Sex offenders in Huntsville, Ala., expected at mandatory meeting on Halloween night

October 16th, 2009 'Illegal Alien' Halloween costume sparks ireLOS ANGELES — A Southern California immigrant rights group on Friday asked Target stores and a costume company to stop selling an "illegal alien" Halloween costume it said is offensive to immigrants. The costume features the mask of an alien with a green card and an orange jumpsuit with "illegal alien" written across the front.

October 16th, 2009 Neighbors thought dead man was Halloween displayLOS ANGELES — Residents of a Southern California apartment complex say they saw a lifeless body slumped on a neighbor's patio, but didn't call police because they thought it was part of a Halloween display. Mostafa Mahmoud Zayed had apparently been dead since Monday.

October 16th, 2009 MELBOURNE - A pastor in the US has revealed that his church is planning to burn Bibles and books by Christian authors on Halloween. According to Asheville TV station WLOS, pastor Marc Grizzard said that the King James Version of the Bible is the only one his small western North Carolina church follows.

October 14th, 2009 NC church plans to burn Bibles, Christian booksCANTON, N.C. — A North Carolina pastor says his church plans to burn Bibles and books by Christian authors on Halloween to light a fire under true believers.

October 11th, 2009 Madoff mask a natural for HalloweenNEW YORK — Don't be alarmed if Bernard Madoff comes knocking this Halloween. The real Madoff pleaded guilty to a decades-long Ponzi scheme that cost investors millions of dollars.

September 30th, 2009 Homeless Ga. sex offenders ordered to moveMARIETTA, Ga.

September 30th, 2009 Halloween-themed attractions at amusement parksALEXANDRIA, Va. — Eighty-one percent of amusement parks will hold Halloween or fall-themed events this year, according to the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions.

September 4th, 2009 Ala. man dies when hit by train for second timeHUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A homeless man who survived being struck by a train two years ago has died after being hit by another train as he sat on the tracks.

August 25th, 2009 Lockheed Martins starts missile defense unitHUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., a division of defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp., said Tuesday that it has established a new missile defense systems operating unit based in Huntsville, Ala.

August 18th, 2009 SC Halloween killing suspect pleads to gun chargeCOLUMBIA, S.C. — A convicted drug dealer who police say shot and killed a 12-year-old South Carolina trick-or-treater has pleaded guilty to a federal weapons charge.

July 31st, 2009 Drug users may fall through crack in Calif. budgetSACRAMENTO, Calif.

July 29th, 2009 Panel meets on NASA plans for humans in spaceHUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The panel reviewing NASA's future plans for human space flight is convening for a session in Alabama.

July 29th, 2009 NASA engineers defend rocket design to Obama panelHUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Engineers designing NASA's next moon rocket are defending their work to a committee appointed by President Obama to review the nation's human space flight plans.

July 18th, 2009 Police: 6 slain in Tenn., Ala.; suspect in custodyFAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. — Six slayings in two communities about 30 miles apart in Tennessee and Alabama are linked, and a suspect who was sitting on the front porch of a home where some the bodies were found was being questioned, authorities said Saturday.

May 31st, 2009 Sex offenders in 2 Vt. counties missing treatmentBENNINGTON, Vt.