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How To Grow A Pumpkin Big Enough To Make Into A Boat

Matthew McDonald

It takes five hours of work a day to grow a pumpkin big enough to turn into a boat capable of being rowed across a harbor, says a woman who competed in a contest in Damariscotta, Maine. She started growing the 425-pound "all-organic" pumpkin on the Fourth of July.

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Shark Mascot Arrested for Violating Burka Ban in Austria

Matthew McDonald

A law forbidding covering the face in public netted a man wearing a shark costume to promote a computer store in Austria. The law is aimed at conservative Muslim women who wear traditional clothing that covers their face, and is known as the "burka ban."

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