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J.C.Reid over at The Houston Press food blog has put together a list of the top five creepiest Halloween candies. 5. Spooky Nerds 4

The Dallas Morning News has an interesting look at the sweet dilemma of the day after Halloween. If there’s one thing worse than running out of candy on Halloween, it’s having too much when it’s over.It’s bad for your kids’ health, their teeth and the teachers who have to calm down candy-crazed kids the next day and, possibly, a week afterward, depending on how much is in their stash. Phillip Done, a 25-year teaching veteran, he says he is thankful for parents who don’t send their kids to school with a backpack full of sugary loot.

Billy Mays III admits it sounds a bit odd; a guy who unexpectedly lost his dad just four months ago starting an online contest encouraging people to dress like his departed father for Halloween, reports TampaBay.com . He has asked fans to email a photo of of themselves dressed like his famous pitchman father, infomercial king Billy Mays. The elder Mays died in his sleep June 28 at age 50, after building a career as a TV pitchman on his high-volume delivery and distinctive look. The younger Mays said he got the idea after seeing someone at the airport dressed like his father. “I realized the number of people dressing like him was going to be like, triple the (typical number),” he said, noting he’s gotten 10,000 hits since gossip site TMZ.com featured the story today

Ed Moody carved his first pumpkin at age 6. He is now one of the premier pumpkin carvers in America reports The Chicago Sun Times . Moody has carved 23 giant pumpkins — weighing more than 200 pounds — that sit in his front yard. It is a Halloween Stonehenge.

Jordan Renda has always loved Halloween, not so much for the trick-or-treating, but for the opportunity to scare family, friends and now, complete strangers. The Jacksonville Business Journal reports the 16-year-old Creekside High School junior and now Haunted Productions LLC president is experiencing his first year in the professional haunted house industry as the creator and owner of the Night Terrors Haunted House. While he admits it’s been a steep learning curve, he’s already making plans for the future. Deep down, I probably never actually thought it would happen,” Renda said, but “the ultimate goal is to make it a career.” Although always interested in the macabre and things that go bump in the night, Renda presented his parents with reams of research and a business plan for his haunted house idea when he was 14.

OrlandoSentinel.com : David’s lunch — and those of many of his classmates — are no ordinary school lunches. Instead, these lunches are the creations of two Orlando moms who grew tired of the parade of processed foods their kids were eating — and decided to do something about it. The result was a small business with a revolutionary idea. Led by moms Samantha Gotlib and Debbie Blacher, a team of workers at Wholesome Tummies makes healthy lunches every morning and delivers them to schools, primarily private schools that don’t have kitchens or food staffers. The two started their business in August 2008, and five private schools signed on.

The Daily Mail reports that Japanese designers Yuri Suzuki and Masa Kimura built a real-life breakfast machine. The impressive device can prepare everything from omelettes to freshly-squeezed orange juice, and can even spread butter and jam onto toast.

Iconoculture: For those who fear deplaning with bugs they originally didn’t board with, global defense and aerospace company BAE Systems and Quest International have joined to develop a filtration system that removes viruses, bacteria and pollutants from cabin air. AirManager , which can be retrofit to existing airline air conditioning systems, zaps particles with electrons, effectively sterilizing air and reducing the spread of disease on-board. Quest claims AirManager destroys swine flu, avian flu, MRSA and other airborne bugs. AirManager makes plane air pure air [Iconoculture]

Patrick Matthews has an interesting look at work-at-home dads. Working out of a home office can feel pretty solitary. With the kids at school and the wife out teaching, it’s just me, my computer and the dogs