The top four "most beautiful pumpkins" are raised on forklifts at the Half Moon Bay 36th Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay, Callif. , Monday Oct. 12, 2009. The pumpkin second from the left won the contest. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

The top four "most beautiful pumpkins" are raised on forklifts at the Half Moon Bay 36th Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay, Callif. , Monday Oct. 12, 2009. The pumpkin second from the left won the contest.

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  1. A woman's shadow is cast on the ice while skating at the Safeway Holiday Ice Rink at Union Square in San Francisco, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. The rink opened this week and will be open through the holidays until Jan. 18.
  2. A Safeway supermarket is shown Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, in Portland, Ore. Safeway Inc. said Thursday its third-quarter profit fell 35 percent because of price-cutting and lower sales at its grocery stores.
  3. Jude Deckenbach puts her groceries away in a Safeway parking lot in San Francisco, Wednesday Oct. 14, 2009. Safeway Inc. said Thursday, its third-quarter profit fell 35 percent because of price-cutting and lower sales at its grocery stores.
  4. Farmer Don Young, from Des Moines, Iowa, stands next to his winning pumpkin at the Half Moon Bay 36th Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay, Calif. on Monday, Oct. 12, 2009. Young's pumpkin weighed in at 1658 pounds, setting a weight record for California.
  5. Farmer Don Young, center left, of Des Moines, Iowa, stands with his winning 1658-pound pumpkin at the Half Moon Bay 36th Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay, Calif. on Monday Oct. 12, 2009.
  6. The top four "most beautiful pumpkins" are raised on forklifts at the Half Moon Bay 36th Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay, Callif., Monday Oct. 12, 2009. The pumpkin second from the left won the contest.

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