CDT