http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/pumpkin/ en-us Mon, 3 Nov 2008 02:18:56 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2123047/posts BOULDER, Colo. – Boulder police have ticketed about a dozen people running naked on the street while sporting freshly gutted pumpkins on their heads as part of an annual Halloween event. The citations for indecent exposure Friday night came as dozens of other costumed revelers, including a man with a red cape and a sword, ... The event known in Boulder as the Naked Pumpkin Run has been held for 10 years. This year it drew a huge crowd, prompting concern from police. AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2123047/posts#comment Mon, 3 Nov 2008 02:18:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2119928/posts U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) selects two pumpkins he bought during his visit to the United Methodist Church Pumpkin Patch in Sarasota, Florida, October 30, 2008. Obama, who is campaigning in Florida, Virginia and Missouri on Thursday visited the pumpkin patch on the eve of Halloween. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2119928/posts#comment Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:01:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2118822/posts Steve Havnaer, an unaffiliated voter in Rowan County, had a difficult time deciding which presidential candidate to vote for this year, so he took out his frustration on a pumpkin. "Each (candidate) has something I dislike and each one has something I do tend to go for," Havnaer said. So Havnaer carved the likenesses of both Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain on one large pumpkin this fall. Turn the pumpkin one way, and McCain is looking at you. Turn it around, it's Obama. The classic political flip-flop. Havnaer says his two-faced pumpkin allows him to be "politically correct... Salisbury Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2118822/posts#comment Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:29:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108024/posts Taking a stand against the status quo? Display your Sarah Palin pumpkin and say thanks, but no thanks to Democratic dirty tricks or Obama spending treats. The feisty Alaska gov is ready to lead your fright-night festivities! *Lipstick not included Better Homes and Gardens http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108024/posts#comment Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:03:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2107142/posts ANNAPOLIS — Sex offenders in Maryland have begun receiving paper signs in the mail that read "No candy at this residence," which they must post on their front doors or possibly face a parole violation. The signs began arriving last week in the mailboxes of the about 1,200 violent and child-sex offenders across Maryland. The signs were accompanied by a letter explaining they must stay at home, turn off outside lights and not answer the door on Halloween. Maryland is also distributing pamphlets statewide to warn families to stay away from homes with the pumpkin signs. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2107142/posts#comment Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:21:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103405/posts While most families place a candle or light bulb in their carved-out pumpkins, J.R. Hildebrandt can fit a chair and small heater in his. The Wisconsin resident has carved a canoe out of a pumpkin and is taking the 760-pound gourd to the water where he plans to paddle 150 miles for charity. Hildebrandt will row his orange veggie down the Wisconsin River to raise money for Tri City Children’s Dream Foundation, a group that gives special-needs children memorable trips. "We've sent children to Disney Land, or Disney World. We've sent them to NASCAR races, we've even sent one little... KeyeTV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103405/posts#comment Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:08:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987953/posts Their weapons may not sound like much: two belts, a newspaper and a rose-pattern blanket. But six Chinese immigrants from Chamblee all but gift-wrapped an international fugitive for authorities recently, ending a five-month manhunt for a self-described martial arts expert twice featured on "America's Most Wanted." Nai Yin Xue had sought cover in Atlanta's Mandarin-speaking community. There, he encountered a scrappy band of cooks and deliverymen whose possessions, though few, include a good memory and a keen sense of justice. Now the "Chamblee Six" await final details of a sizable reward from New Zealand police. Today, the five men and... Atlanta Journal Constitution http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987953/posts#comment Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:29:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978411/posts LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Chinese-language magazine publisher accused of killing his wife in New Zealand and abandoning his daughter at an Australian train station was captured Thursday in an Atlanta suburb, authorities said. Nai Yin Xue was caught after residents of a Chamblee, Ga., apartment recognized him from pictures published in the media and called police, U.S. Marshals Service Chief Inspector Thomas Hession said. Hession said that when the residents, who were of Chinese descent, confronted Xue about his identity, he tried to leave the building but they detained him until police arrived. "They did a great job," he... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978411/posts#comment Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:38:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1918851/posts Cannot post content. Iowa has decided pumpkins are decorations not food, and as such need to be taxed. www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071031/NEWS/710310383 DesMoines Register via Drudge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1918851/posts#comment Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:05:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1918841/posts DES MOINES, Iowa - The Iowa Department of Revenue is taxing jack-o'-lanterns this Halloween. The new department policy was implemented after officials decided that pumpkins are used primarily for Halloween decorations, not food, and should be taxed, said Renee Mulvey, the department's spokeswoman. "We made the change because we wanted the sales tax law to match what we thought the predominant use was," Mulvey said. "We thought the predominant use was for decorations or jack-o'-lanterns." Previously, pumpkins had been considered an edible squash and exempted from the tax. The department ruled this year that pumpkins are taxable — with some... Yahoo! News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1918841/posts#comment Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:34:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1908309/posts The record was shattered today in the Half Moon Bay World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off, with the winning gourd weighing in at 1,524 pounds. The grower, Thad Starr, takes home the first prize of $9,144 or $6 per pound. The 40-year-old from Pleasant Hill, Ore., beat more than 70 competitors, including three-time winner Joel Holland, who came in second with a 1,384-pound pumpkin. Mercury News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1908309/posts#comment Mon, 8 Oct 2007 20:13:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1907863/posts TACOMA — The FBI checked out a report of an atomic bomb in Tacoma and found it had turned into a pumpkin. The Port of Tacoma called the FBI after the deputy director received a phone message Sept. 21 from a port commission candidate, Bill Casper. He said he knew how to make an atomic bomb that could elude security devices. An FBI spokeswoman in Seattle, Robbie Burroughs, says four agents went to Casper's office Sept. 26 to question him. He says he spent an hour with the agents showing them a pumpkin and another squash similar in size to... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1907863/posts#comment Sun, 7 Oct 2007 20:14:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1905079/posts Giant-pumpkin growers at the Topsfield Fair broke the world record this weekend for heaviest pumpkin - twice. For just a moment, Bill Rodonis, of Litchfield, N.H., held the title with a 1,566-pound pumpkin. Then Joe Jutras, of Scituate, R.I., crushed it with a pumpkin weighing 1,689 pounds. Both men beat last year's record of 1,502 pounds, but only Jutras will make it in the Guinness Book of Records. "To be that much over the world record from last year is incredible," Jutras said. He also received a $3,500 check for first place and he will probably make double that amount... Salem News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1905079/posts#comment Mon, 1 Oct 2007 22:31:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1902630/posts It's a True Crime update and let's begin with these out-of-control cops. One we featured last week has been fired and now we have two excessive tazering incidents. Plus the Jena 6 fake drama and an armless man fights for a lady and causes a heart attack in his challenger. We've got a Hsu update, new info on the tragedy of the abandoned child known as "Pumpkin" and how about the nut wearing a fake bomb vest at Logan airport? The Kaitlyn Mae Book Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1902630/posts#comment Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:39:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901764/posts GREENFIELD – It was a rough ending to the first weekend of the annual pumpkin flinging season by the Yankee Siege when one of the medieval weapon's main operators was injured in an accident. Chuck Willard of Hancock, who climbs the 55-foot high boom on the trebuchet dozens of times a day during the fall-flinging season, was knocked unconscious about 2:30 p.m. yesterday when the boom from the trebuchet, a catapult-like device that uses counterweight to hurl pumpkins nearly 300 yards, struck him in the chin. "He was out for about two minutes," said an employee at the Yankee Siege... The Union Leader http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901764/posts#comment Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:25:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898689/posts Father 'abandoned' girl, 3, in Melbourne train station By Sally Peck and agencies Last Updated: 2:34am BST 19/09/2007 Police in three countries are hunting for the parents of a three-year-old girl who was apparently abandoned by her father at a Melbourne railway station. Xue Qianxun Staff at the Southern Cross train station discovered Xue Qianxun, from New Zealand, crying and confused on Saturday. Authorities said they have grave fears for the mother of the 3-year-old girl. Australian police said they believe Xue Naiyin, a Chinese-language magazine publisher in New Zealand, flew to the US after dumping his daughter at the... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898689/posts#comment Wed, 19 Sep 2007 01:47:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898117/posts VICTORIA, New Zealand and US police are involved in the search for the parents of 'Pumpkin', the little girl abandoned at a Melbourne train station. New Zealand police hold grave fears for the mother, Annie Xue, also known as Anan Liu, who has not been heard from. Pumpkin's father, New Zealand magazine publisher, Nai Xin Xue, flew to the US two hours after dumping his daughter at Southern Cross Railway Station on Saturday morning. "There are concerns we haven't heard from her at all," head of Auckland CIB, Detective Inspector Dave Pearson, told NZPA. He would not say if police... AAP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898117/posts#comment Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:49:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1728607/posts U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) (L) carves a Halloween pumpkin as U.S. Congressman Martin Meehan (D-MA) (C) and Senator Kennedy's wife Victoria look on during a visit to the University of Massachusetts in Lowell, Massachusetts October 18, 2006. Senator Kennedy is running to be re-elected to a eighth six-year term in November. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES) www.news.yahoo.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1728607/posts#comment Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:44:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1727363/posts President Bush examines a pumpkin which he later purchased during an unscheduled stop while campaigning for Sen. George Allen, R-Va., in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Oct. 19, 2006. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) AP Photos on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1727363/posts#comment Sat, 28 Oct 2006 02:44:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1726374/posts Practice your technique on line internet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1726374/posts#comment Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:13:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1592598/posts Indian policeman stand gaurd outside of the Durgiana Temple in Amritsar. Indian police shot dead an Islamic militant suspected of links to a triple bombing that killed 23 people in Hinduism's holy city of Varanasi and sparked a nationwide alert.(AFP/Marinder Nanu) AFP via Yahoo! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1592598/posts#comment Wed, 8 Mar 2006 20:03:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1512698/posts It's Halloween and I thought it would be a festive ocassion to freepers, to post there Halloween experiences as a Kid. Vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1512698/posts#comment Mon, 31 Oct 2005 18:22:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1512705/posts It's not newsworthy, but I still thought a lot of Freepers would find this wonderful to see. Pumpkin Gutter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1512705/posts#comment Mon, 31 Oct 2005 18:36:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1511856/posts Everyone has a Halloween dream: A frightening fantasy of goblins and ghouls or a fond recollection of jack-o-lanterns, scarecrows, and crepe paper cats. No matter the dream, each one stems from a tale handed down... or a childhood memory, long past and fading. My dream is of a perfect place at a perfect time. storyhouse.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1511856/posts#comment Sun, 30 Oct 2005 02:47:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1511753/posts Sacred Cow Burgers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1511753/posts#comment Sat, 29 Oct 2005 22:02:01 GMT