Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Oct 27, 2017

Some Halloween candy facts:

--TheThree Musketeers candy bars actually started out as three flavors in 1932 --individual bars filled with chocolate, vanilla and strawberry nougat. World War II sugar rationing prompted Mars, Inc, to pick one flavor to produce, so they settled on the most popular (chocolate).
--Legend has it that George Williamson's famous confection got its moniker from the dude who visited his store so much the shop girls called him by name: Oh, Henry!
--Hershey bars, Reese's cups and Heath bars are all named after company founders: Milton Hershey, H.B. Reese and L.S. Heath.
--200: the number of Snickers bars that equals 25 pounds, the amount of candy the average American eats per year.
--68 percent of trick-or-treaters say chocolate is their loot of choice.
--5 cents: the cost of a Hershey bar for 69 years --from 1900 to 1969, when the price was raised to a dime.
--364: Number of licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop, according to a Purdue University study. (source: Parade magazine --Kaye)

Trendspotting:

The strangest new trend coming out of Hollywood just might be (wait for it...) mismatched shoes! "Extra" reports both SELENA GOMEZ and EMILY RATAJKOWSKI have been spotted in a pair of tan pumps that feature a yellow ball on one heel, with a brown wooden ball on the other.
Meanwhile, bothNICOLE KIDMAN and NAOMIE HARRIS wore Calvin Klein heels that feature rhinestones on the ankle strap on one side, with the bling across the toes on the other.(Lee)

At the local Cop Shop:

Police officers in one Connecticut town are allowed to be a little lazy with their grooming habits next month.
The Fairfield Police Department has announced that officers will be allowed to stop shaving in honor of "No-Shave November." No-Shave November is a nonprofit formed in 2009 to raise money for cancer research. Officers are also being encouraged to donate any money they would have spent on razors and shaving cream. So far, the department has raised over $300-dollars. (Still)