Thad Starr is interviewed after his pumpkin won the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival Weigh-off contest in Half Moon Bay, California, on October 8, 2012. The pumpkin weighed 1,775 pounds (805 kg), setting a new California record. Starr won six dollars for each pound, which came to $10,650. (Photo by Tony Avelar/Associated Press)
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