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Halloween may be fast approaching but with Oct.31 falling at the end of the month costumes can be an expensive stretch for the budget. Take a look at our compilation of costume ideas that can be bought on a budget but still look good.

A protest against the online distribution of a video showing a 14-year-old girl performing oral sex has swept social media platforms for days, but while it may seem the majority condemns the Internet trend most people are still after the actual video.

The death toll for Turkey's 2011 earthquake has risen to 239 people, with around 1,300 people injured, the Turkish Deputy Prime Minister, Be?ir Atalay has announced and rescue workers aren't getting to casualties fast enough due to a lack of equipment.

Everyone has something to say about Amber Cole's story. Why? Because it raises just about every teen issue in the book: Underage sexual activity, breaking school rules, lying and bullying.

Scarlett Johansson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are the latest additions to the rumor mill of celebrity couples. Various sources have claimed to see the two in action, but reps from both actors continue to shoot the rumors down.

Moammar Gadhafi has been killed, giving crowds of Libyans room to finally flood into the streets shouting and firing gunshots, not in opposition, but in triumph over the end of a 42 year dictatorship.

The parents of missing baby Lisa Irwin have allowed police to search their home for weeks hoping to locate their missing child, but on Wednesday the police carried out a search of a different kind. Armed with shovels, tools and machines they submitted a fully warranted search, but are yet to reveal their findings.

Residents of Zanesville, Ohio were urged to stay indoors as police hunted dozens of exotic animals that were released from an Ohio Zoo by their owner before he allegedly committed suicide.

Jennifer Aniston stole the show at Elle's 18th annual Women in Hollywood Tribute event, for sweeping the red carpet in a plunging, low cut sparkly dress; a number that has lead OK magazine to claim the actress is pregnant.

Leave Amber Cole Alone started out as a plea from Twitter users to stop bullying a 14-year-old girl who was caught on video carrying out oral sex on her boyfriend. When the video went viral people warned that abuse over the Web could lead to the girls suicide, and now everyone on Twitter and Facebook are asking one question: Did Amber Cole commit suicide?

Fourth time on the Man Booker short list, Julian Barnes has finally triumphed, winning the prize for fiction with his novel The Sense of an Ending.

Leave Amber Cole Alone, is one of the top trending topics across social media platforms in the United States. Why? Because many Americans believe that it is wrong to allow a video of a 14-year-old performing oral sex on her boyfriend to go viral.

Jennifer Aniston and Barbara Streisand were among nine women honored at Elle's 18th annual 'Women in Hollywood Tribute' at the Beverly Hills' Four Seasons Hotel on Monday.

The iPhone 4S' availability, or lack thereof, has left consumers frustrated and impatient to get their hands on what has been the most anticipated smartphone of the year.

The rumor mills keep turning as the expected Nexus Prime release date fast approaches, but finally the Japanese Network NTT DoCoMo has spilled the beans through a twitter post, signaling that the phone will be released in early November with the highly anticipated Android ice-cream sandwich software.

Climate change is not just decreasing the size of ice in the Antarctic; it also stunts the growth of animal and plant species, a new study has found.

With Halloween just around the corner, the biggest costume buzz this year is a mask replicating the face of Casey Anthony. Hundreds of customers have been reported to have asked for the costume but Rubies, the largest international manufacturers of Halloween costumes, is not giving in to the pressure.

As the Indian Pt Nuclear Plant's license term draws to an end, two environmental groups have published a report revealing the hazards posed by the plant and a list of alternative power supplies in a hardheaded battle to prevent the plant's license from being renewed.

An unlocked version of the iPhone 4S is set to go on sale in November according to Apple's Web site, but since the release of the contract phone on Friday there have been reports of unlocked forms circulating certain retailers across the U.S.

While the highly anticipated release event of the Galaxy Nexus Prime phone has been postponed, details have been added to the Nexus Prime rumor mill as a new leaked reported has emerged.

Another performance, another headline; Lady Gaga stole the show at former Bill Clinton's 65th birthday as she took the guise of Marilyn Monroe, sang an unplugged version of Born this Way and made a pass at the former President and his wife, the Secretary of State.

Efficient pre-order facilities for the new iPhone 4S did not hinder the tradition of long lines outside Apple Stores. Thousands of sleep deprives apple fans across the world waited patiently to get their hands on the much-anticipated phone, while taking the time to pay homage to Steve Jobs' life.

Shredded lettuce has joined the cantaloupe melon in a list of recalled foods amid a deadly listeria outbreak that has spread to 25 states in the United States.

Getting kicked off flights seems to have become the latest trend among celebrities, and Whitney Houston has become the latest contester, sweeping headlines as she was almost forced to leave a plane for allegedly refusing to put on her seatbelt.

Despite Microsoft's initial announcement in May of acquiring Skype for $8.5 billion, the deal was finally sealed on Friday after both companies received approval from the European Commission.

Hyped up Apple customers expected an iPhone 5; they got a 4S. Next they thought they would get 200 new features with the iOS 5 software, instead they got an error message. Finally, the long-awaited iCloud rose up over all gadgets, with Apple promising cable free synchronization, only to strike users with this note: iCloud back-up failed

A month after deadly infected Cantaloupe melons from Colorado were recalled, the listeria outbreak continues to claim lives-now reaching 23-a record for U.S. food-borne listeriosis outbreaks.

The highly anticipated iPhone 4S has sold out for pre-orders ahead of the phone's store launch on Friday, AT&T, Verizon and Sprint have all reported on their Websites.

Still waiting for an official statement, Jessica Simpson fans continue to ask the question: Is she or isn't she pregnant?