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Photo: A man dressed as Captain America competes during the ZJ Boarding House Halloween Surf Contest in Santa Monica, California, on Saturday. Unlike most competitions that judge based on barrels, slashes, hacks, turns and airs, the event's judges look for surfers that can act out the part in costume with some mean Halloween spirit.

Bilingual: As any foreigner can tell you, people in the United States love their coffee. A decent cup of tea has been harder to find, but that is about to change. Tastes change and interest in drinking tea is rising. Last year, Starbucks paid $620 million for Atlanta-based Teavana Holdings and plans to take on the "$90 billion global hot and iced-tea market".