LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Heavy Midwestern rains have destroyed much of the U.S. pumpkin crop, putting pumpkin pies in short supply on supermarket shelves, a major supplier says.
ASPINWALL, Pa., Oct. 28 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania man said he uses three halogen lamps to light a giant Halloween pumpkin that weighed 1,261 pounds before it was carved.
HALF MOON BAY, Calif., Oct. 13 (UPI) -- An Iowa man's 1,658-pound pumpkin was the winner -- and record-setter -- at the 36th Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in California.
CLARENCE, N.Y., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania man whose 1,040.5-pound pumpkin won the Great Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Clarence, N.Y., says the key to his success is water -- lots of it.
SANTEE, Calif., Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Kindergartners at a Santee, Calif., school estimate it takes minutes to cook a Thanksgiving turkey and hours to bake the pumpkin pie.
MISSOULA, Mont., Dec. 3 (UPI) -- A University of Montana student charged with assault for shoving a pumpkin pie in a mall Santa's face says the incident was part of his documentary film.
BOSTON, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- The city of Keene, N.H., no longer holds the world's record for the most jack-o'-lanterns lit in one place as the title moves to Boston.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Nearly 350 blood donors in Minnesota and western Wisconsin will take a break during Thanksgiving to donate blood and receive a free pumpkin pie.
HOLLAND, Mich., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- A Michigan group is hoping its 678-pound pumpkin pie puts it in the Guinness Book of World Records.
CHICAGO, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- It may not be much of surprise, but according to an American Pie Council survey, the favorite pie in the United States is apple.
