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Winning ideas for Halloween costumes

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  • Winning ideas for Halloween costumes

    Winning ideas for Halloween costumes

    Queen Elizabeth I, a Rubik’s Cube and two funny optical illusions were among winners in this year’s contest.

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  • Kids who work with horses aren’t horsing around

    Kids who work with horses aren’t horsing around

    An acrobat, jockey, fox hunter and rescuer put in many hours training the animals.

    — Kitson Jazynka

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  • Riding a bike becoming popular way to get to school

    Riding a bike becoming popular way to get to school

    Kids on Capitol Hill and other D.C. neighborhoods are following the trend of more cycling in the city.

    — Moira E. McLaughlin

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Taryn Leoncavallo, 12, of Fairfax is disguised as a 6-foot-tall jack-o'-lantern that is carrying her head on a platter. Taryn used a plastic pipe, a backpack and an old shirt shirt stuffed with newspapers with make the jack-o'-lantern's body and made the platter out of a piece of styrofoam. She also put a flashlight in its head so that it would glow at night. Taryn's father helped her attach the head to the costume and helped her get in and out of the costume itself.

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