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Hy-Five: October 27

Start your day with these five things - Halloween events, occupiers, football and prison populations.

1. Have you planned out your Halloween weekend yet? If not, check out these .

2. Are you getting tired of the Occupy Wall Street events spreading across the country or do you think their message deserves to be heard? The New York Times is reporting that Mayors across the country are cracking down on the controversial movement.

3. High school football update - The Northwestern Wildcats are 5-4 going into Saturday's home game against Parkdale. The DeMatha Stags are 5-2 and will be facing Gonzaga at home on Saturday.

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4. Expect a rainy Thursday. The National Weather Service is reporting showers throughout the day with a high of 66 and a low at night of 39 degrees.

5. On this day in 1994, the U.S. Justice Department announced that the U.S. prison population had topped 1 million. In 2009, a reported 1.5 million Americans in prison, according to the U.S. Bureau of Justice.

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