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While many of us are still deciding what fancy dress to wear for Halloween, celebrities have wasted no time in posting pictures in their elaborate costumes - and the big night hasn't even arrived yet.

Researchers at Penn State have developed a new way to identify materials known as superconductors -- substances that can carry electric current with zero resistance, meaning no energy is wasted during transmission.

Cuba wasted no time in rebuffing the proposal.

Inmates are allowed out into the yard for 40 minutes in the morning, he said, but much of that time is wasted trying to use one of the six available showers.

Australia started slowly and led by only eight points at half-time but eased clear in the second half while England wasted chances and made simple mistakes.