Retailers say sexy trumps traditional this year when it comes to Halloween costumes. But the princess costume remains the most popular for children. According to a National Retail Federation survey, 34 percent of adults dress in costume on Halloween. This has been an increasing number for years. Halloween spending has also increased to $5 billion, behind the top holidays for spending -- Father's Day, Mother's Day, Easter, Valentines Day, and Christmas.

A chef fashioned his fiancee's wedding gown from 1,500 cream puffs, making it in two months with the final product weighing in at 20 pounds. Valentyn Shtefano, 28, already had a growing reputation in his area for making baking a visual art.

Scientists have always believed that women show no signs of peaked fertility to the opposite sex, as other animals often do. A new study may prove that belief wrong. A study of college women showed that women tend to show more skin and dress more fashionably when they are ovulating. They also wore more flashy jewelry during this time.

More than 100 students were sent home the first day of school in one Indiana school for wearing the wrong clothes. Infractions included baggy pants, low-cut shirts, tank tops, and graphic T-shirts. Fed-up with offending attire, the principal of Morton High School decided to suspend students for one day. Minutes after the doors opened, she sent 10 percent of the 1,200 student population home. Students were also cited for cell phone use.

A bar in eastern China is allowing its customers to release their anger, frustration or pent up emotions by hitting its staff. The China Daily says the "Rising Sun Anger Release Bar" located in Nanjing, eastern China allows customers to smash glass and even hit the restaurant's specially trained workers.