Weekly News Roundup: Special Halloween Edition

• Get in touch with your inner polar bear—and kick some climate change a$$. • Attention: Cruddy voting machines = cruddy news for voters. • The Economistsmacks down pretty much the entire science journalism establishment. Don't worry, we won't mention how you weren't exactly first in line to predict the financial crisis. • We love voter databases (even if they don't love us). Unfortunately, Ohio's might not even make it through a single fraud check. Ask us how shocked we are. • Man v. the Internet: Did the Web hinder (or help) the financial crisis? • Obama's groundbreaking Web campaign: "Controlled chaos" (that looks like it'll work). • And if you're looking for last minute Halloween costume ideas, look no further.