Giant winner

Workers on a forklifter moving a giant pumpkin during the 37th Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off yesterday in Half Moon Bay, California. Ron Root of Citrus Heights, California won the competition with a 1,535-pound pumpkin and took...

Workers on a forklifter moving a giant pumpkin during the 37th Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off yesterday in Half Moon Bay, California. Ron Root of Citrus Heights, California won the competition with a 1,535-pound pumpkin and took home $9,210 in prize money equal to $6 a pound.

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