1.   -- Insert pieces of wire hangers through yarn braids and mold them into crazy shapes to add a wacky look to a clown costume.

2.   Others say cute pirate and clown costumes have been overrun by kids showing up as corpses and Freddy Kruegers.

3.   Shaffer, who has written four books on the topic, teaches concepts such as forgiveness in his clown costume by using a combination of silence and magic.

4.   A crying baby in a blue-and-red clown costume was on the ground, his face bloodied.

5.   The Austrian Press Agency said Michael Rauchenwald was performing ski tricks in a clown costume when he slammed into a boat on a lake near Linz.

6.   So far, only a few ministers in Sweden have chosen clown costumes over cassocks for their services.