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Bush/Cheney signs spell out Kerry

PLAINWELL, Mich., Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Two southwest Michigan high school students stole dozens of Bush/Cheney signs and used them to spell out "Kerry" on their school's football field.

The prank was carried out at Plainwell High School last month, the Kalamazoo Gazette reported Tuesday.

The students' political declaration was placed at the 50-yard line and stretched about 30 yards across the field, a school official told the Gazette.

Two teens -- a junior and a senior at the high school -- told police they could not remember from where they filched the signs, but Plainwell Police Chief Bill Bomar said they're now all piled up at the station waiting to be reclaimed. The students have not been charged with a crime.

"No one has come forward who has reported signs missing to us," Bomar told the Gazette. "If they're interested in pursuing (charges), they probably could, but I think most people just want their signs back."

1,446-pound pumpkin may be world's largest

PORT ELGIN, Ontario, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- A Canadian may have broken the record for the world's largest pumpkin with his 1,446-pound weekend entry at Pumpkinfest in Port Elgin, Ontario.

The Ottawa pumpkin weighs more than 60 pounds over the last pumpkin recognized by the Guinness World Records, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported Tuesday.

Alan Eaton won about $4,000 for winning Pumpkinfest and $795 for having a pumpkin weigh more than 1,000 pounds, as well as $2,000 for winning the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth prize, which unites 23 contests worldwide pumpkin contests.

Eaton, who has won the contest twice before, is considered by some to be the "master of pumpkin genetics," and he should get about $300 for each of the about 450 seeds from his winning pumpkin.

However, next for Eaton may be appearances on CBS's "Late Show with Dave Letterman" and NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," the CBC said.

Bishop Tutu makes off-Broadway debut

NEW YORK, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- South Africa's Bishop Desmond Tutu has made his off-Broadway debut playing the role of a British magistrate.

Tutu appears in the documentary play "Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom" which protests detainment of political prisoners at the U.S. military base in Guantanamo, Cuba.

The retired 72-year-old cleric, who won a Nobel Peace Prize for his stand against apartheid in South Africa, appeared in two performances of the play about human rights and won a standing ovation when he took his bows on each occasion. His performances were strictly guest appearances and will not be repeated.

"Why did I get myself into this?" Tutu asked rhetorically in a New York Times interview. "I'm not used to playing someone else. I get butterflies."

Tutu played the role of Lord Justice Steyn in the Culture Project production at the 45 Bleecker Street Theater. The text of the play is taken from recorded testimony, letters, and interviews with detainees, including several British citizens, and their families.