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The Dish: Rich history of “America’s oldest candy company”

According to the National Retain Federation, Americans dish out an estimated $2.6 billion on candy for Halloween. Dana Jacobson takes a look at candy’s rich history for the “CBS This Morning: Saturday” series The Dish. She takes a trip to what’s been dubbed ‘America’s oldest candy company,’ located in Salem, Massachusetts, where Halloween lasts all month long. Source

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Control of House and Senate at stake in 2020 election

Election Day is just three days away, and while much national attention has been focused on the heated presidential race between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, control of the House and Senate are also on the ballot. The Hill editor-in-chief Bob Cusack joins “CBS This Morning: Saturday” to analyze what is at stake. Source

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Tracing the haunting roots of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”

“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” first published 200 years ago by Washington Irving, is still one of America’s all-time great ghost stories. Two centuries later, it still remains linked to Halloween and its spooky season. Jeff Glor visits the history of the classic tale this Halloween, in the spot where it all began. Source

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France raises security alert to highest level after suspected terror attack

City streets in France are empty as the country begins the second day of a nationwide lockdown, and grapples with another brutal attack. Authorities say a suspected terrorist stabbed and killed three people inside a Catholic Church in Nice Thursday. The attack comes just two weeks after a teacher was beheaded in a Paris suburb. Imtiaz Tyab reports. Source

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Touring New Orleans’ most sought-after, and haunted, real estate

While house hunters are often enticed to a property by kitchens and closet space, some fearless home buyers in New Orleans are looking for more. Jamie Wax looks at what’s considered one of the most haunted cities in the U.S., where homes supposedly inhabited by ghosts are a big draw. Source

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