Lula wins Brazil runoff; candy prices climb before Halloween

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBrazil's voters have returned Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to the presidency for a fourth term, defeating Flávio Bolsonaro, the eldest son of the man Lula beat four years ago.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHe took fifty-one point eight percent of the valid vote to Bolsonaro's forty-eight point two, a lead of nearly four point four million votes, according to Brazil's electoral court.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd Halloween candy prices are up seven point seven percent in a year, more than twice inflation, yet shoppers still plan to spend four point one billion dollars on sweets.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNinety-six percent of them are buying candy. The kids will still get their fun-size bars, and the fun is the only part that shrank.